Bug 76533 – confusing Samba documentation

Bug 76533 - confusing Samba documentation

Summary:	confusing Samba documentation

Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Linux
Classification:	Retired
Component:	samba (Show other bugs)
Sub Component:
Version:	8.0
Hardware:	i386 Linux

Priority	low Severity low
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Assigned To:	Jay Fenlason
QA Contact:	David Lawrence
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Reported:	2002-10-22 17:57 EDT by Nick Mumbach
Modified:	2014-08-31 19:24 EDT (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Last Closed:	2004-11-16 16:39:04 EST
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Description Nick Mumbach 2002-10-22 17:57:54 EDT

Description of Problem: confusion in configuration guide

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Red Hat 8.0


How Reproducible: always


Steps to Reproduce:
1. read configuration guide
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Actual Results: confusion


Expected Results: clarity


Additional Information:

Comment 1 Nick Mumbach 2002-10-22 18:10:43 EDT

rhl-cg-en-8.0\s1-samba-configuring.html states (under Samba Passwords)
'In Red Hat Linux 8.0 encrypted passwords are enabled by default ...' the next
paragraph then states ' ... you can ... either edit your Windows registry to use
plaintext passwords, or configure Samba on your Linux system to use encrypted
passwords.

Are they encrypted by default, or not?  It seems no matter which way I try to
set it up, I can see in Network Neighborhood (but not access) my Samba share
from a W95B station. It pops up a window asking for my PW, listing the resource
as \\NICK-HOME-RH\IPC$ (my Red Hat system is Nick-Home-RH).  Is character case
of concern here?

Comment 2 Jay Fenlason 2004-11-16 16:39:04 EST

Documentation is much improved in samba-3.0.

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