[wplug] Samba share question XPP, Win98, WinME

[Frank W. Holden Jr.]

Hi Randy. Name is Frank. You can actually make ALL 4 talk to each 
other via Samba. I have and don't go through the hassle of using the 
encrypted password. I turn off encryption in all of them since I am 
behind a pretty tight firewall. Here is what is needed to turn them off:

W9x series: I takes the a W98/98SE CD. Go to the ?:\TOOLS\mtsutil 
directory and right click on the ptxt_on.inf file and tell it to 
install. This turns off the encrypted passwords and lets plain text 
passwords through. REBOOT... If you want it to broadcast the shares 
then turn this on in the IPX/SPX network entry.

2k/XP-flavors: Go to administrative tools - Local Security Settings - 
Local Policies - Security Options... About 6 entries from the bottom 
you have to ENABLE "Send unencrypted password to connect to third- 
party SMB servers". REBOOT... I have tried the registry entries for 
W9X and they do not work along with serval other entries...

You will have to configure Samba shares to broadcast each account too! 
This is not a necessity though!!! As long as you KNOW what the share 
names are, then you can still get a connection to them. This is 
somewhat of a secure thing if you can't see the share names, but they 
can be found out anyway from a *NIX box and the Samba tool package. 
You can query each machine 1 by 1 on what shares it has available and 
it will give them up.

Hope this helps!
Frank

Randy Kosarik wrote:
> What is the trick to having a Samba share being visible to Win98, WinME, 
> and XPP machines?
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> I have no issues with XPP, but seem to be stumbling with 98/ME.
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> I have been trying to search the web but want to make sure before I 
> make the trip to test. Asking here to make sure I have any bit of 
> information/tips available before I start.
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> Should I disable the 'encrypt passwords' option in smb.conf?
> Will this allow the XPP machines to connect?
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> Should the 'security' setting be share, or user?
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> Should the VNETSUP key be added/set for the Win98 and WinME machines?
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