samba - Sep 2002 - Strange error message when a user can't change password

Hello,

I'm trying to set up samba as a PDC.

The current version of samba is samba-server-2.2.6-1.0.pre2.2mdk
from Mandrake 9.0 RC3.

I want password sync'ing between smbpasswd and shadow.

I've set it up so that password rules are enforced
(i.e. the new password must not be in a dictionary),
and smb.conf has a "min passwd length" set to 5.

Everything works great, the users can change their
passwords.

However, if a user selects a password that is too short,
he/she will get a misleading error message saying that
the _old_ password is wrong.

This occurs both when the user is on a w2k machine or
on a win95 machine.

How do I set it up so that the user is given
a better error message?

Mogens
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Mogens Kjaer, Carlsberg Laboratory, Dept. of Chemistry
Gamle Carlsberg Vej 10, DK-2500 Valby, Denmark
Phone: +45 33 27 53 25, Fax: +45 33 27 47 08
Email: mk@crc.dk Homepage: http://www.crc.dk

> 
> However, if a user selects a password that is too short,
> he/she will get a misleading error message saying that
> the _old_ password is wrong.
> 
> This occurs both when the user is on a w2k machine or
> on a win95 machine.
> 
> How do I set it up so that the user is given
> a better error message?
I don't think you can...

I gave up on that problem a while ago.

I'd love to be proved wrong though...
brad