addition to: inappropriate checking in smbpasswd whenchanging passwords

[John E. Malmberg]

James Caccese <jwcacces at holycross.edu> wrote:

> hi, I just wanted to add to the last thing I sent in
>
> for changing the password of a user, it is a good
> idea to make sure they type in the correct old
> password.

IMHO:
In the case of the passwords possibly being out of synchronization, then in
many cases it should be acceptable that the old password matches either host
password, or the password in the smb password database.  Thus when it is
changed, they both can be synchronized.

-John
wb8tyw at qsl.network