Reversing Configuration to allow SMB connections using plain text passsword

I could not logon to a SMB Winows server - repeatedly getting a error -36. I found Apple Article 301580 "Mac OS X 10.4: Error -36 alert displays when connecting to a Windows server". After checking about the possibility of the server being configured to accept an encrypted password - I was resigned to following the directions in 301580 to configure your computer to use plain text passwords to make SMB/CIFS connections when the specified Samba or Windows (SMB/CIFS) server does not support encrypted passwords:
1. Make sure that you are not currently connected to any Samba or Windows (SMB/CIFS) servers and that you do not have any Samba or Windows-related error messages open.
2. Open the Terminal (/Applications/Utilities/).
3. At the prompt, type: sudo pico /etc/nsmb.conf
4. Press Return.
5. Enter your password when prompted, then press Return again.
6. You should see an empty file and a "New File" notice at the bottom of the pico window. If you do not see the "New File" notice, this file already exists.
7. Enter the following into the file so that it appears as follows:
[default]
minauth=none
8. Save the file (press Control-O), press Return, then exit pico (Control-X).
9. Type: sudo chmod a+r /etc/nsmb.conf
10. Press Return.
11. Restart your computer.
My question is how can I reverse this confuiguration to the previous setting where only encrypted passwords are used ?
Thanks!

The solution in my situation was to insert the code below at the top of the file and that took care of the problem.
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