[Samba] Old samba password is valid after setting the new one.

Dipl.-Ing. Péter Varkoly peter at varkoly.de
Fri Oct 25 22:22:53 UTC 2019


Thanks for rapid answer!
Am Samstag, den 26.10.2019, 09:53 +1300 schrieb Andrew Bartlett:
> On Fri, 2019-10-25 at 22:39 +0200, Dipl.-Ing. Péter Varkoly via samba
> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I've detected a very strange behavior on samba 4.8.9 and 4.10.6.
> > After setting a new password for a user with samba-tool the old
> > password remains valid. The user can use both passwords.
> > Is it a bug or a feature?
> 
> Feature.  Designed to allow logins to still work that have the old
> password cached, otherwise network shares can't reconnect. 
> 
> Andrew Bartlett
> 
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