Samba Passwords >8 characters? (Samba 2.2 CVS, Solaris 7, Win2K client)

[J.L.Gilmour at exeter.ac.uk]

> 
> All works fine if the Samba password is 8 characters long or less. If
> it's any longer, though, then Win 2K does not accept the login. If I try
> to use the long password, it gives me this error:

We have exactly the same problem. We just advised users that passwords 
now need to be 8 chars or less. They diodn't mind too much as it came
at the same time as combined unix/nt passwords.


Jayne.

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      Jayne Gilmour, BSc. MSc.  Unix & Network Administrator 
       Department of Computer Science, University of Exeter

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