[Samba] smbpasswd password via stdin?

[Filipi Vianna]

Raymond wrote:
> Is there a method to pass a password to smbpasswd from stdin? Currently it 
> appears only the user or machine name can be passed.
> 
> Would like to automate the process via shell script.
> 

NAME
        smbpasswd - change a user's SMB password

SYNOPSIS
        smbpasswd [-a] [-x] [-d] [-e] [-D debuglevel] [-n] [-r <remote 
machine>] [-R <name resolve order>] [-m] [-U username[%password]] [-h] [-s]
                  [-w pass] [-i] [-L] [username]


The smbpasswd suports the password as an argument.
In my shell script to automate the user creation process, I do something
like this:
   echo Adding and enabling samba user $user
   #
   smbpasswd -a -s $user $password
   smbpasswd -e $user

Hope that helps,
Regards,
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Filipi Vianna
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