On Tue, Jun 13, 2000 at 03:46:12PM -0700, Ryan White wrote: > As I recall after windows 95 the passwords are sent over the line > encrypted. The encryption might be weak but they are not clear text > anymore. > There is a switch in SMB to allow encrypted passwords. This is ON by > default in debian (I believe) But using this option prevents you from using the global /etc/shadow file, which is problematic in some cases. - Sebastian