Thank you. Do remember that unencrypted passwords, even when you can send them, are undesirable. It is worth the effort to secure them. Bob On Thu, 2002-10-10 at 19:43, * wrote: > On Wed, 2002-10-09 at 21:19, Robert L. Cochran wrote: > > Windows 98 will send encrypted no matter what you do. > > I draw your attention to this item: > > ================================== > Microsoft KnowledgeBase Document: > ================================== > > Unable to Connect to a Samba Server with Windows 98 > > The information in this article applies to: > > Microsoft Windows 98 > > SYMPTOMS > > When you attempt to connect to a Samba server or a LanManager server > from > your Windows 98-based client computer, the following error message may > be > displayed: > > Incorrect Password. > > > This error message may occur even though you provide the correct user > account and password. > > CAUSE > > This behavior occurs because Windows 98 does not send plain text > passwords to Server Message Block (SMB) servers by default. > > RESOLUTION > To resolve this issue, use either of the following methods: > > Method 1 > > Configure the Samba server to support Challenge-Handshake > Authentication Protocol (CHAP) password encryption. Please refer to > your Samba documentation for information on how to configure a Samba > SMB > server. > > NOTE: This is the preferred method to resolve this issue because it is > more secure than sending unencrypted passwords over the network. > > Method 2 > > You can enable Password Authentication Protocol (PAP) plain text > password use in Windows 98. To do so, use the following steps. > > WARNING: If you enable plain text password use in Windows 98, all > passwords are sent on the network in an unencrypted format. These > passwords > may be viewed by anyone using a network monitoring program. If > security is > a concern for your network environment, do not enable plain text > passwords. > > 1. Insert your Windows 98 CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive. > > 2. Click Start, and then click Run. > > 3. In the Open box, type "<drive>:\tools\mtsutil" (without the > quotation > marks), where <drive> is the letter of the CD-ROM drive that > contains > the Windows 98 CD-ROM, and then click OK. > > > 4. Right-click the Ptxt_on.inf file, and then click Install. > > 5. Restart your computer. > > Method 3 > > You should use the following method only if you do not have access to > the Windows 98 CD-ROM. These steps enable PAP password use without the > CD-ROM as mentioned in method 2. > > 1. Start Regedit.exe. > > 2. Locate the following key in the registry: > > HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\VNETSUP > > 3. Change the data value for the EnablePlainTextPassword value to "1" > (without the quotation marks). > > > 4. Restart your computer. > > MORE INFORMATION > > Note that this issue may also occur with other non-Microsoft SMB > servers, such as VAX or Pathworks NOS. > > Keywords : 3rdpartynet win98 > Version : WINDOWS: > Platform : WINDOWS > Issue type : kbprb > > > First off -- you must configure Windows 98 to login individual users. > > See the Samba web site for more information about this. > > > > In your smb.conf file, you must have 'encrypted = yes' uncommented. > > > > Also, you must initialize the smbpasswd file with the passwords of the > > user on the Windows 98 box. That username and password must match the > > username password of the user account on the Linux box, too. Remember > > that usernames are case sensitive. user 'jsmith' is different from 'Jsmith'. > > > > If your networking is all set up correctly and working flawlessly, you > > should be able to connect from the Windows box to the Samba share on the > > Linux box for that same user. > > > > I strongly reccomend you either read the documentation on the Samba site > > or read the Samba book published by O'Reilly and Associates. Also do > > carefully read your smb.conf file. > > > > Bob Cochran > > Greenbelt, Maryland, USA > > > > > > * wrote: > > > > >Anyone have any idea why I can't get my Win98SE box to connect to my RH8 > > >homes shares without sending the passwords as clear text (instead of the > > >default encrypted)? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Psyche-list mailing list > > Psyche-list@redhat.com > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Psyche-list mailing list > Psyche-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list >
