[techtalk] samba help

[ktb]

On Thu, May 31, 2001 at 06:10:06PM +0100, Conor Daly wrote:
> On Thu, May 31, 2001 at 07:19:39AM -0500 or so it is rumoured hereabouts, 
> ktb thought:
> > On Thu, May 31, 2001 at 05:39:49AM -0500, Julie wrote:
> > > Help!
> > > 
> > > I'm trying to set up samba with my Windows 98 box as
> > > a client.  On the windoze machine I do all of the Network
> > > Neighborhood crud so I can see the machine.  When I
> > > click on it's name I get prompted for a password for
> > > file://SERVER/IPC$ and no matter what I enter it tells
> > > me "Incorrect password".  I can't find any documentation
> > > in the manpages on an "IPC$" resource.
> > 
> > If you don't care about encrypted passwords search the W98 installation
> > cd for Ptxt_on right click on that file and select "install."  This will
> > cause w98 to send plain test passwords to samba.  You will at minimum
> > have to log out of your w98 session or reboot to make the change take
> > effect.  Can't remember exactly.
> > kent
> 
> You should also find a file of the form "plaintextpassword.reg" somewhere
> in the samba documentation.  Copy that to the win98 box and import it into
> the registry.
<snip>

Installing Ptxt_on does that for you.  Is what your talking about the
same thing?  Sounds like it.  Just curious.
kent

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