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pdbedit

Edit the Samba user database. For simple user add/remove/password, you can also use smbpasswd. More information: https://manned.org/pdbedit.

  • List all Samba users:

sudo pdbedit {{[-L|--list]}}

  • List all Samba users and their settings:

sudo pdbedit {{[-L|--list]}} {{[-v|--verbose]}}

  • Add an existing Unix user to Samba (will prompt for password):

sudo pdbedit {{[-u|--user]}} {{username}} {{[-a|--create]}}

  • Remove a Samba user:

sudo pdbedit {{[-u|--user]}} {{username}} {{[-x|--delete]}}

  • Reset a Samba user's failed password counter:

sudo pdbedit {{[-u|--user]}} {{username}} {{[-z|--bad-password-count-reset]}}