Windows98 & SMB

[Peter Blake]

On Sat, 4 Jul 1998, Charlie Brady wrote:

> 
> 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...
> 

Let us be charitable, people. M$ now have multi-user technology that is
not quite up to RSX11 (1970's), so don't castigate them for being a year 
or late on their appreciation of samba capabilities.

(smirk)


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Peter Blake
ppb at hft.co.uk
ppb at baloo.tcp.co.uk