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...d in the wrong thread, resending the email. We have a samba domain and now some of the users from WINDOWS 2000 Pro are unable to change their password, below is the error : They are able to login without any problems. pdb_free_sam: SAM_ACCOUNT was NULL [2004/06/07 13:52:29, 0] smbd/chgpasswd.c:check_oem_password(817) check_oem_password: incorrect password length (-135857651). [2004/06/07 13:52:29, 0] passdb/passdb.c:pdb_free_sam(210) pdb_free_sam: SAM_ACCOUNT was NULL [2004/06/07 13:52:29, 0] smbd/chgpasswd.c:check_oem_password(817) check_oem_password: incorrect password length (-135857651). [2004/06...

...asswd.c:chgpasswd(474) Password Change: user sralph, New password is shorter than minimum password length = 5 [2002/08/08 18:47:19, 0] smbd/chgpasswd.c:chgpasswd(474) Password Change: user sralph, New password is shorter than minimum password length = 5 [2002/08/08 18:47:24, 0] smbd/chgpasswd.c:check_oem_password(817) check_oem_password: incorrect password length (-1576411271). [2002/08/08 18:48:03, 0] smbd/chgpasswd.c:check_oem_password(817) check_oem_password: incorrect password length (-1576411277). This is using the commented out "passwd chat" line. Using the original "passwd chat&q...

...nsole output: Old SMB password: machine 127.0.01 rejected the password change: Error was: The specified password is invalid. Failed to change password for USERNAME (USERNAME stands for a real user name here, the password _was_ correct here) 2) samba logs: [2002/03/15 10:57:56, 0] smbd/chgpasswd.c:check_oem_password(792) check_oem_password: incorrect password length (856862671). [2002/03/15 11:00:59, 0] smbd/chgpasswd.c:check_oem_password(792) check_oem_password: incorrect password length (856862671). 3) /etc/pam.d/samba: auth required /lib/security/pam_stack.so service=system-auth account required /lib/s...

...asswd.c:chgpasswd(474) Password Change: user sralph, New password is shorter than minimum password length = 5 [2002/08/08 18:47:19, 0] smbd/chgpasswd.c:chgpasswd(474) Password Change: user sralph, New password is shorter than minimum password length = 5 [2002/08/08 18:47:24, 0] smbd/chgpasswd.c:check_oem_password(817) check_oem_password: incorrect password length (-1576411271). [2002/08/08 18:48:03, 0] smbd/chgpasswd.c:check_oem_password(817) check_oem_password: incorrect password length (-1576411277). This is using the commented out "passwd chat" line. Using the original "passwd chat&q...

Hello, Getting this error: [2002/11/02 12:55:16, 0] passdb/pdb_smbpasswd.c:pdb_getsampwnam(1367) unable to open passdb database. [2002/11/02 12:55:16, 0] smbd/chgpasswd.c:check_oem_password(761) check_oem_password: getsmbpwnam returned NULL [2002/11/02 12:55:16, 0] passdb/passdb.c:pdb_free_sam(210) pdb_free_sam: SAM_ACCOUNT was NULL[2002/11/02 12:55:16, 0] passdb/pdb_smbpasswd.c:pdb_getsampwnam(1367) unable to open passdb database. [2002/11/02 12:55:16, 0] smbd/chgpasswd.c:check...

...ization account. Now the problem, when I try from my W2000 Workstation to change my domain password I reach a error message: UserName or Old password are wrong....Obviously these are right, not wrong. Analizing samba log this is the message that I found: [2004/04/15 12:07:29, 0] smbd/chgpasswd.c:check_oem_password(832) check_oem_password: incorrect password length (1211185023). My old password is of 7 chars, the new of 8 chars but I have the same problems with password of other lengths, less and more. If I try to change the password with: smbpasswd -U <username> -r <PDC> i get this message...

I'm currently investigating the appearance of this error message for a significant number of our users' password change attempts. It would seem from my research that this error occurs when the data coming from the SamOEMhash function is not of the expected format/value. I do not know if this would be due to incorrect data being sent into the SamOEMhash function from the client or something

...unix password sync = Yes passwd chat debug = yes I am using ldap to store everything. Auth works and the pdc stuff all works great. I have verified that the chat is correct. And the passwd program works standalone fine. In my logs, i am seeing: [2002/03/11 01:11:26, 0] smbd/chgpasswd.c:check_oem_password(817) check_oem_password: incorrect password length (-1461780121). I appreciate help anyone can provide. -- Terry Davis http://approbation.org/

...o change the user's smb password to the same thing. Some users are getting : NIS password changed for diane on cauchy machine 127.0.0.1 rejected the password change : Error was : The specified password was invalid. Failed to change password for diane and in the log file : smbd/chgpasswd.c:check_oem_password(832) check_oem_password: incorrect password length (1292521526). [2004/08/03 10:12:51, 0] passdb/passdb.c:pdb_free_sam(210) pdb_free_sam: SAM_ACCOUNT was NULL In all cases passwords are between 6 and 9 characters. Janet *********************************************************************...

