On Tue, Jun 14, 2005 at 05:39:01PM -0500, Wayne Schroeder wrote: > I am trying to build 3.0.14a and use it's smbpasswd binary to change > passwords on a remote debian woody samba install -- the samba install on > the remote debian machine is listed as '2.2.3a-15' I can use the > previous smbpasswd binary from the same version on the client linux > machine to smbpasswd -r and change user passwords, but the new version > from 3.0.14a does not work against the 2.2.3a version. I get an error > message like: > > [2005/06/14 16:45:17, 0] smbd/chgpasswd.c:check_oem_password(817) > check_oem_password: incorrect password length (-177685840). > > I searched a bit and found that this has something to do with hash > lengths, or so it seems. I tried various configuration changes in the > smb.conf that I was using to no avail -- I tried all the hash tuning and > lanman auth options I could find. > > A few data points: > > The binary in question from 3.0.14a DOES change passwords against an > exchange server just fine.
It's a error message bug I'm afraid. Jerry just fixed it in the SVN source. If you bug him enough I'm sure he'll post a patch :-). Jeremy. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
