I install Fedora 11 for file sharing from windows client Win 95/98, Win xp & xp home. I can login from win xp & xp home to access folder but I can't login from win 95/98 to access folder. I got the error message... "The domain password supplied is not correct or access to your logon has been denied".
from win 95/98 Desktop computers.

The following are contents of smb.conf

# Samba config file
# from UNKNOWN (127.0.0.1)
# Date: 2010/12/20 10:56:30

[global]
workgroup = ABGROUP
netbios name = AB_SERVER
server string = samba %v on %L
encrypt passwords = yes
smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd
interfaces = lo, eth0
bind interfaces only = Yes
log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
hostname lookups = Yes
wins support = Yes
domain logons = yes
mangle case = yes
case sensitive = no
default case = lower
preserve case = yes
valid users = abc, peter, john, bhlow,
admin users = aruna
hosts allow = 172.15.135.1/255.255.248.0,ab_server, abf.com, localhost
logon path = \\%L\%U\profile
logon home = \\%L\%U
include = /etc/samba/smb.conf.%U
[printers]
comment = printer
path = /var/spool/lpd/lphp5
write list = @admn, @sal, @prdn, @rnd, @cmn
guest ok = Yes
printable = Yes
printer = lphp5

Hi swissp, Try adding the following option to the [global] section in your conf.

Good luck. ;-)

swissp
you do know that fedora 11 has is a DEAD version
It has been unsupported for the last 6 months since it hit it's END OF LIFE
there is ONLY 13 months of support for any given version of fedora
there have been NO updates made for it and there will NEVER be any
do not use a dead version!!!

the current is fedora 14
please install that and KEEP up to date.

as to windows 95 ???
a 16 bit OS ???

i take it the passwords are bigger and longer than a 16 bit os can handle.

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By default, Win9x machines only offer the LANMAN hash when trying to authenticate to a Samba server. Recent versions of Samba do not allow the LANMAN authentication mechanism by default.
You can enable Samba to offer and accept the LANMAN hash with 'client lanman auth = yes' and 'lanman auth = yes' in the Global section of smb.conf.
If you do this, then you will probably need to rebuild the Samba password backend i.e. delete and recreate users. In my experience, the LANMAN hash is not added to the password backend unless the lanman auth =yes has been set in smb.conf.

The other, and better, approach is to enable the NTLM hash on the Win9x machines.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/239869