Hi Mike,

On Montag, 1. April 2013, Mike Gabriel wrote:
> >> +   passwd program = /usr/sbin/kadmin.local -q 'cpw %u'
> >> +   passwd chat = "Authenticating as principal*"n"Enter password for
> >> principal *"%u"*:*" %nn n"Re-enter password for principal *"%u"*:*" %nn
> > this doesn't allow for translations :-(
> Samba calls the passwd chat with LANG=C. No need to consider
> translations here.

this is exactly the problem I pointed out. that there is no need to translate, 
is a bug, not a feature.
 
> As passwd chat debug is set to know, the danger is non-existant. The
> warning means: don't set the passwd chat debug to ,,yes'' here. Only
> then it will reveal plain text passwords in syslog.

thanks for explaining.


cheers,
        Holger

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