Re: What Protocols are needed for Samba?

["Barry Drake" <bldrake imation com>]

I'm using plain text passwords.  So I have the lines in the smb.conf for
encryp. commented out.
Barry

-----Original Message-----
From: Foung Vang <foung vang esstech com>
To: redhat-install-list redhat com <redhat-install-list redhat com>
Cc: bldrake <bldrake>
Date: Thursday, October 15, 1998 2:03 PM
Subject: RE: What Protocols are needed for Samba?


>
>
>Ok.  I was also able to ping my Win98 box from my Linux box and ping my
>Linux box from my Win98 box.
>The next question I have is this: Encryption.
>In it's document file called "Win95.txt" it states the following:
>
>"This update is most undesirable where Samba must provide the
>authentication
>service unless Samba has been specifically configured to use encrypted
>passwords _AND_ has been linked with the libdes library."
>
>Does this mean that the default binary Samba (which came from RedHat 5.1)
>was not configure to understand encrypted password from Win98?  So I would
>have to do that patch to my Win98 machine telling it that I want just plain
>text (clear text)?  Can Samba be setup to understand Win98 encrypted
>password?  I don't really understand what is meant by the statement above
>from the Win95.txt.  What is the libdes library and is it include with
>RedHat 5.1?
>
>Thanks!
>
>Also, are you using plain text password or encrypted?
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Barry Drake [SMTP:bldrake imation com]
>> Sent: Thursday, October 15, 1998 3:26 PM
>> To:   Red Hat Install List; Foung Vang
>> Subject:      Re: What Protocols are needed for Samba?
>>
>> I have my Win98 network card set up for TCP/IP with a static IP address,
>> 192.168.0.2.
>> I then did a ping from Linux to Win98/Dos and from Win98/Dos back to
>> Linux.
>> After this I set up the smb.conf file to announce itself on the network.
>> I
>> then logged onto my Win98 machine with the same root passwd as my Linux
>> machine.  After that I ran smbpasswd and gave it the root username and
>> root
>> password on my Win98 machine, which I setup to be the same as my Linux
>> box.
>> After that I can do almost anything on my Linux box FROM my Win98 box.
>> Barry
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Foung Vang <foung vang esstech com>
>> To: linux-net vger rutgers edu <linux-net vger rutgers edu>
>> Cc: redhat-install-list redhat com <redhat-install-list redhat com>;
>> manhattan-list redhat com <manhattan-list redhat com>
>> Date: Thursday, October 15, 1998 1:05 PM
>> Subject: What Protocols are needed for Samba?
>>
>>
>> >
>> >
>> >I'm trying to setup a peer to peer networking environment and want to
>> know
>> >what protocols (TCP/IP, NetBEUI, IPX, etc...) do I need to install on my
>> >Windows98 system in order to share access with my Linux system?  What I
>> >want
>> >to be able to do is read & write and later on setup IP Masquerade.
>> >
>> >Thanks!
>> >
>> >
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