New net breaks scripts

[Ken Cross]

FWIW, here's a patch to fix the first "feature" noted below.  It adds a
--no-prompt option to net to inhibit prompting for a password.

It was crucial for my operation when running net in a script, but maybe
nobody else cares, so for those who can use it...

Ken
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Ken Cross

Network Storage Solutions
Phone 865.675.4070 ext 31
kcross at nssolutions.com 

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> amba.org] On Behalf Of Ken Cross
> Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 10:35 AM
> To: 'Multiple recipients of list SAMBA-TECHNICAL'
> Subject: New net breaks scripts
> 
> 
> Samba-folk:
> 
> There are 2 new "features" in the new net utility (SAMBA_3_0) 
> that breaks
> scripts pretty badly.
> 
> The first is prompting for a password when -P is specified, 
> but the machine
> account doesn't exist.  Previously, it would exit nicely with an error
> status.  Now it prompts for a password.  For example:
> 
>   net ads leave -P
> 
> Previously this would work as desired -- if the machine 
> account existed, it
> would remove it; if not, it would continue.  Now it hangs 
> waiting for input,
> which is a Bad Thing in a script.
> 
> 
> The second is "realm must be set in in smb.conf for ADS join 
> to succeed".  I
> try to use "net -s /dev/null" in my scripts whenever possible 
> (it keeps
> things in a known state), and then add everything on the 
> command line.  Can
> we add a command-line option for realm?
> 
> Ken
> ________________________________
> 
> Ken Cross
> 
> Network Storage Solutions
> Phone 865.675.4070 ext 31
> kcross at nssolutions.com 
> 
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