smbpasswd
Add/remove a Samba user or change its password. Samba users must have an existing local Unix account. More information: https://manned.org/smbpasswd.8.
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Change the current user's SMB password:
smbpasswd
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Add a specified user to Samba and set password (user should already exist in system):
sudo smbpasswd -a {{username}}
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Modify an existing Samba user's password:
sudo smbpasswd {{username}}
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Delete a Samba user (use
pdbedit
instead if the Unix account has been deleted):
sudo smbpasswd -x {{username}}
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