How to add multiple user in samba using shell script

Question

I have try to add multiple user in samba, by using shell script. But i got error while set smb password, if any one knows please help me to solve the issus. This is my shell script code

echo &quot 
multi user adding process&quot 
                while read user
                do
                useradd $user
                echo -e &quot $user@123
&quot  | smbpasswd  $user -a
                done &lt  /root/user.txt

Linux Help · Answer

To add Multiple users in SAMBA Follow these steps
First create a file which contains all the user name. Something like this
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Save the file as userlist.txt. Now create the following bash file:
#!/bin/sh
for i in `more userlist.txt `
do
echo $i
adduser $i
done
save the file and exit.
Give permission for that file.
#chmod 755 userlist.txtnow run thr file
./userlist.txt"