On Tue, 2004-03-02 at 17:26, steve downes wrote: > I've got a working samba setup on a debian linux server. Existing > windows boxes are win98 with unencripted passwords. They only need to > see the exported directories on the samba server. All the networking > is working. (dns, dhcp, ping, internet access, etc ) > > Anything I do on my new XP Pro box or in samba.conf gives the error > message:- > > The folder you entered does not appear to be valid.please choose > another. > > When I try to set up a "network place" \\server\home\steve > > The win98 & XP boxes are sharing & the win98 boxes are picking up the > samba shares. > > The XP installation is pretty much default & nothing clever done with > it except running the win98_plainpassword.reg which seems OK as this > is what opened the win 98 shares. > > Any gotchas I am missing?
You are not causing the XP and W2K machine to use plain text passwords. It is a completely different Registry Key. Good Luck, it isn't to hard to find. First couple of links should get you going: http://www.google.com/search?q=EnablePlainTextPassword+Windows+XP -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] REMEMBER ED CURRY! http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry Novell's Directory Services is a competitive product to Microsoft's Active Directory in much the same way that the Saturn V is a competitive product to those dinky little model rockets that kids light off down at the playfield. -- Thane Walkup
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