[Samba] 3.0.1x, "min password lenght" deprecated, smbpasswd

[Gerald (Jerry) Carter]

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Thomas Bork wrote:
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| since 3.0.10 parameter "min password lenght" is
| deprecated. If removing  the entry from smb.conf, the
| default of "min password lenght = 5" is  used. smbpasswd
| uses this entry if creating or changing passwords.
|
| How can I set a min password lenght of 2 characters
| without the  deprecated parameter when the passdb
| backend is smbpasswd? Think "min password lenght" will
| be removed in the next releases.

It's an account policy.  Use pdbedit to set the value.
That's why the smb.conf optionwas deprecated. It was at
odds with the defined account policy.




cheers, jerry
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