hi list, when I try to set the default smbpasswd-password from a Win98/ME client i get the following error in the log: smbd[10850]: smbd/chgpasswd.c:check_oem_password(785) smbd[10850]: check_oem_password: incorrect password length (1032140223). ...and I get an windows-dialog: wrong password. when leave the smbpasswd-password blank with root@cgn-lnx06:/usr/local/samba/lib > ../bin/smbpasswd user490067 INFO: Debug class all level = 3 (pid 10909 from pid 10909) New SMB password: Retype new SMB password: Password changed for user user490067. than I can change the empty password to a new one without any error message???!!!!! with win nt/2k clients I don?t have any problems to change the "default" password. here is my global section from smb.conf: [global] security = user status = yes workgroup = NTDOM netbios name = cgn-pdc interfaces = eth0 lo bind interfaces only = yes server string = Samba %v running on %h wins support = yes time server = yes encrypt passwords = yes domain logons = yes domain master = yes local master = yes preferred master = yes logon script = scripts\logon.bat logon home = \\%L\homes logon path = \\%L\Profiles\%U logon drive = z: domain admin group = @adm add user script = /usr/sbin/useradd -g smbcl -c Machine -d /dev/null -s /bin/false %m$ share modes=no os level=65 keepalive = 60 name resolve order = wins bcast host log level = 3 log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m socket options = TCP_NODELAY force create mode = 0640 force directory mode = 0750 any suggestions? bye andre -- GMX - Die Kommunikationsplattform im Internet. http://www.gmx.net