pdbedit — manage the SAM database
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] [-g] [-b passdb-backend] [-g] [-d debuglevel] [-s configfile] [-P account-policy] [-C value]
This tool is part of the Samba(7) suite.
The pdbedit program is used to manage the users accounts +
pdbedit — manage the SAM database
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] [-b passdb-backend] [-g] [-d debuglevel] [-s configfile] [-P account-policy] [-C value]
This tool is part of the Samba(7) suite.
The pdbedit program is used to manage the users accounts stored in the sam database and can only be run by root.
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 added without changing the tool).
There are five main ways to use pdbedit: adding a user account, removing a user account, modifing a user account, listing user - accounts, importing users accounts.
This option lists all the user accounts + accounts, importing users 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.
Example: pdbedit -l
+ the ':' character.Example: pdbedit -L
sorce:500:Simo Sorce samba:45:Test User
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
+ out the account fields in a descriptive format.Example: pdbedit -L -v
--------------- username: sorce user ID/Group: 500/500 @@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ Profile Path: \\BERSERKER\profile
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
+ 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:
This option specifies the username to be @@ -44,64 +44,75 @@ samba:45:0F2B255F7B67A7A9AAD3B435B51404EE:BC281CE3F53B6A5146629CD4751D3490:[UX operations and optional in list operations.
This option can be used while adding or modifing a user account. It will specify the user's full - name.
Example: -f "Simo Sorce"
This option can be used while adding or + name.
Example: -f "Simo Sorce"
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" + directory network path.
Example: -h "\\\\BERSERKER\\sorce"
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:" + letter to be used to map the home directory.
Example: -d "H:"
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" + script path.
Example: -s "\\\\BERSERKER\\netlogon\\sorce.bat"
This option can be used while adding or modifing a user account. It will specify the user's profile - directory.
Example: -p "\\\\BERSERKER\\netlogon" -
This option is used to add a user into the + directory.
Example: -p "\\\\BERSERKER\\netlogon" +
+ This option can be used while adding or modifying a user account. It + will specify the users' new primary group SID (Security Identifier) or + rid.
Example: -G S-1-5-21-2447931902-1787058256-3961074038-1201
+ This option can be used while adding or modifying a user account. It + will specify the users' new SID (Security Identifier) or + rid.
Example: -U S-1-5-21-2447931902-1787058256-3961074038-5004
This option can be used while adding or modifying a user + account. It will specify the users' account control property. Possible + flags that can be set are: N, D, H, L, X. +
Example: -c "[X ]"
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.
Example: pdbedit -a -u sorce + ask for the password to be used.
Example: pdbedit -a -u sorce
new password: retype new password
-
This option may only be used in conjunction - with the -a option. It will make +
This option is used to modify an existing user + in the database. This command needs a user name specified with the -u + switch. Other options can be specified to modify the properties of + the specified user. This flag is kept for backwards compatibility, but + it is no longer necessary to specify it. +
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 + account (-u username will provide the machine name).
Example: pdbedit -a -m -u w2k-wks
This option causes pdbedit to delete an account from the database. It needs a username specified with the - -u switch.
Example: pdbedit -x -u bob
Use a different passdb backend to retrieve users + -u switch.
Example: pdbedit -x -u bob
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.
Example: pdbedit -i smbpasswd:/etc/smbpasswd.old + another.
Example: pdbedit -i smbpasswd:/etc/smbpasswd.old
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 backing up.
Example: pdbedit -e smbpasswd:/root/samba-users.backup
If you specify -g, - then -i in-backend -e out-backend + another and will ease backing up.
Example: pdbedit -e smbpasswd:/root/samba-users.backup
If you specify -g, + then -i in-backend -e out-backend applies to the group mapping instead of the user database.
This option will ease migration from one passdb backend to - another and will ease backing up.
If you specify -g, - then -i in-backend -e out-backend - applies to the group mapping instead of the user database.
This option will ease migration from one passdb backend to - another and will ease backing up.
Use a different default passdb backend.
Example: pdbedit -b xml:/root/pdb-backup.xml -l
Display an account policy
Valid policies are: minimum password age, reset count minutes, disconnect time, + another and will ease backing up.
Use a different default passdb backend.
Example: pdbedit -b xml:/root/pdb-backup.xml -l
Display an account policy
Valid policies are: minimum password age, reset count minutes, disconnect time, user must logon to change password, password history, lockout duration, min password length, - maximum password age and bad lockout attempt.
Example: pdbedit -P "bad lockout attempt"
+ maximum password age and bad lockout attempt.Example: pdbedit -P "bad lockout attempt"
account policy value for bad lockout attempt is 0
Sets an account policy to a specified value. This option may only be used in conjunction - with the -P option. -
Example: pdbedit -P "bad lockout attempt" -C 3
+ with the -P option. +Example: pdbedit -P "bad lockout attempt" -C 3
account policy value for bad lockout attempt was 0 account policy value for bad lockout attempt is now 3
Print a summary of command line options.
Prints the version number for -smbd.
The file specified contains the +smbd.
The file specified contains the configuration details required by the server. The information in this file includes server-specific information such as what printcap file to use, as well as descriptions of all the services that the server is -to provide. See +to provide. See smb.conf(5) for more information. The default configuration file name is determined at -compile time.
debuglevel is an integer +compile time.
debuglevel is an integer from 0 to 10. The default value if this parameter is not specified is zero.
The higher this value, the more detail will be logged to the log files about the activities of the @@ -115,17 +126,11 @@ use only by developers and generate HUGE amounts of log data, most of which is extremely cryptic.
Note that specifying this parameter here will override the log level parameter in the -smb.conf(5) file.
File name for log/debug files. The extension -".client" will be appended. The log file is +smb.conf(5) file.
File name for log/debug files. The extension +".client" will be appended. The log file is never removed by the client. -
This command may be used only by root.
This man page is correct for version 2.2 of - the Samba suite.
The original Samba software and related utilities +
This command may be used only by root.
This man page is correct for version 3.0 of + the Samba suite.
The original Samba software and related utilities were created by Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed by the Samba Team as an Open Source project similar - to the way the Linux kernel is developed.
The original Samba man pages were written by Karl Auer. - The man page sources were converted to YODL format (another - excellent piece of Open Source software, available at - ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/) and updated for the Samba 2.0 - release by Jeremy Allison. The conversion to DocBook for - Samba 2.2 was done by Gerald Carter. The conversion to DocBook - XML 4.2 for Samba 3.0 was done by Alexander Bokovoy.