[Samba] incorrect password length (1305249416)

[Andrew Bartlett]

Ralph Ballier wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 14 Feb 2002, Andrew Bartlett wrote:
> 
> > Ralph Ballier wrote:
> > >
> >
> > > If I look in log.smbd, I found the following error messages:
> > >
> > > api_samr_set_userinfo: Unable to unmarshall SAMR_Q_SET_USERINFO
> > > libsmb/smbencrypt.c: decode_pw_buffer(263)
> > > decode_pw_buffer: incorrect password length (1305249416)
> >
> > My normal reation to this particular error is to check that 'encrypt
> > passwords = yes'.
> 
> thanks for your answer. I have found the solution in mail archive:
> it is necessary to use the account "root" for administrative. It's
> not enough to insert an administrive user, perhaps "ballier" in
> smb.conf.

As in 'admin user = ballier'?

If so, I've fixed this in HEAD - I would appriciate it if you could
confirm that it works.

(It used to use a *very* ugly hack.)

Andrew Bartlett

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