Re: ANSWER Re: ipchains/ip masq (was Re: networking Linux and Win 98 ...)

[Lawrence Houston <houston boyd geog mcgill ca>]

On Thu, 8 Apr 1999, Dave Reed wrote:

> I found a newer version (than came with RH 5.2) of the IP-Masquerade
> mini howto on a LDP site that clearly explained how to get it working
> with the 2.2.x kernel.  My wife running Win98 can now access the
> internet through my Linux box.  Now if I can just get Samba working so
> she can print to the printer hooked up to the Linux box, we'll be all
> set.  It seems to want a password so I've got some reading to do . . .

Taken from an Usenet Posting that Simon Hyde <shyde poboxes com> sent to
the SMB Usenet Group awhile back: 

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Subject:      SOLUTION: Windows 98 and Samba
From:         "Mariusz Jarzebowski" <mariusz_jarzebowski apple com>
Date:         1997/10/10
Message-ID:   <61mfl4$9ro$1 news apple com>
Newsgroups:   comp.protocols.smb


Add:

    EnablePlainTextPassword DWORD 1

to:

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\VNETSUP\
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Lawrence Houston  -  (houston boyd geog mcgill ca)