[Samba] Incorrect Example in Samba User Management Documentation
Stephen
stephen at ogdenradar.com
Fri May 3 09:45:43 UTC 2019
Hi Samba documentation admins, one of the the examples given on this
page https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/User_and_Group_management is
incorrect and probably should be updated.
The snippet of code in question:
$ samba-tool user add fbaggins
--random-password --use-username-as-cn
--surname="Baggins" --given-name="Frodo"
--initials=S --mail-address=fbaggins at SAM.DOMAIN.LOCAL.
--company="Hobbiton Inc." --script-path=shire.bat
--profile-path=\\\\ADSMmeber.SAM.DOMAIN.LOCAL\\profiles\\fbaggins
--home-drive=F
--home-directory=\\\\ADSMmeber.SAM.DOMAIN.LOCAL\\fbaggins
--job-title="Goes there and back again"
This won't work as presented currently. As I rediscovered myself
recently the --random-password switch is intended ONLY to be used to
secure system accounts that perform background tasks. Whilst
--random-password sets a random password, the chosen password is
deliberately and on purpose not revealed to the end user. So it cannot
be used to create user accounts for human beings as the example in the
documentation currently suggests.
Thanks
Stephen Ellwood
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