Windows98 & SMB

[Charlie Brady]

On Fri, 3 Jul 1998, Kevin Fonda wrote:

> If you look on the Win98 CD in the directory '/tools/mtsutil/' you should
> find the files: 'ptxt_on.inf' and 'ptxt_off.inf' here is a clip from the
> mtsutil.txt file in that directory:
> 
> ===============================================================
> PTXT_ON.INF - SENDS PLAIN-TEXT PASSWORDS TO YOUR NETWORK SERVER
> ===============================================================
> 
> For security reasons, Windows 98 will not allow you to send plain-
> text passwords. The password is encrypted by default. However,
> Samba servers require plain-text passwords, so you will not be able
                ^^^^^^^

> to connect to Samba servers unless you change a Registry entry to
> enable plain-text passwords.

So, M$ misrepresents samba once again.

Sigh...

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