[Samba] Windows XP and plain text password

[Kenny Mann]

Samba built for OS's such as QNX do not have the encryption capability.
You must have plain text turned on. Perhaps he is in the same position.

--KM

> -----Original Message-----
> From: John H Terpstra [mailto:jht at samba.org] 
> Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 11:08 AM
> To: Sacha HAEGELIN
> Cc: samba at lists.samba.org
> Subject: Re: [Samba] Windows XP and plain text password
> 
> 
> On Wed, 12 Mar 2003, Sacha HAEGELIN wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> >
> > Can you say me which is the key to add in the registry for 
> Windows XP 
> > to Enable Plain Text Password?
> 
> Sacha,
> 
> You obtained your answer, but why do you want to enable plain 
> text passwords? I hope you are aware the plain text passwords 
> and domain security do not work together. I recommend that 
> you do NOT use plain text password handling as it is basically broken.
> 
> - John T.
> -- 
> John H Terpstra
> Email: jht at samba.org
>