Re: A Samba Problem
From: Yeah Right (Yeah.Right_at_Guess.not)
Date: 02/15/05
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Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 05:17:01 GMT
Gunnar wrote:
> "Mark Hobley" <markhobley@hotpop.deletethisbit.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:eft9c2-cer.ln1@charon.markhobley.yi.org...
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>>ysrana2001@yahoo.co.in <ysrana2001@yahoo.co.in> wrote:
>>
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>>>How to solve this problem
>>
>>http://markhobley.yi.org/linux/samba/index.html
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>Mark.
>>
>
>
> Hi Mark,
>
> from your web site:
>
> Configuring a Windows XP Computer to Connect to a Samba Server A windows
> registry change needs to be applied to allow the Windows client to connect
> to the Samba server. On Windows XP the following registry information needs
> to be added:
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanWorkStation\Parameters]
> "EnablePlainTextPassword"=dword:00000001
>
> Why the registry change? I enabled Samba (Win XP, Redhat 9) and it seems to
> work without problems. I am only accessing the Linux box from Xp box though
> and not the other way.
>
> Gunnar.
>
>
The problem with that solution is exposing passwords as plain text. If
there you're sure your network is truly secure, then that great. I've
found that Samba can handle the encrypted passwords just fine, as long
at you dont specify otherwise in your conf file.
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