NT SP5 Authentication Problems to Linux w/Samba

[fando]

Has anyone noticed a problem authenticating to a Linux server w/SMB services using NT w/Service Pack 5? I had no problems w/W95 release B and NT SP3. I upgraded the NT box to SP5 and now am prompted for a user name and password which is rejected.

 

[cnardin]

After applying SP3, you fixed the registry to accept plain text passwords, didn't you? Maybe SP5 undoes that and you have to do it again. I've been holding off on SP5 myself for just this sort of reason. Maybe there are other things SP5 does too, but I haven't heard of anything yet. Try searching the Samba web site.

 

[fando]

cnardin, thanks for the reminder. You're exactly right. I forgot about this change I made awhile back. The registry change suggested by WinNT.txt did not work, but the registry upload file took care of it.

 

[EuphonicTrash]

As a security precaution, I might suggest modifying
smb.conf to use encrypted passwords.
Its easy to create the smbpasswd file with

cat /etc/passwd | mksmbpasswd.sh > /etc/smbpasswd

This does place a bit more of an administrative burden on the admin though..one more file to update, but its easy to write a script that takes care of this.