Hello, I'm getting a lot of e-mail from all over the world which explains that many people are having problems using Windows 98 ® with Samba. I have also seen comments on this list which express confusion about this particular aspect of Samba/windows integration. I have been to the Samba site and found some info. I thought that the following may be helpful for everyone who is a bit confused ............ :-) 29) Windows98 Passwords Please refer to the following URL: <A HREF="http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q187/2/28.asp"><A HREF="http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q187/2/28.asp</A">http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q187/2/28.asp</A</A>> *** NOTE *** After making the registry changes referred to in this document you MUST reboot your Windows 98 PC for the changes to take effect. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Note - the best way to solve this problem is to enable encrypted passwords on your Samba server. Windows 98 works well with Samba when Samba is running in encrypted password mode. Samba versions 1.9.18 and later support encrypted passwords providing it is correctly configured in smb.conf and an smbpasswd file has been created. To enable encrypted passwords on Samba, read the file docs/ENCRYPTION.txt in the Samba distribution. If you wish to change Windows 98 to send plaintext passwords again, look on the Win98 CD in the directory '/tools/mtsutil/' you should find the files: 'ptxt_on.inf' and 'ptxt_off.inf' here is a clip from the mtsutil.txt file in that directory: =============================================================== PTXT_ON.INF - SENDS PLAIN-TEXT PASSWORDS TO YOUR NETWORK SERVER =============================================================== For security reasons, Windows 98 will not allow you to send plain- text passwords. The password is encrypted by default. However, Samba servers can be configured to require plain-text passwords, so you will not be able to connect to Samba servers configured in this mode unless you change a Registry entry to enable plain-text passwords. Caution: Enabling plain-text passwords could compromise security. To enable plain-text passwords, add the Registry entry for EnablePlainTextPassword (as a Dword) and set the value to 1 in the following Registry location: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System \CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\Vnetsup -------------------------------------------------- To set the value for EnablePlainTextPassword to 1: -------------------------------------------------- 1. Select PTXT_ON.INF found in the \Tools\MTSutil folder on the Windows 98 CD. 2. Right-Click PTXT_ON.INF. -or- Hold down the SHIFT key and press the function key, F10. 3. Choose INSTALL to add the EnablePlainTextPassword entry and set its value to 1. =============================================================== PTXT_OFF.INF - SENDS ENCRYPTED PASSWORDS TO YOUR NETWORK SERVER =============================================================== To re-enable the sending of encrypted passwords to your network server, add the Registry entry EnablePlainTextPassword (as a Dword) and set the value to 0 in the following Registry location: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System \CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\Vnetsup -------------------------------------------------- To set the value for EnablePlainTextPassword to 0: -------------------------------------------------- 1. Select PTXT_OFF.INF found in the \Tools\MTSutil folder on the Windows 98 CD. 2. Right-Click PTXT_OFF.INF. -or- Hold down the SHIFT key and press the function key, F10. 3. Choose INSTALL to add the EnablePlainTextPassword entry and set its value to 0. Richard Sheffield UK - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>