I wouldn't have done that. It's simple to turn on encrypted pw's in Samba. Far simpler than all the time it's taken you to go through this. It's merely a line in the conf file. <<JAV>> ---------- Original Message ----------- From: Rogelio Bazán Reyes <rogbazan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wed, 03 Sep 2003 20:26:52 -0500 Subject: Re: Use of unencrypted passwords in Windows 2000 and/or XP > thanx a lot, it works! it´s really easy! > I will investigate how to do it on XP. > regards. > > shane c branch wrote: > > > > > > > Rogelio Bazán Reyes wrote: > > > >> you mean with the poledit application? > >> regards > >> > >> shane c branch wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> > >>> Rogelio Bazán Reyes wrote: > >>> > >>>> Do you know how to tell windows 2000 and/or XP to use unencrypted > >>>> passwords to communicate with Samba? > >>>> I know that is better and easier to tell samba to encrypt > >>>> passwords, but this is a problem that i have to solve before to > >>>> update samba´s configuration file (smb.conf). > >>>> Please help me. > >>>> > >>> i believe you need to open the local security policy admin tool then > >>> change the setting there. there are five choices (under xp) i forget > >>> which one it is you need, but i'm pretty sure you have to eliminate > >>> the ntlm choice completely. > >> > >> > >> > >> > > you could probably do it there too, but no, i am referring to the > > local security policy admin tool. start>admin tools>local security > > policy. > > > > of course if you do it with local security policy tool you only change > > it for that machine. if you need a domain wide setting, then use the > > security snap-in by doing start>run>mmc then adding the security > > configuration and analysis snap in, and the security templates snap > > in. use them them to change the setting. > > > > -- > ---------------------------------- > Rogelio Bazán Reyes > Grupo Financiero Santander Serfín > Soporte Técnico > Tlalpan 3016. Col Espartaco > C.P. 04870 > D.F., México > Tel. +52 +55 51741100 ext.19321 > +52 +55 51741953 > ---------------------------------- > > -- > Shrike-list mailing list > Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list ------- End of Original Message ------- -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
