Article: Q131226
Product(s): Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.1; :
Operating System(s):
Keyword(s): kbnetwork kbAPI kbSDKPlatform kbLanMan kbOSWin311 kbOSWin300 kbGrpDSNet
Last Modified: 07-NOV-1999
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) 3.1
- LAN Manager 2.1 Programmer's Toolkit
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SUMMARY
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When the NetUserPasswordSet LanMan API is called from a downlevel client to
change a password on a Windows NT server, the error NERR_PasswordTooShort might
be returned for error conditions other than the password being too short.
MORE INFORMATION
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On Windows NT and Windows 95, the error ERROR_PASSWORD_RESTRICTION (1325) is
returned if a new password is too short, a password is blank when a password is
required, a password does not meet the complexity criterion, a password is
longer than 14 characters, or a password is being reused without meeting
password history requirements. For downlevel systems, Windows NT must map the
ERROR_PASSWORD_RESTRICTION error code to one of the existing LAN Manager error
codes. Because there is no comparable LAN Manager error, on Windows NT 3.1,
ERROR_PASSWORD_RESTRICTION was mapped to ERROR_UNEXP_NET_ERR (59). On Windows NT
3.5 and later, ERROR_PASSWORD_RESTRICTION is mapped to NERR_PasswordTooShort
(2245).
Additional query words:
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Keywords : kbnetwork kbAPI kbSDKPlatform kbLanMan kbOSWin311 kbOSWin300 kbGrpDSNet
Technology : kbAudDeveloper kbWin3xSearch kbSDKSearch kbLanManSearch kbWinSDKSearch kbWinSDK310
Version : WINDOWS:3.1; :
Issue type : kbinfo
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