mksmbpasswd - permissions

[Langsteiner Martin ZFF IE-F]

On 22 Mar 1999, akeemjabba wrote:
>...
>unix passwd file at 774 and also my smbpasswd file at 744. starting the
>script with the command:
>cat /etc/passwd | mksmbpasswd.sh >/usr/local/samba/private
>the only message i get is: "permission denied" . at the encryption text
>...

Achim,
the command line is not complete, unless you type the name of the target
file:

cat /etc/passwd | mksmbpasswd.sh >/usr/local/samba/private/smbpasswd

Does this solve it?
Martin