Apparently the registry hack doesn't work either and I took the
passwords away from the user.  It is still prompting me for a
password, and even when I enter a blank (as suggested when there
is no password,) I still get "password is incorrect."

Tracy M. Johnson
TRW Automotive Electronics
Sensors & Components

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Johnson, Tracy [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 6:05 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] Samba/iX and passwords
>
>
> I just put on Samba/iX on one of my machines today and I get the
> exact same symptoms that Christian Lheureux got last January 6!
>
> Funny thing is, I even removed the passwords on my system (a test
> system) to see if I can by pass it, to no effect.
>
> So I looks like I must get the Windows de-encrypt password
> registry hack.
>
> So I wonder if CIAC is going to tell me if this is a security hole?
>
> Tracy M. Johnson
> TRW Automotive Electronics
> Sensors & Components
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Michael L Gueterman [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> >
> > Christian,
> >
> >   Three things to look into:
> >
> > 1.  This version of Samba can not handle encrypted passwords,
> > so your PC must supply them in clear-text format.  Since WIN95 OSR2
> > and on, Windows does not automatically fall back to
> clear-text passwords.  You can
> > re-enable this ability by installing a registry patch which
> is available
> > at http://www.sambaix.com in the download area.  Patches
> are available
> > for both Win95/98 and WinNT 4.0.  If you don't have the
> registry patch
> > installed on your PC, then you will be unable to use
> password protected
> > shares.
> >
> > 2.  Passwords are checked using the same format as the FTP
> > server.  That is "user,account" format.  The comma is
> required if you
> > have an account password even if you don't have a user password.
> >
> > 3.  The total length of the password string (including the
> > comma) cannot exceed 14 characters.  If it does, you'll not
> be able to specify it
> > correctly on the PC side (meaning you'll always get a
> mismatch in the
> > password checking mechanism).  Try new (shorter) passwords
> to get around
> > this windows limitation.
> >
> > Good Luck,
> > Michael L Gueterman
> > Easy Does It Technologies
> > SigWeb Co-Chair
> >
> > P.S.  All of this information is in documents available at
> > the sambaix.com site, but maybe I need to reorder things. :)
> > --
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
> > Behalf Of Christian Lheureux
> > Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2000 8:39 AM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: [HP3000-L] Samba/iX and passwords
> >
> >
> > Hello fellow listers !
> >
> > I have an issue with connecting to a Samba/iX share residing
> > on my HP3000.  When I try to access my share using an MPE
> account and user
> > logon, I am prompted for passwords even though that
> account/user logon has no
> > passwords. When that account/user logon had a password, I was always
> > returned an invalid password message. I assume a password
> encryption issue,
> > and/or a syntax error.
> >
> > And I can find no help from the HP Electronic Support
> > database, nor from
> > the sambaix site.
> >
> > Anyone can help ? Please .... Your contributions are always
> valued...
> >
> > Christian
>
>