SMPP password "to long" (segfault)

Hi list,

I'm using cvs HEAD version of Kannel and I've considered with the
following problem. Mine smsc-password is 9 characters long and here is
what I get while launching bearerbox:

2004-03-23 09:45:34 [20054] [6] WARNING: SMPP: PDU element <password> to
long (length is 9, should be 9)
2004-03-23 09:45:34 [20054] [6] WARNING: SMPP: PDU NUL terminated string
has no NUL.

What is more, afterwards it drops some more debug messages, and then
segmentation fault occurs.

Here is a snip from gateway/gw/smsc/smpp_pdu.c:
	#define NULTERMINATED(name, max_octets) \
        if (p->name != NULL) { \
            if (octstr_len(p->name) >= max_octets) { \
                warning(0, "SMPP: PDU element <%s> to long " \
                        "(length is %ld, should be %d)", \
                        #name, octstr_len(p->name), max_octets); \
                temp = octstr_copy(p->name, 0, max_octets-1); \
            } else \
                temp = octstr_duplicate(p->name); \
            octstr_append(os, temp); \
            octstr_destroy(temp); \
        } \
        octstr_append_char(os, '\0');

And I still haven't got enough time to figure about something about
max_octets. Does the (SMPP) smsc password really have some limitations?

regards,
Dziugas Baltrunas