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How to enable plain-text password on Mac
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[Modified Thursday, Oct 6th 2011 by kamaljit]

1) Open the terminal by opening your Applications folder, then opening the Utilities folder.

2) At the prompt, type 'sudo pico /etc/nsmb.conf' and then press Return Key.

3) Type your systems' password when prompted, then press the Return key again.

4) You should see an empty file and a "New File" notice at the bottom of the Pico window that appears. If the "New File" notice doesn’t appear, the file already exists.

5) Enter the following into the file so that it appears as follows:

[default]
minauth=none

6) Save the file by pressing Control-O, pressing the Return key, and then exiting the Pico window by pressing Control-X.

7) At the prompt, type 'sudo chmod a+r /etc/nsmb.conf' and press the Return key and restart your computer.



 
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