Re: Samba & Win98: Trouble

[Larry Haston <lhaston usit net>]

I recently saw this link on slashdot. Apparently the weasels at MS have made
some proprietary changes in their use of the SMB protocols. This might have
something to do with your problem, maybe not.  What do I know.  I'm still a
newbie.  Check it out.

http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit19980924.html

Eric Livingston wrote:

> Well, I've got a Samba share that I can hit perfectly from my Win95 Box, but
> from my Win98 box it says something about needing a password for \IPC$. No
> password I enter is acceptable, and I cannot get beyond this!
>
> I log into both Win machines with the exact same user name and password,
> which exactly match my user name and password on my Linux box. THIS SHOULD
> WORK!!!
>
> Damn, this is frustrating. I've read for hours in the docs, and I've tried
> encrypted password, unencrypted, case-sensitivity, etc... I can't get win98
> to see this box.
>
> Actually, I've got two Linux boxes, one running Samba 1.9.16p11 and one
> running 1.9.18p10. Both work with my Win95 box, neither work with my Win98
> box!
>
> Can anyone suggest anything???
>
> Thanks,
> Eric
>
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