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.\"     Title: pdbedit
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.\"      Date: 10/14/2024
.\"    Manual: System Administration tools
.\"    Source: Samba 4.21.1
.\"  Language: English
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.TH "PDBEDIT" "8" "10/14/2024" "Samba 4\&.21\&.1" "System Administration tools"
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.SH "NAME"
pdbedit \- manage the SAM database (Database of Samba Users)
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'\ 'u
pdbedit [\-L|\-\-list] [\-v|\-\-verbose] [\-w|\-\-smbpasswd\-style] [\-u|\-\-user=USER] [\-N|\-\-account\-desc=STRING] [\-f|\-\-fullname=STRING] [\-h|\-\-homedir=STRING] [\-D|\-\-drive=STRING] [\-S|\-\-script=STRING] [\-p|\-\-profile=STRING] [\-I|\-\-domain=STRING] [\-U|\-\-user\ SID=STRING] [\-M|\-\-machine\ SID=STRING] [\-a|\-\-create] [\-r|\-\-modify] [\-m|\-\-machine] [\-x|\-\-delete] [\-b|\-\-backend=STRING] [\-i|\-\-import=STRING] [\-e|\-\-export=STRING] [\-g|\-\-group] [\-y|\-\-policies] [\-\-policies\-reset] [\-P|\-\-account\-policy=STRING] [\-C|\-\-value=LONG] [\-c|\-\-account\-control=STRING] [\-\-force\-initialized\-passwords] [\-z|\-\-bad\-password\-count\-reset] [\-Z|\-\-logon\-hours\-reset] [\-\-time\-format=STRING] [\-t|\-\-password\-from\-stdin] [\-K|\-\-kickoff\-time=STRING] [\-\-set\-nt\-hash=STRING] [\-?|\-\-help] [\-\-usage] [\-d|\-\-debuglevel=DEBUGLEVEL] [\-\-debug\-stdout] [\-\-configfile=CONFIGFILE] [\-\-option=name=value] [\-l|\-\-log\-basename=LOGFILEBASE] [\-\-leak\-report] [\-\-leak\-report\-full]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
This tool is part of the
\fBsamba\fR(7)
suite\&.
.PP
The pdbedit program is used to manage the users accounts stored in the sam database and can only be run by root\&.
.PP
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)\&.
.PP
There are five main ways to use pdbedit: adding a user account, removing a user account, modifying a user account, listing user accounts, importing users accounts\&.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
\-L|\-\-list
.RS 4
This option lists all the user accounts present in the users database\&. This option prints a list of user/uid pairs separated by the \*(Aq:\*(Aq character\&.
.sp
Example:
pdbedit \-L
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
sorce:500:Simo Sorce
samba:45:Test User
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.RE
.PP
\-v|\-\-verbose
.RS 4
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\&. Used together with \-w also shows passwords hashes\&.
.sp
Example:
pdbedit \-L \-v
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-
username:       sorce
user ID/Group:  500/500
user RID/GRID:  2000/2001
Full Name:      Simo Sorce
Home Directory: \e\eBERSERKER\esorce
HomeDir Drive:  H:
Logon Script:   \e\eBERSERKER\enetlogon\esorce\&.bat
Profile Path:   \e\eBERSERKER\eprofile
\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-
username:       samba
user ID/Group:  45/45
user RID/GRID:  1090/1091
Full Name:      Test User
Home Directory: \e\eBERSERKER\esamba
HomeDir Drive:  
Logon Script:   
Profile Path:   \e\eBERSERKER\eprofile
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.RE
.PP
\-w|\-\-smbpasswd\-style
.RS 4
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
\fBsmbpasswd\fR(5)
for details)\&. Instead used together with (\-v) displays the passwords hashes in verbose output\&.
