samba - Apr 2015 - Samba-tool use of --random-password

Good Day all

I have a quick question regarding the use of the flag --random-password.
When i do a command like:

samba-tool user add pippo --random-password ;

as root, I'd like to see what is the newly generated random password, and
then communicate that to the user , but the output of that command does not
show anything...

any help? :)

thanks
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Mario Pio Russo, System Admin SWG IT Services Dublin, Phone & FAX: +353 1
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On 09/04/15 15:14, Mario Pio Russo wrote:
> Good Day all
>
> I have a quick question regarding the use of the flag --random-password.
> When i do a command like:
>
> samba-tool user add pippo --random-password ;
>
> as root, I'd like to see what is the newly generated random password,
and
> then communicate that to the user , but the output of that command does not
> show anything...
>
> any help? :)
>
>
The whole idea of --random-password is to create a random password for 
users that *don't* really need a password i.e. system services

If you want random passwords for users, then either use one of the many 
password generators you can find on the internet, or write your own script.

Rowland