Re: tlug: Samba and NT

["Frank Bennett (=?iso-2022-jp?B?GyRCJVUlaSVzJS8kWSVNJUMlSBsoQg==?= )" <bennett@example.com>]

On Wed, Jul 07, 1999 at 07:39:11AM +0900, Andrew S. Howell wrote:

> >>>>> "YM" == Yong-Ming Hua <yhua@example.com> writes:
> 
>     YM>      Now, from this NT machine I can see other PC's(Microsoft
>     YM> pals), but not Linux servers!!! When I found that there was no
>     YM> Browser.dll in Winnt\system32\ I enlarged browser.dl_ of i386
>     YM> into the directry. And pachted the system with a new service
>     YM> pack(ver.4). But still cannot see Linux.
> 
> Yong-Ming,
> 
> 	The problem is most likely because NT, as of service pack 3,
> uses encrypted passwords. You have two choices, either modify the
> registry on the Window's machines to use plain text passwords, or
> setup samba to use encrypted passwords. Both of these are explained on
> the samba web page. ( www.samba.org ) Look under the FAQ.

I fought with a similar problem when I needed to set up printing from an
NT workstation via Samba to a networked printer on our LAN.  The Samba doc
"WinNT.txt" contains a that suggests you also need to force a mount of
SOMETHING from the Samba box in your login batch file, even if you choose
to adapt the NT box for use with plain text passwords.  From the Samba
document "WinNT.txt":

*****

All versions of Windows NT prior to 4.0 Service Pack 3 could negotiate
plain text (clear text) passwords. Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 3 changed
this default behaviour so it now will only handle encrypted passwords.
The following registry entry change will re-enable clear text password
handling:

Run regedt32.exe and locate the hive key entry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\system\CurrentControlSet\Services\Rdr\Parameters\

Add the following value:
        EnablePlainTextPassword:REG_DWORD=1

Alternatively, use the NT4_PlainPassword.reg file in this directory
(either
by double clicking on it, or run regedt32.exe and select "Import Registry
File" from the "Registry" Menu).

The other major ramification of this feature of NT is that it can't
browse a user level non-encrypted server unless it already has a
connection open. This is because there is no spot for a password
prompt in the browser window. It works fine if you already have a
drive mounted (for example, one auto mounted on startup).

*****

I may be misinterpreting this note; I do my best to avoid NT systems here,
don't know much about how they work, inside or out.

Cheers,
-- 
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Frank G Bennett, Jr         @@
Faculty of Law, Nagoya Univ () email: bennett@example.com
Tel: +81[(0)52]789-2239     () WWW:   http://rumple.soas.ac.uk/~bennett/

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