[Samba] Simple question regarding smbpasswd

[Ryan Novosielski]

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David Markey wrote:
> On Mon, 11 May 2009 10:36:49 -0700 (PDT), Pete Clapham
> <peteclapham at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>> Hi, all --
>>
>> I want to add SMB passwords using a script.  It would appear that some
>> variant on the following:
>>
>> smbpasswd -a -s <newusername>
>>
>> would work.  However, the syntax of the -s option isn't clear.  How do
> I
>> insert the password of the new user into the script?
>>
>> Thanks for your help.
>>
>> cheers,
>> pete
> 
> 
> echo -e "newpassword\nnewpassword\n" | smbpasswd -a -s dmarkey

It's essentially the same format that you'd use on the command line if
you were a user, but without the visual prompts.

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