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23.8.1 ProblemYou know that the default for Samba is to use encrypted passwords, and you also know that some Windows versions support only cleartext, not encrypted passwords. Samba must use either encrypted passwords or cleartext; it cannot use both. Which versions of Windows support what, and what is your best choice? 23.8.2 SolutionThese versions of Windows support only cleartext, not encrypted passwords:
Fortunately, there is a patch available for Windows 95. See Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 165403; you want the Vrdrupd.exe patch. Up-to-date NT4 users are on SP6, so that leaves only Windows NT 3.x users out in the cold. You can configure Samba to support cleartext passwords, if you really want to. To do this, you must install Registry hacks on all the non-NT3 Windows clients to enable them to use cleartext passwords. Editing the Windows Registry is always perilous, and this may break other applications that depend on encrypted passwords. The best advice is, don't do it. But if you really really want to say, if all you have is a LAN populated by NT3 workstations edit smb.conf to say encrypt passwords = no. Then see the /usr/share/doc/samba-doc/registry/ directory for a complete collection of prefab Windows Registry hacks for your non-NT3 hosts. 23.8.3 See Also
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