Agreed, unless you have a small internal network like mine and just need to get
it going.  For secure networks, you absolutely want to configure more security
and use encrypted passwords.

> On Thu, 22 Nov 2001 16:01:52 -0800
> David Aikema <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > On Thursday 22 November 2001 07:33 am, Susan Macchia wrote:
> >
> > > Ok, first I got rid of the use of encrypted passwords on my Win2k box. 
To
> > > do this, on your Win2k box run "regedit".  When the window opens pick
> (from
> > > the left panel):
> > >
> > >
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE->SYSTEM->CurrentControlSet->Services->lanmanworkstation-
> > >>parameters
> > >
> > > In the right panel select: enableplaintextpassword
> > > Press the right mouse button and choose modify, setting the value to 0x1.
> >
> > Wouldn't the more security-wise approach be to turn on encryption in
> smb.conf?
>
> It's also a hell of a lot easier to change one line in your samba box than
> 100+ Windoze registries.
>
> Ciao,
>
> David A. Bandel

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