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@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
-<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<HTML
><HEAD
><TITLE
>pdbedit</TITLE
><META
NAME="GENERATOR"
-CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.77"></HEAD
+CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.57"></HEAD
><BODY
CLASS="REFENTRY"
BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF"
@@ -16,8 +15,8 @@ ALINK="#0000FF"
><H1
><A
NAME="PDBEDIT"
-></A
->pdbedit</H1
+>pdbedit</A
+></H1
><DIV
CLASS="REFNAMEDIV"
><A
@@ -37,12 +36,12 @@ NAME="AEN8"
><B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>pdbedit</B
-> [-l] [-v] [-w] [-u username] [-f fullname] [-h homedir] [-d drive] [-s script] [-p profile] [-a] [-m] [-x] [-i passdb-backend] [-e passdb-backend] [-b passdb-backend] [-D debuglevel]</P
+> [-l] [-v] [-w] [-u username] [-f fullname] [-h homedir] [-d drive] [-s script] [-p profile] [-a] [-m] [-x] [-i passdb-backend] [-e passdb-backend] [-D debuglevel]</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
-NAME="AEN27"
+NAME="AEN26"
></A
><H2
>DESCRIPTION</H2
@@ -54,11 +53,11 @@ TARGET="_top"
> suite.</P
><P
>The pdbedit program is used to manage the users accounts
- stored in the sam database and can only be run by root.</P
+ stored in the sam database and can be run only by root.</P
><P
->The pdbedit tool uses the passdb modular interface and is
+>The pdbedit tool use the passdb modular interface and is
independent from the kind of users database used (currently there
- are smbpasswd, ldap, nis+ and tdb based and more can be added
+ are smbpasswd, ldap, nis+ and tdb based and more can be addedd
without changing the tool).</P
><P
>There are five main ways to use pdbedit: adding a user account,
@@ -68,7 +67,7 @@ TARGET="_top"
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
-NAME="AEN34"
+NAME="AEN33"
></A
><H2
>OPTIONS</H2
@@ -81,7 +80,7 @@ CLASS="VARIABLELIST"
>-l</DT
><DD
><P
->This option lists all the user accounts
+>This option list all the user accounts
present in the users database.
This option prints a list of user/uid pairs separated by
the ':' character.</P
@@ -91,19 +90,28 @@ CLASS="COMMAND"
>pdbedit -l</B
></P
><P
+><TABLE
+BORDER="0"
+BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0"
+WIDTH="90%"
+><TR
+><TD
><PRE
CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
> sorce:500:Simo Sorce
samba:45:Test User
</PRE
+></TD
+></TR
+></TABLE
></P
></DD
><DT
>-v</DT
><DD
><P
->This option enables the verbose listing format.
- It causes pdbedit to list the users in the database, printing
+>This option sets the verbose listing format.
+ It will make pdbedit list the users in the database printing
out the account fields in a descriptive format.</P
><P
>Example: <B
@@ -111,6 +119,12 @@ CLASS="COMMAND"
>pdbedit -l -v</B
></P
><P
+><TABLE
+BORDER="0"
+BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0"
+WIDTH="90%"
+><TR
+><TD
><PRE
CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
> ---------------
@@ -132,6 +146,9 @@ CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
Logon Script:
Profile Path: \\BERSERKER\profile
</PRE
+></TD
+></TR
+></TABLE
></P
></DD
><DT
@@ -139,7 +156,7 @@ CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
><DD
><P
>This option sets the "smbpasswd" listing format.
- It will make pdbedit list the users in the database, printing
+ It will make pdbedit list the users in the database printing
out the account fields in a format compatible with the
<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
@@ -158,32 +175,33 @@ CLASS="COMMAND"
>pdbedit -l -w</B
></P
><P
+><TABLE
+BORDER="0"
+BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0"
+WIDTH="90%"
+><TR
+><TD
><PRE
CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
> sorce:500:508818B733CE64BEAAD3B435B51404EE:D2A2418EFC466A8A0F6B1DBB5C3DB80C:[UX ]:LCT-00000000:
samba:45:0F2B255F7B67A7A9AAD3B435B51404EE:BC281CE3F53B6A5146629CD4751D3490:[UX ]:LCT-3BFA1E8D:
</PRE
+></TD
+></TR
+></TABLE
></P
></DD
><DT
>-u username</DT
><DD
><P
->This option specifies the username to be
- used for the operation requested (listing, adding, removing).