...39;2.2.3a-15' I can use the previous smbpasswd binary from the same version on the client linux machine to smbpasswd -r and change user passwords, but the new version from 3.0.14a does not work against the 2.2.3a version. I get an error message like: [2005/06/14 16:45:17, 0] smbd/chgpasswd.c:check_oem_password(817) check_oem_password: incorrect password length (-177685840). I searched a bit and found that this has something to do with hash lengths, or so it seems. I tried various configuration changes in the smb.conf that I was using to no avail -- I tried all the hash tuning and lanman auth options...

..._server(1296) connect_to_domain_password_server: unable to connect to SMB server on machine SEQUOIA. Error was : code 0. [2001/10/16 15:41:18, 0] smbd/password.c:domain_client_validate(1591) domain_client_validate: Domain password server not available. [2001/10/22 11:21:06, 0] smbd/chgpasswd.c:check_oem_password(811) check_oem_password: incorrect password length (-628830915). What I find interesting about this is, hemlock is the PDC and it appears that it is asking sequoia to do the authentication. Nothing has been changed in the smb.conf file and a diff of the testparm output between the two version of...

...ange your password". However, the password IS changed. Both the Samba and LDAP Linux passwords are changed correctly, as well as the samba attributes (such as sambaPasswordLastSet, etc.) Sometimes we notice the following entry in our Samba logs: [2004/04/17 18:13:26, 0] smbd/chgpasswd.c:check_oem_password(832) check_oem_password: incorrect password length (-800397408). However sometimes this message does not appear. When we first installed Samba, we forced users to change their passwords from Windows and this worked fine. However, now 2 months later as their passwords are beginning to expir...

...c/passwd, but not to smbpasswd. The error I receive from Windows is: "The system cannot change your password right now because the domain .. Is not available". (The domain is available as far as I can tell). My Samba logs show the following: [2004/04/27 10:44:57, 0] smbd/chgpasswd.c:check_oem_password(832) check_oem_password: incorrect password length (1985167808). Thanks in advance for any help you can give . I've just re-inherited a client from a year ago where the HD's completely crashed and the jackass who was here didn't do any backups. When I left a year ago it worked . now,...

...[2000/06/29 12:33:35, 2] lib/access.c:check_access(258) Allowed connection from localhost (127.0.0.1) [2000/06/29 12:33:35, 0] passdb/nispass.c:make_sam_from_nisresult(372) make_sam_from_nisresult: NIS+ lookup failure: Database for table does not exist [2000/06/29 12:33:35, 0] smbd/chgpasswd.c:check_oem_password(638) check_oem_password: getsmbpwnam returned NULL [2000/06/29 12:33:35, 2] smbd/server.c:exit_server(408) Closing connections I'm pretty confused at this point. When it says "NIS+ lookup failure: Database for table does not exist" is it complaining it doesn't find my regula...

...sword: New SMB password: Retype new SMB password: machine 127.0.0.1 rejected the password change: Error was : The specified password is invalid. Failed to change password for test I check the /opt/samba/var/log.unxdg file, the following error appears [1999/04/19 14:02:10, 0] smbd/chgpasswd.c:check_oem_password(698) check_oem_password: incorrect password length (-2092617017). I've tried different passwords with different combinations and lengths. The same error happens. Here is my smb.conf for your reference: [global] status = yes netbios name = unxdg workgroup=domaina security...

...- when changing passwords through Control Panel | Passwords, Win98 says 'Unable to change password for Microsoft Networking because of the following error: Incorrect password'. As it happens, the supplied password is correct. smbd log as follows : [2000/03/13 12:50:34, 0] smbd/chgpasswd.c:check_oem_password(699) check_oem_password: incorrect password length (-1423948563). Any clues? regards Ian.

...ner. Using the Windows control panel, Passwords, I am only allowed to change the password by first changing the existing password to a blank password and then changing the blank password to the desired password. If I try to change the password directly I generate the error "smbd/chgpasswd.c:check_oem_password(693) check_oem_password: incorrect password length (2143573292)." in the clients log. I am using Slackware 7.1 and Samba-2.0.7. Any help would be greatly appreciated... Thanks Loren caldwell@gnumax.com

I have seen the log file and found NT_STATUS_WRONG_PASSWORD Check_oem_password: incorrect password length (-358407785) Any light on this???? Cheers Rafael Paris

...ord as a non-root user with smbpasswd I get > the following message from smbpasswd: > > machine 127.0.0.1 rejected the password change: Error was : The specified > password is invalid. > > and the following message in log.smb: > > [1998/11/20 14:36:49, 0] smbd/chgpasswd.c:check_oem_password(684) > check_oem_password: incorrect password length (1780921600). > > Whoa! I didn't type that many characters in my password! :-) > > Is this a known problem? Is there a fix in a later alpha? Replies and my responses below... On Fri, 20 Nov 1998, Douglas K. Fischer wro...

...rg> Subject: Re: Using smbpasswd I upped the debug level and now have some additional information... from the log file... [1999/05/07 17:29:40, 3] smbd/ipc.c:api_SamOEMChangePassword(1769) api_SamOEMChangePassword: Change password for <carey> [1999/05/07 17:29:40, 0] smbd/chgpasswd.c:check_oem_password(698) check_oem_password: incorrect password length (2131323137). Incorrect password length? I have tried passwords that were succesfull using the standard passwd command, yet will fail under smbpasswd. Boy, this is frustrating! Carey =========================================================...