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authorGerald Carter <jerry@samba.org>2002-09-25 15:10:57 +0000
committerGerald Carter <jerry@samba.org>2002-09-25 15:10:57 +0000
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@@ -27,9 +27,7 @@
<arg choice="opt">-a</arg>
<arg choice="opt">-m</arg>
<arg choice="opt">-x</arg>
- <arg choice="opt">-i passdb-backend</arg>
- <arg choice="opt">-e passdb-backend</arg>
- <arg choice="opt">-D debuglevel</arg>
+ <arg choice="opt">-i file</arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
@@ -235,26 +233,18 @@
<varlistentry>
- <term>-i passdb-backend</term>
- <listitem><para>Use a different passdb backend to retrieve users than the one specified in smb.conf.</para>
+ <term>-i file</term>
+ <listitem><para>This command is used to import a smbpasswd
+ file into the database.</para>
- <para>This option will ease migration from one passdb backend to another.
- </para>
+ <para>This option will ease migration from the plain smbpasswd
+ file database to more powerful backend databases like tdb and
+ ldap.</para>
- <para>Example: <command>pdbedit -i smbpasswd:/etc/smbpasswd.old -e tdbsam:/etc/samba/passwd.tdb</command>
+ <para>Example: <command>pdbedit -i /etc/smbpasswd.old</command>
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term>-e passdb-backend</term>
- <listitem><para>Export all currently available users to the specified password database backend.</para>
-
- <para>This option will ease migration from one passdb backend to another and will ease backupping</para>
-
- <para>Example: <command>pdbedit -e smbpasswd:/root/samba-users.backup</command></para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>