[ale] SMB and Win98

[Andy]

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For those faced with the dilema of connecting win98 to Samba, this is what you
need

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\VNETSUP]
"EnablePlainTextPassword"=dword:00000001

save to a file with .reg extension and click it.

Brian H. Trammell wrote:

> Greetings.
>
> We've got Winblows 98 (The Litigation Operating System) running here (not
> my choice) and are having a hell of a time getting it to mount a Samba
> drive off a Redhat 5.0. Any attempt to connect to the Samba server (let's
> call it arrakis) from the 98 box (let's call it sandworm) presents a
> dialog to enter the \\ARRAKIS\IPC$ password (Oh, yeah. Linux is _far_ more
> cryptic that Winblows. Whatever.) From a 95 box, entering the Unix
> password on arrakis of the user you're logged in as presents a list of
> available shares. From the 98 box, entering the same password presents an
> "Incorrect Password" error. Entering any case variation on the password
> yields the same error....
>
> So, has Microsuck changed the (heh) "Common Internet File System" (blech)
> spec for '98?
>
> -brian
>
> ..........brian h. trammell <brian at altara.org> http://www.altara.org/~brian
> .......................director, the altara open network - atlanta, georgia
> .........................Communication without Gates - http://www.linux.org
>
> "You've got to dance like nobody's watching."



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