[Samba] Fix for smbpasswd Samba 2.2.4 on Solaris only taking 8 character passwords

[Gerald Carter]

On Wed, 19 Jun 2002, Jeremy Allison wrote:

> On Wed, Jun 19, 2002 at 02:06:20PM +1000, Andrew Bartlett wrote:
> 
> > So why don't we always replace it? 
> 
> Because it's better to use a system supplied interface
> (so long as it works). Else Samba ends up with libc
> embedded. The problem is the Solaris getpass() is 
> broken, so we have to replace it.
> 
> Only replace what you have to.

Jeremy,

We always replace getpass() if lib/getsmbpass.c will compile
according to the autoconf test.





cheers, jerry