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pdbedit — Edit the Samba user database. For simple user add/remove/password, you can also use `smbpasswd`. Mor

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Problem

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

Solution

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 (use verbose flag to show their settings):

sudo pdbedit --list --verbose

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

sudo pdbedit --user {{username}} --create

Remove a Samba user:

sudo pdbedit --user {{username}} --delete

Reset a Samba user's failed password counter:

sudo pdbedit --user {{username}} --bad-password-count-reset

Code Snippets

List all Samba users (use verbose flag to show their settings)

sudo pdbedit --list --verbose

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

sudo pdbedit --user {{username}} --create

Remove a Samba user

sudo pdbedit --user {{username}} --delete

Reset a Samba user's failed password counter

sudo pdbedit --user {{username}} --bad-password-count-reset

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