[Samba] passwd sync - troubles

[Andrew Bartlett]

Mac wrote:
> 
> >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.

This is correct.  The old password is used to decrypt the new password. 
The test for a successful decryption is the 'password length' being set
correctly.  

Ensure you are running with 'encrypt passwords = yes'.

Andrew Bartlett

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