1!== 2!== Win95.txt for Samba release 2.0.10 23 Jun 2001 3!== 4Copyright (C) 1997 - Samba-Team 5Contributed Date: August 20, 1997 6Last Update: August 20, 1997 7 8Subject: Windows 95 and Samba Interoperability 9=============================================================================== 10 11Password Handling: 12------------------ 13Microsoft periodically release updates to all their operating systems. Some of 14these are welcomed while others cause us to change the way we do things. Few 15people like change, particularly if the change is unexpected. The best advice 16always is to read the documentation provided BEFORE applying an update. 17 18One of the recent Win95 updates (VRDRUPD.EXE) disables plain text (also called 19clear text) password authentication. The effects of this updates are desirable 20where MS Windows NT is providing the password authentication service. This 21update is most undesirable where Samba must provide the authentication service 22unless Samba has been specifically configured to use encrypted passwords _AND_ 23has been linked with the libdes library. 24 25If the above conditions have not been complied with, and you are using Samba, 26then Windows 95 clients will NOT be able to authenticate to a Samba server. 27 28To re-enable plain text password capabilities AFTER applying this update 29you must create a new value in the Windows 95 registry. 30 31Either foillow the following procedure or just double click on the 32file Win95_PlainPassword.reg for an easier way to do this. 33 34Procedure: 351) Launch the Registry Editor as follows: 36 Click on: /Start/Run 37 Type "regedit" and press enter. 38 392) Double click on: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE 40 413) Locate the following Key: 42 /HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/System/CurrentControlSet/Services/VxD/VNETSUP 43 444) From the menu bar select Edit/New/DWORD Value 45 465) Rename the entry from "New Value #1" to: 47 EnablePlainTextPassword 48 496) Press Enter, then double click on the new entry. 50 A dialog box will pop up and enable you to set a value. 51 You must set this value to 1. 52 53------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 54 55Windows 95 Updates: 56------------------- 57When using Windows 95 OEM SR2 the following updates are recommended where Samba 58is being used. Please NOTE that the above change will affect you once these 59updates have been installed. 60 61There are more updates than the ones mentioned here. You are referred to the 62Microsoft Web site for all currently available updates to your specific version 63of Windows 95. 64 65Kernel Update: KRNLUPD.EXE 66Ping Fix: PINGUPD.EXE 67RPC Update: RPCRTUPD.EXE 68TCP/IP Update: VIPUPD.EXE 69Redirector Update: VRDRUPD.EXE 70 71Also, if using MS OutLook it is desirable to install the OLEUPD.EXE fix. This 72fix may stop your machine from hanging for an extended period when exiting 73OutLook and you may also notice a significant speedup when accessing network 74neighborhood services. 75 76------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 77The above password information was provided by: Jochen Huppertz <jhu@nrh.de> 78