Civileme wrote:
>
> /usr/doc/samba-2.x.y/docs has Plain password registry for 95, 98, NT and 2000.
>
> But here is my file which I had to earn by trial and error because resources were not
> available to me when the newer Windows stopped talking to my Infomagic WorkGroup
>Server
> (When I was still using WGS about a year ago. [and it sems like ancient history])
>
> Click Start; select Run Program; type in c:\windows\regedit.exe
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE click the +
> System click the +
> CurrentControlSet click the +
> Services click the +
> VxD click the +
> VNETSUP click the folder
> Select Edit->New->DWORD Value
> Type
>
> EnablePlainTextPassword
>
> Hit <Enter>
>
> Now double-click the word in the right screen thet you just typed. Type 1 in value
>data
> and click "OK"
>
> Exit the registry editor and reboot
>
> WIn98 will now send out plain text passwords
>
> I don't have any Windows facilities handy but I think I recall correctly. Windows
>does
> make some sort of strange sense, at least viewed as a consistent black box. (No, I
>never
> answered the ad on the matchbook cover to become a Microsoft Certified anything)
>
> Civileme
>
'preciate it..
The win98 box now sees the linux box.. I still have something amiss though. I try to
print
and I get an error couldn't print due to unknown error.. Gonna hack at it now. It got
late
last night.
Thanks
Alan
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