Samba Problem with Windows98 client

[Christian Ospelkaus]

Am Freitag,  6. April 2001 11:25 schrieben Sie:
> Dear Samba Team
>    I use samba-2.0.5a-1mdk on my linux server.i can use my PC with
> windows95 to share files and printers from the server,but  for my PC with
> windows98 I can't do that . They shows "You must supply a password to make
> this connection:"  and I tried to enter any password , but it didn't work.
> How can I do ?

It might be a problem with plain text passwords. Win95 is configured to send 
plain text passwords to the server, while Win98 insists on sending encrypted 
passwords by default. You can enable Win98 to send plain text passwords by 
copying the file 

Win98_PlainPassword.reg

from your local samba documentation directory onto a floppy and 
double-clicking on that file in the explorer on the windows box. You will 
have to reboot then.

Your other option is to enable samba to understand encrypted passwords, which 
means you will have to maintain another password file (/etc/smbpasswd) on 
your linux box. You will have to look at the file ENCRYPTION.txt from your 
samba docs directory. 
Best regards,

Christian Ospelkaus