[Samba] WindowsXP Home and Samba 2.2.3a connection problems

[Christian Barth]

> OK, so I looked through all the archives and still can't find a solution.
> My server is running RedHat 7.2 with all the latest patches, Samba is also 
> latest 2.2.3a with domain masters set as "yes" and passwords NOT set as 
> encrypt, because when I do turn it on, none of the Win98 boxes can log on 
> (even when I tried to create non-blank password account). All Win98 boxes 
> login flawlesly, since all of them use blank passwords/no passwords (for 
> now), but now I got 1 XP Home edition box and I am really not willing to go 
> and change things on lots of boxes just for this computer.
> Here is what I tried:
> I did apply the "signandseal" patch for XP that comes with Samba. I tried 
> to log-in. Nothing...
> I tried to turn on the encrypted passwrods on samba and import the 
> user/password data with smbpasswd program. No luck, even if I enter the 
> right username and password, it keeps on poping back-up asking for 
> username/password info.
> Any ideas?

Du you have used the Registry Key on XP to allwo it to send plain 
text passwords over the wire? 

Christian


> Thanx 
> 
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