Re: Samba server problem

[Mickey <mickey gccsda com>]

TMAN wrote:

> Hi,
>
> While connecting from windows 98 this is the error.
>
>         \\batman is not accessible
>
>  The computer or sharename could not be found.Make
> sure you typed it
> correctly & try again.
>
> Now it is not asking for passwd, Samba 2.2.7 version
> running on Redhat
> 7.1 machine.
>
> Pl help me.
>
> Regards
> TMAN
>
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TMAN, we just hit this one in class.  Win98 (in fact win95B and up) turn
on encrypted passwords by default. Samba by default uses unencrypted
passwords.  You have to either turn on "use unencrypted passwords" in
win98 or tell samba to use encryped passwords AND use SMBPASSWD to add a
password on the linux box.

There's an issue between the program windows uses to encrypt passwords
and the one Linux uses, so you have to use smbpasswd to manage windows9x
encrypted password users.