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pdbedit

pdbedit
pdbedit [-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]

[-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]

DESCRIPTION

suite.

The pdbedit program is used to manage the users accounts - stored in the sam database and can be run only by root.

The pdbedit tool use the passdb modular interface and is +>The pdbedit tool uses 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 addedd + are smbpasswd, ldap, nis+ and tdb based and more can be added without changing the tool).

There are five main ways to use pdbedit: adding a user account, @@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ TARGET="_top" >

OPTIONS

-l

This option list all the user accounts +>This option lists all the user accounts present in the users database. This option prints a list of user/uid pairs separated by the ':' character.

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 +>This option enables the verbose listing format. + It causes pdbedit to list the users in the database, printing out the account fields in a descriptive format.

Example: pdbedit -l -v

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@@ -146,9 +132,6 @@ CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
 		Logon Script:   
 		Profile Path:   \\BERSERKER\profile

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

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

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

Example: -i passdb-backend

Use a different passdb backend to retrieve users than the one specified in smb.conf.

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.

This option will ease migration from one passdb backend to another. -

This option will ease migration from one passdb backend to + another.

Example: pdbedit -i smbpasswd:/etc/smbpasswd.old -e tdbsam:/etc/samba/passwd.tdb -

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

-e passdb-backend

Export all currently available users to the specified password database backend.

Exports all currently available users to the + specified password database backend.

This option will ease migration from one passdb backend to another and will ease backupping

This option will ease migration from one passdb backend to + another and will ease backing up.

Example: pdbedit -e smbpasswd:/root/samba-users.backup

-b passdb-backend

Use a different default passdb backend.

Example: pdbedit -b xml:/root/pdb-backup.xml -l

NOTES

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