In article <4825BAD7.2030706@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Mikkel L. Ellertson <mikkel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > A couple of things - first, with Win98 you are normally using share > rather then user security when you share a directory on that > machine. Also, because Windows and Linux uses different password > encryption, you have to give Samba users a password in addition to > the standard Linux password. They can be the same, and it can be set > up so that they are kept in sync once created. > If you want to use the Linux passwords directly, you have to tell > Windows to yous unencrypted passwords. This is somewhat of a > security risk. This is covered in the Samba documentation. Thanks for that. Very helpful. Cheers, Bob. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
