On 04/21/2009 07:09 PM, Mike Powell wrote:

> Thanks!  There was actually a samba setting that I was able to change which
> allowed the Win9x box to access the shares:
>
> client lanman auth = Yes
> lanman auth = Yes
>
> Actually, I am not sure the first one is necessary (or even does anything),
> but that was how I found it when I goggled the problem.  The page I found
> it on said to only do this if necessary as it does relax the security on
> samba.

I suspect that it simply means Win9x doesn't have the code for strong 
passwords (NTLM) so you have to use the older, less secure versions. 
Not good for business or Internet-accessed shares but fine within a 
limited setup most home users have.

> Now if I could only get the OS/2 box to recognize the samba server again. ;)

Refresh me on the OS/2 issues again...

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Jeff Guerdat

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