Samba Interoperability with Windows
Elsolutions will employee a number of Windows XP desktop machines. Linux servers will supply departmental print services. When a Windows XP client wishes to use a Samba printer destination, it requests a connection and then it negotiates a protocol between the client and server. The default authentication scheme between Samba and Windows used to use a clear text password. The password was actually encoded in base 64, but that format is easily decoded. Windows NT service pack 4 changed the default to an encrypted password—a better, more secure default. This broke interoperation with Samba, which didn't use an encrypted password at the time. Service packs that targeted Windows 95 and then the release of Windows ...
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