pdbedit

OPTIONS

-l

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.

Example: pdbedit -l

sorce:500:Simo Sorce + samba:45:Test User +

-v

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.

Example: pdbedit -l -v

--------------- + username: sorce + user ID/Group: 500/500 + user RID/GRID: 2000/2001 + Full Name: Simo Sorce + Home Directory: \\BERSERKER\sorce + HomeDir Drive: H: + Logon Script: \\BERSERKER\netlogon\sorce.bat + Profile Path: \\BERSERKER\profile + --------------- + username: samba + user ID/Group: 45/45 + user RID/GRID: 1090/1091 + Full Name: Test User + Home Directory: \\BERSERKER\samba + HomeDir Drive: + Logon Script: + Profile Path: \\BERSERKER\profile +

-w

This option sets the "smbpasswd" listing format. + It will make pdbedit list the users in the database printing + out the account fields in a format compatible with the + smbpasswd file format. (see the smbpasswd(5) for details)

Example: pdbedit -l -w

sorce:500:508818B733CE64BEAAD3B435B51404EE:D2A2418EFC466A8A0F6B1DBB5C3DB80C:[UX ]:LCT-00000000: + samba:45:0F2B255F7B67A7A9AAD3B435B51404EE:BC281CE3F53B6A5146629CD4751D3490:[UX ]:LCT-3BFA1E8D: +

-u username

This option specifies that the username to be + used for the operation requested (listing, adding, removing) + It is required in add, remove and modify + operations and optional in list + operations.

-f fullname

This option can be used while adding or + modifing a user account. It will specify the user's full + name.

Example: -f "Simo Sorce"

-h homedir

This option can be used while adding or + modifing a user account. It will specify the user's home + directory network path.

Example: -h "\\\\BERSERKER\\sorce" +

-d drive

This option can be used while adding or + modifing a user account. It will specify the windows drive + letter to be used to map the home directory.

Example: -d "H:" +

-s script

This option can be used while adding or + modifing a user account. It will specify the user's logon + script path.

Example: -s "\\\\BERSERKER\\netlogon\\sorce.bat" +

-p profile

This option can be used while adding or + modifing a user account. It will specify the user's profile + directory.

Example: -p "\\\\BERSERKER\\netlogon" +

-a

This option is used to add a user into the + 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

Example: pdbedit -a -u sorce +
new password: + retype new password
+

-m

This option may only be used in conjunction + with the -a option. It will make + pdbedit to add a machine trust account instead of a user + account (-u username will provide the machine name).

Example: pdbedit -a -m -u w2k-wks +

-x

This option causes pdbedit to delete an account + from the database. It need the username be specified with the + -u switch.

Example: pdbedit -x -u bob

-i file

This command is used to import a smbpasswd + file into the database.

This option will ease migration from the plain smbpasswd + file database to more powerful backend databases like tdb and + ldap.

Example: pdbedit -i /etc/smbpasswd.old +

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