-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 This is the most current, I would think, source of information on Solaris (since it is newer than Solaris 10, even). There would be a rather large implication here that larger than 8 character names will present a problem:
http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/security/library/long_usernames/ Gaiseric Vandal wrote: > The problem is with passwords that exceed 8 characters, not usernames. > Solaris (at least Solaris 9 ) will let you create usernames with more > than 8 characters- (although it complains about.) Most of the > usernames are 8 characters or less, including the test account. And > I would think that the unix password store is usually irrelevant to > samba anyway (with the exception of password syncing.) > > Older versions of Solaris did have an issue with unix passwd length > (basically any characters beyond 8 were ignored.) Switching from > DES to MD5 password encryption seems to have fixed this. > > > I will try compiling 3.026a on a linux box (or 3.024 on solaris) and > see if it really is Solaris specific. > > > > On Nov 7, 2007 4:14 PM, Ryan Novosielski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I can confirm that Solaris only allows 8 character usernames (just > looked this up last week). As such, your usage of /etc/passwd (or > whatever other PAM backend) is likely the problem. > > Eric Diven wrote: >>>> I'm pretty sure it's Solaris specific, I didn't have problems on my >>>> CentOS box I've been using as a reference machine. See this bug in >>>> bugzilla: https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4863 >>>> >>>> ~Eric >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf >>>> Of Gaiseric Vandal >>>> Sent: Friday, November 02, 2007 5:04 PM >>>> To: Samba >>>> Subject: [Samba] smbpasswd and 8 character limit >>>> >>>> The smbpasswd on my PDC (Solaris 9, Samba 3.026a) will truncate or >>>> corrupt passwords over 8 chars. >>>> >>>> The smbpasswd command on the linux clients (Samba 3.024a) is OK. >>>> Anyone know if this is a samba version issue or something solaris >>>> specific. >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> -- >>>> To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the >>>> instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba >>>> o/samba - -- >> To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba >> - -- ---- _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ _ |Y#| | | |\/| | \ |\ | | |Ryan Novosielski - Systems Programmer II |$&| |__| | | |__/ | \| _| |[EMAIL PROTECTED] - 973/972.0922 (2-0922) \__/ Univ. of Med. and Dent.|IST/AST - NJMS Medical Science Bldg - C630 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHM427mb+gadEcsb4RAsK9AJ9ZY/kE5OjI4A1qrbW1wxXkHxiVbwCeL8Hp o1D3lKlSH4Lqa5r7ELl85cU= =WMed -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba