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<H4>"The Linux Gazette...<I>making Linux just a little more fun!</I>"</H4>
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<H4>By James T. Dennis,
<a href="mailto:linux-questions-only@ssc.com">linux-questions-only@ssc.com</a><BR>
Starshine Technical Services,
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>Sometimes Short of the Question</H3>
<p><strong>From Laurin Killian on Fri, 08 Jan 1999
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<P><STRONG><IMG SRC="../../gx/dennis/qbub.gif" ALT="(?)"
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James,
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<P><STRONG>
I enjoy your column, but sometimes you seem to stop short of the "real"
answer. What I mean is, you don't answer the <EM>specific</EM> question that
is being asked. This is good in some ways - because I've picked up some
interesting ideas from your more general answers.
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Case in point, Answer Guy 36,
"<a href="../../issue36/tag/18.html">How to "get into" an Linux system from a
Microsoft client</a>":
The guy says he can "get into" - use SMB to view files on his linux box
- from win95 and NOT WinNT(sp4). The big issue is the <EM>difference</EM>, he
can see his files with win95, NOT with NT. As of sp4, NT uses encrypted
passwords by <EM>default</EM> for shares and will not view files from a share
that does not use encrypted passwords.
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Yes. I remembered that. However I didn't remember the
details so I wanted to refer him to the FAQ.
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There are two options that are detailed in an article in Linux Journal
#56 and also in the documentation for samba, in the files:
<blockquote><code>
ENCRYPTION.txt, WinNT.txt, NT4_PlainPassword.reg
</code></blockquote>
Basically, turn off encryption on NT, or turn on encryption on the samba
box.
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The easier, of course, is to turn off encryption on the NT box, but to
show interoperability with NT, it is a good idea to actually turn on
(password) encryption on the samba server.
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Actually it seems harder to disable the encryption on
the NT box (or boxes) since you have to do it on every
one of them by hand in their weird registry editor.
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Enabling the encryption support on the Linux box is
a one time hassle (per server) can can conceivably
be automated. It would be nice if we could make
it the default --- but those pesky U.S. crypto export
regulations are probably chilling that idea.
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What my question really boils down to is this:
Should I email you more detailed answers when I know them, since I don't
seem to have the email of the person who asked the question?
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-Laurin
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You're welcome to relay the more specific answers
through me. In this case I think the original poster
did get the right info from the FAQ. (Usually I get
a follow up if my answer didn't quite do it).
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Although I avoid saying "RTFM" to any question --- I
will sometimes "cop out" and point at a specific FM to R.
Sometimes that has more to do with my mood and schedule
than with any rationality and the value of the question at
hand.
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<H5 align="center"><a href="http://www.linuxgazette.com/copying.html"
>Copyright &copy;</a> 1999, James T. Dennis
<BR>Published in <I>The Linux Gazette</I> Issue 37 February 1999</H5>
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