smbldap-passwd cannot generate the proper hash!

[Oibaf]

Binary package hint: smbldap-tools

Every time I try to change a password using smbldap-passwd I get this error. I am using an updated hardy with smbldap-tools 0.9.4-1 .

root@test:~# /usr/sbin/smbldap-passwd
Changing UNIX and samba passwords for root
New password:
Retype new password:
I cannot generate the proper hash!

[Molly Fletcher (molly-fletcher)]

I got this when using a password generator and coping the password the wrong way - so in fact it was trying to set the password to "********************************" instead of a line noise password. I'm glad it gave an error rather than letting me set such a weak password. I've tried with various more secure passwords and it worked fine every time. So it looks like this is actually a really obscure error message for "your password is too weak"

[Logan Rosen (logan)]

Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu.

Ubuntu 8.04 (hardy) reached end-of-life on May 12, 2011.

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