- It is <SPAN
-CLASS="emphasis"
-><I
-CLASS="EMPHASIS"
->required</I
-></SPAN
+>This option specifies that the username to be
+ used for the operation requested (listing, adding, removing)
+ It is <EM
+>required</EM
> in add, remove and modify
- operations and <SPAN
-CLASS="emphasis"
-><I
-CLASS="EMPHASIS"
->optional</I
-></SPAN
+ operations and <EM
+>optional</EM
> in list
operations.</P
></DD
@@ -261,18 +279,27 @@ CLASS="COMMAND"
><DD
><P
>This option is used to add a user into the
- database. This command needs a user name specified with
- the -u switch. When adding a new user, pdbedit will also
- ask for the password to be used.</P
+ database. This command need the user name be specified with
+ the -u switch. When adding a new user pdbedit will also
+ ask for the password to be used</P
><P
>Example: <B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>pdbedit -a -u sorce</B
>
- <PRE
+ <TABLE
+BORDER="0"
+BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0"
+WIDTH="90%"
+><TR
+><TD
+><PRE
CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
>new password:
retype new password</PRE
+></TD
+></TR
+></TABLE
>
</P
></DD
@@ -301,7 +328,7 @@ CLASS="COMMAND"
><DD
><P
>This option causes pdbedit to delete an account
- from the database. It needs a username specified with the
+ from the database. It need the username be specified with the
-u switch.</P
><P
>Example: <B
@@ -313,52 +340,37 @@ CLASS="COMMAND"
>-i passdb-backend</DT
><DD
><P
->Use a different passdb backend to retrieve users
- than the one specified in smb.conf. Can be used to import data into
- your local user database.</P
+>Use a different passdb backend to retrieve users than the one specified in smb.conf.</P
><P
->This option will ease migration from one passdb backend to
- another.</P
+>This option will ease migration from one passdb backend to another.
+ </P
><P
>Example: <B
CLASS="COMMAND"
->pdbedit -i smbpasswd:/etc/smbpasswd.old
- </B
-></P
+>pdbedit -i smbpasswd:/etc/smbpasswd.old -e tdbsam:/etc/samba/passwd.tdb</B
+>
+ </P
></DD
><DT
>-e passdb-backend</DT
><DD
><P
->Exports all currently available users to the
- specified password database backend.</P
+>Export all currently available users to the specified password database backend.</P
><P
->This option will ease migration from one passdb backend to
- another and will ease backing up.</P
+>This option will ease migration from one passdb backend to another and will ease backupping</P
><P
>Example: <B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>pdbedit -e smbpasswd:/root/samba-users.backup</B
></P
></DD
-><DT
->-b passdb-backend</DT
-><DD
-><P
->Use a different default passdb backend. </P
-><P
->Example: <B
-CLASS="COMMAND"
->pdbedit -b xml:/root/pdb-backup.xml -l</B
-></P
-></DD
></DL
></DIV
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
-NAME="AEN140"
+NAME="AEN133"
></A
><H2
>NOTES</H2
@@ -368,7 +380,7 @@ NAME="AEN140"
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
-NAME="AEN143"
+NAME="AEN136"
></A
><H2
>VERSION</H2
@@ -379,7 +391,7 @@ NAME="AEN143"
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
-NAME="AEN146"
+NAME="AEN139"
></A
><H2
>SEE ALSO</H2
@@ -399,7 +411,7 @@ TARGET="_top"
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
-NAME="AEN151"
+NAME="AEN144"
></A
><H2
>AUTHOR</H2
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