pdbedit

PDBEDIT(T) PDBEDIT(T)

NAME
pdbedit - manage the SAM database

SYNOPSIS
pdbedit [ -l ] [ -v ] [ -w ] [ -u username ] [ -f
fullname ] [ -h homedir ] [ -d drive ] [ -s script ] [
-p profile ] [ -a ] [ -m ] [ -x ] [ -i file ]

DESCRIPTION
This tool is part of the Sambasuite.

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
independent from the kind of users database used (cur-
rently there are smbpasswd, ldap, nis+ and tdb based and
more can be addedd 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.

OPTIONS
-l This option list 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

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 out the account fields in a descriptive
format.

Example: pdbedit -l -v

---------------
username: sorce
user ID/Group: 500/500
user RID/GRID: 2000/2001
Full Name: Simo Sorce
Home Directory: \\BERSERKER\sorce
HomeDir Drive: H:
Logon Script: \\BERSERKER\netlogon\sorce.bat
Profile Path: \\BERSERKER\profile
---------------
username: samba
user ID/Group: 45/45
user RID/GRID: 1090/1091
Full Name: Test User
Home Directory: \\BERSERKER\samba
HomeDir Drive:
Logon Script:
Profile Path: \\BERSERKER\profile

-w 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 compat-
ible with the smbpasswd file format. (see the smb-
passwd(d)for details)

Example: 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 required in add, remove and modify
operations and optional in list operations.

-f fullname
This option can be used while adding or modifing a
user account. It will specify the user's full name.

Example: -f "Simo Sorce"

-h homedir
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"

-d drive
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:"

-s script
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"

-p profile
This option can be used while adding or modifing a
user account. It will specify the user's profile
directory.

Example: -p "\\\\BERSERKER\\netlogon"

-a This option is used to add a user into the
database. This command need the user name be speci-
fied 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

-m 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

-x This option causes pdbedit to delete an account
from the database. It need the username be speci-
fied with the -u switch.

Example: pdbedit -x -u bob

-i file
This command is used to import a smbpasswd file
into the database.

This option will ease migration from the plain smb-
passwd file database to more powerful backend
databases like tdb and ldap.

Example: pdbedit -i /etc/smbpasswd.old

NOTES
This command may be used only by root.

VERSION
This man page is correct for version 2.2 of the Samba
suite.