What the #*$& did MS change this time?

[Tom Syroid]

Win98 and NT-SP4 and above (includes Win2K) sends passwords to Samba 
encrypted.

Two options:

ONE: Configure smb.conf to use encrypted passwords (encrypted passwords = 
yes) and create the smbpasswd file on the Samba server. See the 
documentation.

TWO: Apply a registry hack to your NT4-SP4 system to send passwords in 
clear text. The .reg files you need are available from www.samba.org.

/tom

--On Sunday, October 29, 2000 9:39 AM -0700 Dwight Tovey 
<dwight at micron.net> wrote:

> OK, I'm lost and asking for help.  I'll be the first to admit that I
> don't know much about SMB networking.  I've been digging through the
> archives of this listserve a bit and seen references to other people
> having similar problems, but I didn't see any solutions.
>
> At home I have a mostly working Samba setup:
>   Machine 1) RedHat Linux 6.1 running Samba 2.0.7.  This system is my
>              file/print server.
>
>   Machine 2) Windows 95 that the family uses.
>
>   Machine 3) My laptop running RedHat 6.2 and Samba 2.0.7.  It also has a
>              couple of VMWare "machines" with NT4 installed.
>
> My problem is with the NT virtual machines.  These "machines" are just
> copies of each other with one difference: one is plain vanilla NT while
> the other has had Service Pack 4 installed.
>
> With plain vanilla NT, everything is working: I can get at the Samba
> shares on both Linux machines, as well as any shares on the Win95 box.
>
> Once I applied SP4 to the other NT machine, it could no longer connect to
> anything.  When I try to connect using the Windows Explorer, I get a
> popup that says:
>   "Microsoft Windows Network: The account is not authorized to login from
>   this station"
>
> I've been going through the "DIAGNOSIS.txt" doc in the Samba distribution
> and everything works up through Test 8: running the 'net view' command on
> the NT box.  That gives me "System error 5 has occurred.  Access is
> denied".
>
> I'm sure that I've got something misconfigured in the smb.conf (included
> below) on Machine 1, but I'm at a total loss as to what it is.  The
> unpatched NT still works, and the Win95 still works.  It's just the
> patched NT that is giving me problems.  Did MS go and change something
> that will keep me from using it to access my Samba shares?
>
> I would appreciate any advice.
>
>         /dwight
> =========================================8<------------------------------
> ----
>
> # Samba config file created using SWAT
> # from mercury.tovey.net (192.168.68.2)
> # Date: 1999/11/10 22:31:09
>
> # Global parameters
> [global]
>         workgroup = TOVEYNET
>         netbios name = CRONOS
>         server string = Cronos Master Server
>         interfaces = 192.168.68.1/255.255.255.0
>         bind interfaces only = Yes
>         null passwords = Yes
>         passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd
>         unix password sync = Yes
>         log level = 0
>         log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
>         max log size = 50
>         domain logons = Yes
>         os level = 65
>         preferred master = Yes
>         domain master = Yes
>         comment = Cronos Master Server
>         guest account = guest
>         valid users = dwight, pat, greg, megan, guest
>         hosts allow = 192.168.68.0/255.255.255.0 127.
>         printing = lprng
>
> [tmp]
>         comment = Temp filesystem
>         path = /var/tmp
>         guest ok = yes
>         user = dwight
>
> [homes]
>         comment = Home Directories
>         path = %H/Public
>         read only = No
>
> [printers]
>         comment = All Printers
>         path = /var/spool/samba
>         create mask = 0700
>         guest ok = Yes
>         print ok = Yes
>         print command = /usr/bin/lpr -P%p -l %s; rm %s
>         browseable = No
> =========================================8<------------------------------
> ----
>
>
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> Dwight N. Tovey                          Unix System Administrator /
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