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- Copyright (C) 1997 - Samba-Team
- Contributed Date: August 20, 1997
- Last Update: August 20, 1997
-
- Subject: Windows 95 and Samba Interoperability
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-
- Password Handling:
- ------------------
- Microsoft periodically release updates to all their operating systems. Some of
- these are welcomed while others cause us to change the way we do things. Few
- people like change, particularly if the change is unexpected. The best advice
- always is to read the documentation provided BEFORE applying an update.
-
- One of the recent Win95 updates (VRDRUPD.EXE) disables plain text (also called
- clear text) password authentication. The effects of this updates are desirable
- where MS Windows NT is providing the password authentication service. This
- update is most undesirable where Samba must provide the authentication service
- unless Samba has been specifically configured to use encrypted passwords _AND_
- has been linked with the libdes library.
-
- If the above conditions have not been complied with, and you are using Samba,
- then Windows 95 clients will NOT be able to authenticate to a Samba server.
-
- To re-enable plain text password capabilities AFTER applying this update
- you must create a new value in the Windows 95 registry.
-
- Either foillow the following procedure or just double click on the
- file Win95_PlainPassword.reg for an easier way to do this.
-
- Procedure:
- 1) Launch the Registry Editor as follows:
- Click on: /Start/Run
- Type "regedit" and press enter.
-
- 2) Double click on: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
-
- 3) Locate the following Key:
- /HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/System/CurrentControlSet/Services/VxD/VNETSUP
-
- 4) From the menu bar select Edit/New/DWORD Value
-
- 5) Rename the entry from "New Value #1" to:
- EnablePlainTextPassword
-
- 6) Press Enter, then double click on the new entry.
- A dialog box will pop up and enable you to set a value.
- You must set this value to 1.
-
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-
- Windows 95 Updates:
- -------------------
- When using Windows 95 OEM SR2 the following updates are recommended where Samba
- is being used. Please NOTE that the above change will affect you once these
- updates have been installed.
-
- There are more updates than the ones mentioned here. You are referred to the
- Microsoft Web site for all currently available updates to your specific version
- of Windows 95.
-
- Kernel Update: KRNLUPD.EXE
- Ping Fix: PINGUPD.EXE
- RPC Update: RPCRTUPD.EXE
- TCP/IP Update: VIPUPD.EXE
- Redirector Update: VRDRUPD.EXE
-
- Also, if using MS OutLook it is desirable to install the OLEUPD.EXE fix. This
- fix may stop your machine from hanging for an extended period when exiting
- OutLook and you may also notice a significant speedup when accessing network
- neighborhood services.
-
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- The above password information was provided by: Jochen Huppertz <jhu@nrh.de>
-