[Samba] Smbpasswd -s option

Wim Bakker sambalist at unetix.nl
Mon Jun 27 10:04:40 GMT 2005


Op Monday 27 June 2005 11:40, schreef u:
> Wim Bakker schrieb:
> > Hello
> >
> > I try to get smbpasswd adding users and passwd from script the following
> > way :
> >
> > smbpasswd -a -s <username> <password>
> >
> > What is the correct syntax for using smbpasswd with -s
> > option?
>
> printf "<password>\n<password>\n" | smbpasswd -a -s <username>

Thanks,
I did :
echo <passwd> | smbpasswd -a -s <username>
which gave me a mismatch error
apparently smbpasswd wants to see a
confirmation nowadays with -s. 


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