IPC$ error when networking

[Seb]

Basically what happens is tha when I try to access the Linux server (RedHat 7.2) with a Win95 machine it gives the message that I have to supply a password to access the resource IPC$ and I don't have a clue what the password or IPC$ is. If anyone knows what IPC$ is and how to get around entering a password please reply, I'd apreciate it.
thanks in advance.

[michaelk]

The IPC$ resource is samba. Samba is the communication interface between windows and linux. You can find out more info at www.samba.org. (http://www.samba.org.) Its been awhile ... but for Win95 I believe you need to change the /etc/smb.conf entry to encrypt password = no.
To get around entering a password you need to add a user/password to smbpasswd.

[psirix]

I think another way you can do this...im not absolutely sure but i think what you have to do is create a user for the win95 machine, and create a user for the linux machine...and make sure both users on the computers both have the same username and password..this has worked for me before.