Samba and Linux

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-----Original Message-----
From: RMinear at amctheatres.com <RMinear at amctheatres.com>

>I spent the good part of the weekend working on Samba connectivity between
>my Linux server and my Windows 98 boxes...
>
>First: some background...take a look at
>http://www.byte.com/column/hands-on/BYTE19990901s0011
>It is a fairly good beginners article on what we are trying to accomplish.
>
>Two:  It is kind of hard to understand (at least for me), because of the
>different ways that different Windows OS's handle password encryption
(Win95
>vs Win98 Vs NT 4.0 Pre SP4 Vs NT 4.0 Post SP4.)
>

Does the Howto recommend shutting off the encryption in 98 and NT if your
network is mixed w/ 95 or is there just a workaround?

>Once working, it works great....
>
>I will spend some time putting together a short how-to for newbies....if
>anyone is interested.
>
>Rich Minear
>Sr. Network Admin
>AMC Theatres
>rminear at amctheatres.com
>