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Lately I set up my mediacenter again. I noticed that ssh Password change is failing because of "is not a string".
That started more or less together with the phython 3 change.

Can you give an example of an ssh password that gives you this problem? The ssh passwords I've tried all work.

Try something like 1test2!

Error I get in the kodi.log file is:
020-01-26 21:51:57.927 T:1499 ERROR: ## LibreELEC Addon ## system::do_sshpasswd ## ERROR: (TypeError("a bytes-like object is required, not 'str'"))
2020-01-26 21:51:57.928 T:1499 ERROR: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/kodi/addons/service.libreelec.settings/resources/lib/services.py", line 670, in do_sshpasswd
TypeError: a bytes-like object is required, not 'str'
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Further the samba password is not excepting special characters like "!".
This is an really old problem and was there even before Matrix.

Which Samba password are you referring to - the client password or the server password? The LibreELEC Samba server accepts ! in the password without a problem.

If it's an old problem (and it's with the client) then the best solution is to open an issue on https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/issues

It is the password of the samba Server you can set in Libreelec right above the ssh section.
Use the same pass 1test2! and try to connect with a windows pc.
Only possible for me with 1test2 without !.
Looks like it is not recognized.
Maybe even a problem with language - using a German keyboard but language in kodi and Libreelec is English.