[Samba] SOLVED smbpasswd doesn't work for users

[Ulf Rasch]

Dooooh! The new password was too short. Sorry for the noise.

Ulf Rasch wrote:
> Hello list,
> 
> I have a problem with users changing their password from the command 
> line of the localhost with smbpasswd.
> As root the whole thing works fine but not as a normal user.
> First I had the connection to the localhost refused because I didn't 
> list localhost at the  interfaces and had "bind interfaces only" set to 
>  yes. (manual smb.conf) I fixed that and added localhost.
> Now I can connect to the localhost from the command line e.g. with 
> smbclient but smbpasswd still doesn't work as expected.
> 
> user at host:~> smbpasswd
> Old SMB password:
> New SMB password:
> Retype new SMB password:
> machine 127.0.0.1 rejected the (anonymous) password change: Error was : 
> Password restriction.
> Failed to change password for user
> 
> Where do I have to configure the password restriction?
> I can post my smb.conf if that would be of any help.
> Any hint would be really helpful.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Ulf
> 
> 

Ulf Rasch

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