pdbedit
Edit the Samba user database.
For simple user add/remove/password, you can also use smbpasswd
.
More information: https://manned.org/pdbedit.
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List all Samba users (use verbose flag to show their settings):
sudo pdbedit --list --verbose
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Add an existing Unix user to Samba (will prompt for password):
sudo pdbedit --user {{username}} --create
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Remove a Samba user:
sudo pdbedit --user {{username}} --delete
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Reset a Samba user's failed password counter:
sudo pdbedit --user {{username}} --bad-password-count-reset
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