Réf. : [Samba] DOS client connection

[Vincent.Badier at alcatel.fr]

>This is incorrect.  All modern clients (including DOS) can send the Lanman
>form of the encrypted password, and we will always accept a plaintext
password
>from the truly ancient clients.
>
>What 'encrypt passwords = yes' does is allow modern clients to use
encrypted
>passwords - which must exist in an smbpasswd file.  In particular, XP,
Win2k,
>Win98 will all *refuse* to send a plaintext password, leaving you no other
>option.

The client is Microsoft LAN manager v2.1

Regard's
Vincent