[KLUG Members] Samba

[Adam Tauno Williams]

>Just for the information, is hacking Win98 registry to use unencrypted
>passwords that big a deal in the long run.  

Not certain what the "long run" is, but it makes something that isn't secure
even less so.

>Does Win98 need to have its passwords encrypted?  

No, NT/WinY2k/Xpee do, for complete functionality.

>If not, then is it not better to hack Win98 and save the pain of setting up 
>encrypted passwords in Samba.  

It really isn't that hard.  And once you done it,  you just forget about it. 
And having the NT hash around is rather handy for PPP or VPN CHAP authentication.