diff --git a/samba.sh b/samba.sh
index b909b41..d49d459 100755
--- a/samba.sh
+++ b/samba.sh
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ timezone() { local timezone="${1:-EST5EDT}"
 # Return: user added to container
 user() { local name="${1}" passwd="${2}" id="${3:-""}"
     useradd "$name" -M ${id:+-u $id}
-    echo "$passwd" | tee - | smbpasswd -s -a "$name"
+    printf "$passwd\n$passwd\n" | tee - | smbpasswd -s -a "$name"
 }
 
 ### workgroup: set the workgroup
@@ -171,4 +171,4 @@ elif ps -ef | egrep -v grep | grep -q smbd; then
 else
     [[ ${NMBD:-""} ]] && ionice -c 3 nmbd -D
     exec ionice -c 3 smbd -FS </dev/null
-fi
\ No newline at end of file
+fi