Auto setup Samba passwords by command line?

[SunBurnt5]

1) Do I absolutely have to have Machine accounts?
2) Do I absolutely have to have Linux user accounts?

I'd like to keep it as simple as possable,
just Samba's "smbmount" username & password.

I need to setup Samba's password like this:

smbpasswd -a ( UserName ) ( PassWord )

or this:
smbpasswd -a ( UserName ) -w ( PassWord )

It doesn't seem to add to or change the .smbpassword file.

I'm setting Samba up so users can do their own "new login".
I have a GTK login dialog, & want Bash to enter the values
via the command line.
Entry boxes for UserName, PassWord #1, & PassWord #2.

If I have to I could write directly to .smbpassword but I'd
rather use Samba's smbpasswd utility.

 

[IRudebwoy]

Q1 Answer: No, they are not neccessary to use Samba.
Q2 Answer: Yes. Samba needs to map permissions to the file system based on the user's credentials. The Unix account can exist without no one ever loggin into it. Use [red]-s /sbin/nologin[/red] when creating the Unix account to dis-allow the user from logging in.

The [blue]-w[/blue] option only works when Samba is compiled with LDAP support.

Have Fun!

 

[SunBurnt5]

Thanks IRudebwoy; That helps alot because of the following:

The Linux distro. does auto. Login, everyone's ROOT, so file permissions are kinda moot.
I'm modifying it as a PXE LanBoot client that smbmounts user's HOME & /usr.
The Lan clients do a smbmount login to the [homes] share, if successful then mount /usr.

So Samba needs the file: /etc/passwd to list the Lan clients info.
So I need a command to write user's info to the /etc/passwd file.
And then I'll have to write more info to the smbpassword file.

I've got somemore reading ahead of me...