Windows 2000 logon problems - how to set plain text passwords?

[Christian Barth]

The registry-Key is in the docu-directory of the samba source. And 
here it is:

REGEDIT4

;Contributor:   Herb Lewis (herb at sgi.com)
;Updated:	16 July 1999
;Status:	Current
;
;Subject:	Registry file to enable plain text passwords in 
Windows 2000

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanWorkStatio
n\Parameters]
"EnablePlainTextPassword"=dword:00000001

Christian


> I'm sorry if this is a common question, but I can't find the answer in
> the archives.
> 
> I recently installed Samba 2.2.1 on my Mandrake 8.1 box and can use it
> fine with my Win98 machine, although I did have to edit the registry to
> enable plain text passwords to get it working.
> 
> I have now acquired a notebook with Win2000, and while this will show
> the Samba share in Windows Explorer, attempts to connect to it return
> the 'incorrect user or password' dialogue.
> 
> I'm not that familiar with Win2000 and the registry is obviously
> somewhat different to Win98. I've seen a post on a key to edit,
> (rdr/parameters) but it's not present on this machine.
> 
> Should I just create this key or what?
> 
> Is there a little howto or faq somewhere that shows how to do this in
> Win2000 that I can refer to?
> 
> Any pointers appreciated.
> 
> TIA
> 
> Peter Rose
> London UK
> "I don't like your fashion business mister" 
>   - Leonard Cohen / First We Take Manhattan
> 
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