echo smbpasswd by --stdin doesn't work

Question

I want to make creating a samba password automated but this command doesn't work:

echo "passwd"|smbpasswd -a -s $user

It shows this error:

Mismatch - password unchanged. Unable to get new password.

Could you please suggest any option to make my script automated?

Answer 1

You need to repeat the password, "for confirmation" so to speak, so e.g.

printf "passwd\npasswd\n" | smbpasswd -a -s $user

should work.