pdbedit

pdbedit

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This program, new to Samba 3.0, can be used to manage accounts that are held in a SAM database. The implementation of the database can be any of the types supported by Samba, including the smbpasswd file, LDAP, NIS+ and the tdb database library. The user must be the superuser to use this tool.

Command synopsis

 pdbedit   [options]   

Options

-a

Adds the user specified by the -u option to the SAM database. The command issues a prompt for the user's password.

-d drive_letter

Sets the Windows drive letter to which to map the user's home directory. The drive letter should be specified as a letter followed by a colon e.g., H :.

-D debug_level

Sets the debug (sometimes called logging) level. The level can range from 0 to 10. Debug level 0 logs only the most important messages. Level 1 is normal, and levels 3 and above are primarily for debugging.

-e pwdb_backend

Exports the user account database to another format, written to the specified location. Used for migrating from one type of account database to another. The pwdb_backend argument is specified in the format of a database type, followed by a colon, then the location of the database. For example, to export the existing account database to an smbpasswd database in the file /usr/local/samba/private/smbpw , pwdb_backend would be specified as smbpasswd:/usr/local/samba/private/smbpw . The allowable database types are smbpasswd , smbpasswd nua , tdbsam , tdbsam nua , ldapsam , ldapsam_nua , and plugin .

-f full_name

Sets the full name of the user specified with the -u option.

-h unc

Sets the home directory path (as a UNC) for the user specified with the -u option.

-i pwdb_backend

Specifies a password database backend from which to retrieve account information, overriding the one specified by the passdb backend parameter in the Samba configuration file. This, along with the -e option, is useful for migrating user accounts from one type of account database to another. See the -e option regarding how to specify the pwdb_backend argument.

-l

Lists the user accounts in the database. See also the -v option.

-m

Indicates that the account is a computer account rather than a user account. Used only with the -a option when creating the account. In this case, the -u option specifies the computer name rather than a username.

-p unc

Sets the directory in which the user's profile is kept. The directory is specified as a UNC.

-s unc

Specifies the UNC of the user's logon script.

-u username

Specifies the username of the account to add (with the -a option), delete (with the -x option), or modify.

-v

Selects verbose mode when listing accounts with the -l option. The account fields will be printed.

-w

Selects the smbpasswd listing mode, for use with the -l option, which prints information in the same format as it would appear in an smbpasswd file.

-x

Deletes the user (specified with the -u option) from the account database.