[Samba] Fail on "Test 8" - proposed solution fails...

[Jonathan Brassow]

After doing some searching on the web, I found the answer to my problem in
the archives of the Long Island LUG.  I am posting this message here to help
anyone who might be having the same problem.

My original message was...
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I have run through DIAGNOSIS.txt and gotten to step 8.  When entering :
> net view \\<my server name>
I get:
Error 86: The specified network password is not correct.  Type the =
correct password, or contact your network administrator for more =
information.

This is funny, because when I type:
> testparm /etc/samba/smb.conf <my client name> <clients ip addr>
I get:
...
Allow connection from <my client name> (<ip addr>) to tmp

I am logged in on the client with a valid samba username and password =
and have tested this on this combo on the samba server.

If I simply run a "net view" on the win client, all is good, and I can =
see the server.

Additionally, running a "nbtstat -a <my server>, it reports all is =
registered.

I have checked the faq and the GOTCHAS.txt, and I haven't been able to =
find a solution.

Does anyone know what is going on here?  Do you need more information?

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The problem was encription.  My win98 box expected it, but I didn't have it
set up on the server.  I fixed it by enabling plain text passwords on the
win98 box (I'm in no need of the extra security).

Perhaps it should be considered to add a note in the proposed solutions for
test 8 that password encription may be a potential problem.  This might help
people in the future.

hope this helps others,
 brassow