.sp
Example:
pdbedit \-L \-w
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
sorce:500:508818B733CE64BEAAD3B435B51404EE:
          D2A2418EFC466A8A0F6B1DBB5C3DB80C:
          [UX         ]:LCT\-00000000:
samba:45:0F2B255F7B67A7A9AAD3B435B51404EE:
          BC281CE3F53B6A5146629CD4751D3490:
          [UX         ]:LCT\-3BFA1E8D:
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.RE
.PP
\-u|\-\-user username
.RS 4
This option specifies the username to be used for the operation requested (listing, adding, removing)\&. It is
\fIrequired\fR
in add, remove and modify operations and
\fIoptional\fR
in list operations\&.
.RE
.PP
\-f|\-\-fullname fullname
.RS 4
This option can be used while adding or modifying a user account\&. It will specify the user\*(Aqs full name\&.
.sp
Example:
\-f "Simo Sorce"
.RE
.PP
\-h|\-\-homedir homedir
.RS 4
This option can be used while adding or modifying a user account\&. It will specify the user\*(Aqs home directory network path\&.
.sp
Example:
\-h "\e\e\e\eBERSERKER\e\esorce"
.RE
.PP
\-D|\-\-drive drive
.RS 4
This option can be used while adding or modifying a user account\&. It will specify the windows drive letter to be used to map the home directory\&.
.sp
Example:
\-D "H:"
.RE
.PP
\-S|\-\-script script
.RS 4
This option can be used while adding or modifying a user account\&. It will specify the user\*(Aqs logon script path\&.
.sp
Example:
\-S "\e\e\e\eBERSERKER\e\enetlogon\e\esorce\&.bat"
.RE
.PP
\-\-set\-nt\-hash
.RS 4
This option can be used while modifying a user account\&. It will set the user\*(Aqs password using the nt\-hash value given as hexadecimal string\&. Useful to synchronize passwords\&.
.sp
Example:
\-\-set\-nt\-hash 8846F7EAEE8FB117AD06BDD830B7586C
.RE
.PP
\-p|\-\-profile profile
.RS 4
This option can be used while adding or modifying a user account\&. It will specify the user\*(Aqs profile directory\&.
.sp
Example:
\-p "\e\e\e\eBERSERKER\e\enetlogon"
.RE
.PP
\-M|\*(Aq\-\-machine SID\*(Aq SID|rid
.RS 4
This option can be used while adding or modifying a machine account\&. It will specify the machines\*(Aq new primary group SID (Security Identifier) or rid\&.
.sp
Example:
\-M S\-1\-5\-21\-2447931902\-1787058256\-3961074038\-1201
.RE
.PP
\-U|\*(Aq\-\-user SID\*(Aq SID|rid
.RS 4
This option can be used while adding or modifying a user account\&. It will specify the users\*(Aq new SID (Security Identifier) or rid\&.
.sp
Example:
\-U S\-1\-5\-21\-2447931902\-1787058256\-3961074038\-5004
.sp
Example:
\*(Aq\-\-user SID\*(Aq S\-1\-5\-21\-2447931902\-1787058256\-3961074038\-5004
.sp
Example:
\-U 5004
.sp
Example:
\*(Aq\-\-user SID\*(Aq 5004
.RE
.PP
\-c|\-\-account\-control account\-control
.RS 4
This option can be used while adding or modifying a user account\&. It will specify the users\*(Aq account control property\&. Possible flags are listed below\&.
.sp
.RS
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
N: No password required
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
D: Account disabled
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
H: Home directory required
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
T: Temporary duplicate of other account
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
U: Regular user account
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
M: MNS logon user account
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
W: Workstation Trust Account
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
S: Server Trust Account
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
L: Automatic Locking
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
X: Password does not expire
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
I: Domain Trust Account
.RE
.sp
.RE
.sp
Example:
\-c "[X ]"
.RE
.PP
\-K|\-\-kickoff\-time
.RS 4
This option is used to modify the kickoff time for a certain user\&. Use "never" as argument to set the kickoff time to unlimited\&.
.sp
Example:
pdbedit \-K never user
.RE
.PP
\-a|\-\-create
.RS 4
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\&.
.sp
Example:
pdbedit \-a \-u sorce
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
new password:
retype new password
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.sp
.if n \{\
.sp
.\}
.RS 4
.it 1 an-trap
.nr an-no-space-flag 1
.nr an-break-flag 1
.br
.ps +1
\fBNote\fR
.ps -1
.br
pdbedit does not call the unix password synchronization script if
\m[blue]\fBunix password sync\fR\m[]
has been set\&. It only updates the data in the Samba user database\&.
