Hello,, Is there anything I can do to our Samba servers to make Windows passwords longer than 8 characters work? Thanks.
Our Samba servers use SERVER security, and authenticate against the same Windows 2K logon server (PDC) that serves all our Windows 2K & XP desktops. Any of us with a Windows network password less than or equal to 8 characters long can mount the Samba shares seamlessly, just like any Windows file server. However, if you set your Windows password longer than 8 characters, Samba authentication always fails. In general, we know that both Windows and Samba can use longer passwords- the problem occurs when the Windows desktop client tries to initiate a connection to the Samba server. Passwords longer than 8 just don't get transferred correctly from client to server, or so it seems. Samba server details below- Solaris 8/ SPARC /usr/local/samba/bin/smbd -V Version 2.2.8a (from sunfreeware.com) [global] workgroup = ECOMMERCE netbios name = PHANTOM2 security = SERVER encrypt passwords = Yes password server = ben_or_pdc passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u username map = /usr/local/samba/private/users.map log level = 2 log file = /usr/local/samba/var/logs/log:%m:%I max log size = 100 debug pid = Yes debug uid = Yes load printers = No preferred master = No local master = No domain master = No dns proxy = No wins server = 206.67.210.5 hosts allow = 127.0.0.1,206.67.210.,192.168.53.,10.222.7.,10.222.8. case sensitive = Yes map archive = No Tony __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/careermakeover -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba