9+ character NT passwords a problem?

Michael Kriss kriss at fnal.gov
Thu Jul 15 21:28:22 GMT 1999


Yes, only entering the first 8 characters of the password gets them in.
However the last version I ran, Samba 1.9.18p3, allowed the longer
passwords (according to a user who said his password hasn't changed
between Samba 1.9.18p3 and 2.1.0-prealpha).

michael

On Thu, 15 Jul 1999, James Thompson wrote:

> On Fri, 16 Jul 1999, Michael Kriss wrote:
> >
> > Then if I change the password for the user to something 8 characters or
> > less, I can access the shares on the server both using network
> > neighborhood and net use.  Any ideas?
> > 
> 
> I've got the same problem on an older pre 2.0 cvs copy.  I believe if a
> user with more than 8 char password types in just the first 8 characters
> it will let them login.  
> 
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