[Samba] Old samba password is valid after setting the new one.
Dipl.-Ing. Péter Varkoly
peter at varkoly.de
Fri Oct 25 20:39:37 UTC 2019
Hi,
I've detected a very strange behavior on samba 4.8.9 and 4.10.6.
After setting a new password for a user with samba-tool the old
password remains valid. The user can use both passwords.
After setting the third password become the first password invalid:
:~ # samba-tool user setpassword extisadm --newpassword=12AbCdEf
Changed password OK
:~ # samba-tool user setpassword extisadm --newpassword=12AbCdEG
Changed password OK
:~ # smbclient -L admin -U extisadm%12AbCdEf
Sharename Type Comment
--------- ---- -------
sysvol Disk
groups Disk Shared directories of groups .....
users Disk All users
all Disk Folder for all
alladmins Disk Folder for administration personal
software Disk Folder for software
:~ # samba-tool user setpassword extisadm --newpassword=12AbCdEC
:~ # smbclient -L admin -U extisadm%12AbCdEf
session setup failed: NT_STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE
Is it a bug or a feature?
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Dipl.-Ing. Péter Varkoly
Greuleinweg 37.
D-90411 Nürnberg
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