[ale] SMB and Win98

[David Hamm]

Another trick I've found to work is to change the "security = user" to "security
= share" in /etc/smb.conf.


On 16-Jun-98 Andy wrote:
> 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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