Bdtyktl

Normally when i want to add a user for samba shared folder i use this command:

sudo smbpasswd -a <username>

and then this pops out

New SMB password:

Retype new SMB password:

and now I want to do this in a script but so that it doesn't stop there and ask me to insert password

this is my script:

##################################################################

#!/bin/bash



mkdir /var/www/html/test



tee -a /etc/samba/smb.conf << EOF

[test]



comment = Test folder

path = /var/www/html/test

browsable = yes

valid users = tester

read only = no

EOF



smbpasswd -a tester

password

password

...How can i hard code the password?

I have found the solution on my own from this website

So the basic thing is that if you want to make a script for adding a specific user to the samba share goes like this:

This part of script is 'standard' and doesn't need to be changed except for the path of the folder you want to share:

##################################################################

#!/bin/bash



# make a folder if it doesn't exist

[ ! -d /var/www/html/test ] && mkdir -p /var/www/html/test



# append these lines at the end of the /etc/samba/smb.conf file

tee -a /etc/samba/smb.conf << EOF

[test]



comment = Test folder

path = /var/www/html/test

browsable = yes

valid users = tester

read only = no

EOF

and now if you want to:

add an existing user: append this to the 'standard script' above:

username='<existing_user_name>'

(echo "<password_for_user>"; sleep 1; echo "<password_for_user>" ) | sudo smbpasswd -s -a $username

add a new user that doesn't exist in OS: append this to 'standard script' above:

username='<new_user_name>'

useradd -m $username

(echo "<password_for_user>"; sleep 1; echo "<password_for_user>";) | passwd $username

(echo "<password_for_user>"; sleep 1; echo "<password_for_user>" ) | sudo smbpasswd -s -a $username