samba - Feb 2006 - Smbpasswd in a cron job

Hi list

For a project we are trying to change the samba password automatically 
in a cron job. Since smbpasswd doesn't allow the password to be entered 
otherwise than though the console (user input). We found a solution to 
the input part though expect. But as thing go expect doesn't work in a 
cron job since it has no tty.

Is there anyone who can point us the right way to a solution.

Thanks in advance.

Dennis

Dennis Duggen wrote:
> Hi list
> 
> For a project we are trying to change the samba password automatically 
> in a cron job. Since smbpasswd doesn't allow the password to be entered
> otherwise than though the console (user input). We found a solution to 
> the input part though expect. But as thing go expect doesn't work in a 
> cron job since it has no tty.
> 
> Is there anyone who can point us the right way to a solution.
Hi,

I also had a similar problem with providing a password to cupsaddsmb.

You might try running your expect script through screen (although I 
solved the cupsaddsmb problem differently).


-- 
Tomasz Chmielewski
Software deployment with Samba
http://wpkg.org

Try 

echo -e "${PASSWD}\n${PASSWD}" | smbpasswd -a -s ${USER}

br,
Sebastian
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Hi Sebastian
> echo -e "${PASSWD}\n${PASSWD}" | smbpasswd -a -s ${USER}
Thanks a lot, it worked nicely

Dennis