updated the 3.0 branch from the head branch - ready for alpha18
[ira/wip.git] / docs / docbook / manpages / pdbedit.8.sgml
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                <arg choice="opt">-a</arg>      
                <arg choice="opt">-m</arg>      
                <arg choice="opt">-x</arg>      
-               <arg choice="opt">-i file</arg> 
+               <arg choice="opt">-i passdb-backend</arg>       
+               <arg choice="opt">-e passdb-backend</arg>   
+               <arg choice="opt">-D debuglevel</arg>
        </cmdsynopsis>
 </refsynopsisdiv>
 
                
 
                <varlistentry>
-               <term>-i file</term>
-               <listitem><para>This command is used to import a smbpasswd
-               file into the database.</para>
+               <term>-i passdb-backend</term>
+               <listitem><para>Use a different passdb backend to retrieve users than the one specified in smb.conf.</para>
 
-               <para>This option will ease migration from the plain smbpasswd
-               file database to more powerful backend databases like tdb and
-               ldap.</para>
+               <para>This option will ease migration from one passdb backend to another.
+               </para>
 
-               <para>Example: <command>pdbedit -i /etc/smbpasswd.old</command>
+               <para>Example: <command>pdbedit -i smbpasswd:/etc/smbpasswd.old -e tdbsam:/etc/samba/passwd.tdb</command>
                </para>
                </listitem>
                </varlistentry>
+
+               <varlistentry>
+               <term>-e passdb-backend</term>
+               <listitem><para>Export all currently available users to the specified password database backend.</para>
+
+               <para>This option will ease migration from one passdb backend to another and will ease backupping</para>
+               
+               <para>Example: <command>pdbedit -e smbpasswd:/root/samba-users.backup</command></para>
+               </listitem>
+               </varlistentry>
        </variablelist>
 </refsect1>