[Samba] passwd sync - troubles

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>From: Terry Davis <tdavis at approbation.org>
>To: samba at lists.samba.org
>Subject: [Samba] passwd sync - troubles
>Date: 11 Mar 2002 01:58:00 -0600
>
>Hello,
>
>I am trying to change my passwd via windows password utility.  Here is
>what I have set:
>
>I have verified that the chat is correct.  And the passwd program works
>standalone fine.  In my logs, i am seeing:
>[2002/03/11 01:11:26, 0] smbd/chgpasswd.c:check_oem_password(817)
>  check_oem_password: incorrect password length (-1461780121).

Bit cryptic isn't it.

It means (you're gonna love this), that the old SMB password supplied
when you made the change password request was wrongly typed (more or
less)

This is based on my own testing and mightnot be exactly accurate, but
seems to correlate in all the tests I've done.


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