7 Oct
2002
7 Oct
'02
11:44 a.m.
Here, at the folder defined bellow, create EnablePlainTextPassword and fill 1 as the value.
Details : Regedit My Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\VNETS UP\EnablePlainTextPassword (DWORD value =1)
This is a bad idea. By default, Windows uses encrypted passwords for SMB, and at this point the default Samba configurations for most Linux installations set up encrypted passwords on the Samba server. There's no need for this anymore, and plaintext passwords are not a good idea to begin with (even if it's not encrypted that well). Brian J. Conway bconway@alum.wpi.edu "Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves." - Albert Einstein