[ILUG] Samba and encrypted passwords

[Dave Airlie]

If encrypt passwords = yes and he is in the smbpasswd file then no need
for the EnablePlainTextPassword jobby ... my guess is either no user in
/etc/samba/smbpasswd (or wherever) or corrupt one of the above..

smbpasswd -a solves the first
vi the second.

Dave.

On Wed, 13 Mar 2002, Niall O Broin wrote:

> Yes, I know this is an oldie and a goodie and a VFAQ and I even know the
> answer, but the trouble is the answer doesn't work :-(
>
> I have a user using VMware and he needs to run Samba to access his Linux
> home directory. He's NOT using the Samba which VMware installs but rather a
> standard 2.2.1a . However, he gets password problems. If I put the magic
> EnablePlainTextPassword key in the appropriate place in the registry with a
> value of 1 he can mount his drive. However, if I change the value to 0 he
> can't. Note that I am in each case doing the appropriate modification to the
> value of 'encrypt passwords' in smb.conf and restarting the Samba server.
>
> Ideas ?
>
>
>
> Niall
>
> P.S. The smb.conf is as simple as:
>
> [global]
>    workgroup = "WORKGROUP"
>    guest account = nobody
>    keep alive = 30
>    os level = 4
>    security = user
>
>    socket options = TCP_NODELAY
>
>    map to guest = Bad User
>
>    interfaces = 192.168.1.16/255.255.255.0
>
>    wins support = no
>    encrypt passwords = no
>
> [homes]
>    comment = Home directories
>    browseable = no
>    read only = no
>    create mode = 0750
>
>

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David Airlie, Software Engineer
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