[Samba] Timing in a script

[Michal Dobroczynski]

2009/5/15 Volker Lendecke <Volker.Lendecke at sernet.de>:
> On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 07:13:42AM -0700, Pete Clapham wrote:
>> Hi, all --
>>
>> I am trying to write a script in which I can add users and their samba passwords easily and quickly.  It looks something like:
>>    useradd -c "User Name" -g groupname -p unixpassword accountname
>>
>>    echo -e "smbpassword\nsmbpassword\n" | pdbedit -a -t -u accountname
>>
>> If
>> I type the lines from the keyboard, it works fine.  However, when I try
>> to execute the script, the pdbedit on the second line reports that
>> there's no unix accountname to apply to samba.  I assume that this is
>> because the useradd process hasn't finished when the pdbedit is
>> executed.
>
> nscd?

But nscd should answer properly - in other words - you should get
b0rken answer when nscd's db is corrupted? Can you please correct me
if I'm wrong...

Regards,
Michal


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