Win2k needs password twice

[Bob Dusek]

How odd.. a "less than intuitive" message from Windows...???

I'll leave it at that.

Herb Lewis wrote:
> 
> You are running with plaintext passwords. Win2K will not connect to
> a server running in plaintext password mode without asking for the
> password. This dialog is VERY misleading to people. It is not that
> the other password is wrong or NT doesn't know the password. This
> is to prevent you from accidently sending your password to a malicious
> server. What the dialog is really saying is "You are in plaintext
> mode. Do you REALLY want me to send your password over the wire?"
> 
> See the docs for changing to encryped passwords if you want to get
> rid of this prompt.
> 
> Ben Stuyts wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've recently upgraded a few of the win98 machines here to win2kpro, and
> > now, after logging in, the password has to be entered again for the shares.
> > I've searched around but can't find a solution to this problem. Any help
> > would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > This is on Samba 2.0.7 on FreeBSD, and here is smb.conf:
> >
> 
> --
> ======================================================================
> Herb Lewis                               Silicon Graphics
> Networking Engineer                      1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy MS-510
> Strategic Software Organization          Mountain View, CA  94043-1351
> herb at sgi.com                             Tel: 650-933-2177
> http://www.sgi.com                       Fax: 650-932-2177
> ======================================================================
> 
> --
> To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the
> instructions:  http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba

--

Saint Joseph's College --  bobd at saintjoe.edu | http://www.saintjoe.edu
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Administrative Computing Center, Bob Dusek...  219-866-6371

Work like you don't need the money. 
Love like you've never been hurt. 
Dance like nobody's watching