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From: ginger@la.excelan.com (Judy "Ginger" Edighoffer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Re: Converting 286->386 on Racore
Summary: Have you got the password encryption set right?
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Date: 11 Dec 90 20:59:04 GMT
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mallsop@sunc.mqcc.mq.oz.au (Mark Allsop) writes:

>We are upgrading from Netware 286 to Netware 386, and want to connect both the
>new and old fileservers onto the same physical, Racore network.  (Racore is the
>brand of the packet driver, like Ethernet).
> 
>When we place both servers onto the same cable, it becomes impossible to log
>into the 386 server.  We have polling set correctly, and the Racore distributor
>here claims it's not a Racore problem.  The strange thing is, all servers appear
>correctly on the slist, however when you try to log in, an error message comes
>up after the connection times out.

  NetWare386 differs from NetWare286 in the way passwords are passed around.
By default, NetWare386 insists on accepting only encrypted passwords.  
NetWare286 lacks the encryption facility.  You might try adding the following
line to the autoexec.ncf file for the 386 server:

set allow unencrypted passwords = on

This tells the NetWare386 box to also accept logons from NetWare shells & 
servers that spit out the 286-style plain passwords.

Ginger Edighoffer
ginger@novell.com