Why WinNT wrks 4.0 does not remember SAMBA password?

[Gerald W. Carter]

-- > Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 09:53:53 +0100
> From: "Pavel Lisy" <pali at tmapy.cz>
> To: samba at arvidsjaur.anu.edu.au
> Subject: Why WinNT wrks 4.0 does not remember SAMBA password?
> Message-ID: <199709180754.JAA04058 at noe.tmapy.cz>
> 
> I have small problem,
> 
> my NT requests password every time when I reboot, but only on SAMBA 
> shares, passwd from W95 shares are saved and not requested.
> 
> Any suggestion?
> 
> Pavel

I belive this will go away if you use encrypted passwords on the Samba
server ( not sure though ).  Also once you make the initial connection (
validation) then all subsequent connections go through.

An interesting note to this is that if you use a Samba box to server the
homes directories for you NT accounts, then this connects up normally at
logon time with NO prompt for a password.  If the connection is done as
a presistent connection ( reconnect on login ) then it does ask for a
password.  A dump of the packets revleals that NT passes the password
across for the home directory automatically but not for the persistent
connection [hmmmmmm......]

Anyway, if you mount the use's home directory from a Samba server then
all other connect to THAT server will go through without asking for a
password because the user has already been validated.


Hope this helps some.  If not then just file in the the round file :)





j-
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                          Gerald ( Jerry ) Carter	
Engineering Network Services                           Auburn University 
jerry at eng.auburn.edu             http://www.eng.auburn.edu/users/cartegw

       "...a hundred billion castaways looking for a home."
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