I would set the 'Minimum Password Length' in the 'Local Policy Settings' of the Clients to the same value as in linux. So if in Linux your users need >= 5 chars, set Minimum Password Length also to 5.
cheers, Stumpfl Markus > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im > Auftrag von Florian Thiel > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 11. März 2004 11:43 > An: Samba Mailinglist > Betreff: [Samba] No error on change to password below configured length > > Hello! > > Our users change their passwords using the original Win2K password > change mechanisms (Ctrl+Alt+Del -> Change Password). If one of the users > changes his password and the new one is shorter then 5 characters it is > rejected. This appears in the logfile and that's OK so far but the users > don't get notified. They think the password has changed and use the new > one. > > Why is that? Could it be this is a config thing? > > We're using Samba 2.2.3a on Debian GNU/Linux. > > Regards, > Florian Thiel > -- > Florian Thiel - Medienzentrum Kassel > Systembetreuung Internet- und Kommunikationstechnik > Kasseler Schulen am Netz - http://www.medienzentrum-kassel.de > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba