How to change password via smbpasswd command and provide password from standard input

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Issue

  • Is there any way to avoid password prompt while changing password via smbpasswd and provide password from standard input ?

  • Unable to create the smbpassword with -s option with smbpasswd, tried the following command at command prompt:

# echo password@1234 | smbpasswd testuser1 -s
# echo password@1234 | smbpasswd -a testuser1 -s

Mismatch - password unchanged. 
Unable to get new password.
  • Unable to create the smbpasswd with -s option.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (All)
  • samba (smbpasswd)

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