Using WIN95 PPP to connect to SAMBA Server

Richard Sharpe sharpe at ns.aus.com
Fri Jun 5 13:32:37 GMT 1998


At 08:06 AM 6/4/98 -0500, Melvin Brown wrote:
>Richard Sharpe wrote:
>> 
>> Ah ha, the dreaded "incorrect password" ...
>> 
>> At 04:13 PM 6/4/98 +1000, you wrote:
>> >I am having problems tring to connect to SAMBA Server over a PPP
>> >connection through WIN95.  The error I get is "incorrect password."
>> >What can I do?
>> >
>> 
>> Can you tell me more about 'tring' to connect to a Samba server. In
>> particular, how is your client set up?
>> 
>> I have had a long painful experience with this, but have it under control.
>> What version of PPP are you using? What network/subnet are you in?
>> 
>> Regards
>> -------
>> Richard Sharpe, sharpe at ns.aus.com, NIC-Handle:RJS96
>> NS Computer Software and Services P/L,
>> Ph: +61-8-8281-0063, FAX: +61-8-8250-2080,
>> Samba, Linux, Apache, Digital UNIX, AIX, Netscape, Stronghold, C, ...
>I do not know what version of PPP I am using through WIN95.  Is there
>any way to tell?  My network is 209.12.230.0/255.255.255.0.
>

Hmmm, does it work over the ethernet? Is it possible that you have
installed Service Pack 3 for Win 95? If so, you are forcing encrypted
passwords and you Samba server may not be set up for encrypted passwords ...



Regards
-------
Richard Sharpe, sharpe at ns.aus.com, NIC-Handle:RJS96
NS Computer Software and Services P/L, 
Ph: +61-8-8281-0063, FAX: +61-8-8250-2080, 
Samba, Linux, Apache, Digital UNIX, AIX, Netscape, Stronghold, C, ...


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