diff --git a/contriborbase b/contriborbase
deleted file mode 100644
index ef36a67..0000000
--- a/contriborbase
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-sme10
diff --git a/root/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/esmith/FormMagick.pm b/root/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/esmith/FormMagick.pm
index 0a3e651..b1d1080 100644
--- a/root/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/esmith/FormMagick.pm
+++ b/root/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/esmith/FormMagick.pm
@@ -798,26 +798,7 @@ sub validate_password
 {
     my ($fm,$strength,$pass) = @_;
 
-    use Crypt::Cracklib;
-
-    my $reason;
-
-    if ($strength eq "none") {
-        return $fm->localise("Passwords must be at least 7 characters long") unless (length($pass) > 6);
-        return "OK";
-    }
-
-    $reason = $fm->call_fm_validation('password', $pass, undef);
-
-    return $reason unless ($reason eq "OK");
-    return "OK" unless ($strength eq "strong");
-
-    if ( -f '/usr/lib64/cracklib_dict.pwd' ) {
-        $reason = fascist_check($pass, '/usr/lib64/cracklib_dict');
-    } else {
-        $reason = fascist_check($pass, '/usr/lib/cracklib_dict');
-    }
-    $reason ||= "Software error: password check failed";
+    my $reason = esmith::util::validatePassword($pass,$strength);
 
     return "OK" if ($reason eq "ok");
 
diff --git a/smeserver-formmagick.spec b/smeserver-formmagick.spec
index 1834ee3..b6b2934 100644
--- a/smeserver-formmagick.spec
+++ b/smeserver-formmagick.spec
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Summary: smeserver-formmagick Perl modules for web manager i18n
 %define name smeserver-formmagick
 Name: %{name}
 %define version 11.0.0
-%define release 4
+%define release 5
 Version: %{version}
 Release: %{release}%{?dist}
 License: Artistic
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ BuildArchitectures: noarch
 Provides: e-smith-formmagick
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Feb 21 2025 Jean-Philippe Pialasse <jpp@koozali.org> 11.0.0-5.sme
+- password requirement is different in panel and from samba [SME: 12382]
+
 * Wed Apr 17 2024 Jean-Philippe Pialasse <jpp@koozali.org> 11.0.0-4.sme
 - rename update event