Aquillyne
Occasional Visitor
I'm experiencing a strange bug in Asuswrt-Merlin 384.17.
I am able to add users to the list of Samba/FTP users, each with their own passwords and access rights.
However, when I change a user's password, if that password has more than a few special characters in it, for some reason, all of the users disappear and that user becomes the "root"/sole user (whose password now can't be changed).
I can't quite isolate the exact conditions under which this happens, beyond that it only occurs when:
The result of this is that I've permanently lost "admin" as the primary Samba/FTP user, and I have to be careful about creating weaker passwords for any future users so as not to trigger the bug.
I am able to add users to the list of Samba/FTP users, each with their own passwords and access rights.
However, when I change a user's password, if that password has more than a few special characters in it, for some reason, all of the users disappear and that user becomes the "root"/sole user (whose password now can't be changed).
I can't quite isolate the exact conditions under which this happens, beyond that it only occurs when:
- I have more than 1 Samba/FTP user
- I change the password of one of the users
- The new password contains more than a few special characters, I suspect including ] and * in particular
The result of this is that I've permanently lost "admin" as the primary Samba/FTP user, and I have to be careful about creating weaker passwords for any future users so as not to trigger the bug.