.sp
If you wish to add a user and synchronise the password that immediately, use
smbpasswd\*(Aqs
\fB\-a\fR
option\&.
.sp .5v
.RE
.RE
.PP
\-t|\-\-password\-from\-stdin
.RS 4
This option causes pdbedit to read the password from standard input, rather than from /dev/tty (like the
passwd(1)
program does)\&. The password has to be submitted twice and terminated by a newline each\&.
.RE
.PP
\-r|\-\-modify
.RS 4
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\&.
.RE
.PP
\-m|\-\-machine
.RS 4
This option may only be used in conjunction with the
\fI\-a\fR
option\&. It will make pdbedit to add a machine trust account instead of a user account (\-u username will provide the machine name)\&.
.sp
Example:
pdbedit \-a \-m \-u w2k\-wks
.RE
.PP
\-x|\-\-delete
.RS 4
This option causes pdbedit to delete an account from the database\&. It needs a username specified with the \-u switch\&.
.sp
Example:
pdbedit \-x \-u bob
.RE
.PP
\-i|\-\-import passdb\-backend
.RS 4
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\&.
.sp
This option will ease migration from one passdb backend to another\&.
.sp
Example:
pdbedit \-i smbpasswd:/etc/smbpasswd\&.old
.RE
.PP
\-e|\-\-export passdb\-backend
.RS 4
Exports all currently available users to the specified password database backend\&.
.sp
This option will ease migration from one passdb backend to another and will ease backing up\&.
.sp
Example:
pdbedit \-e smbpasswd:/root/samba\-users\&.backup
.RE
.PP
\-g|\-\-group
.RS 4
If you specify
\fI\-g\fR, then
\fI\-i in\-backend \-e out\-backend\fR
applies to the group mapping instead of the user database\&.
.sp
This option will ease migration from one passdb backend to another and will ease backing up\&.
.RE
.PP
\-b|\-\-backend passdb\-backend
.RS 4
Use a different default passdb backend\&.
.sp
Example:
pdbedit \-b xml:/root/pdb\-backup\&.xml \-l
.RE
.PP
\-P|\-\-account\-policy account\-policy
.RS 4
Display an account policy
.sp
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\&.
.sp
Example:
pdbedit \-P "bad lockout attempt"
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
account policy value for bad lockout attempt is 0
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.RE
.PP
\-C|\-\-value account\-policy\-value
.RS 4
Sets an account policy to a specified value\&. This option may only be used in conjunction with the
\fI\-P\fR
option\&.
.sp
Example:
pdbedit \-P "bad lockout attempt" \-C 3
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
account policy value for bad lockout attempt was 0
account policy value for bad lockout attempt is now 3
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.RE
.PP
\-y|\-\-policies
.RS 4
If you specify
\fI\-y\fR, then
\fI\-i in\-backend \-e out\-backend\fR
applies to the account policies instead of the user database\&.
.sp
This option will allow one to migrate account policies from their default tdb\-store into a passdb backend, e\&.g\&. an LDAP directory server\&.
.sp
Example:
pdbedit \-y \-i tdbsam: \-e ldapsam:ldap://my\&.ldap\&.host
.RE
.PP
\-\-force\-initialized\-passwords
.RS 4
This option forces all users to change their password upon next login\&.
.RE
.PP
\-N|\-\-account\-desc description
.RS 4
This option can be used while adding or modifying a user account\&. It will specify the user\*(Aqs description field\&.
.sp
Example:
\-N "test description"
.RE
.PP
\-Z|\-\-logon\-hours\-reset
.RS 4
This option can be used while adding or modifying a user account\&. It will reset the user\*(Aqs allowed logon hours\&. A user may login at any time afterwards\&.
.sp
Example:
\-Z
.RE
.PP
\-z|\-\-bad\-password\-count\-reset
.RS 4
This option can be used while adding or modifying a user account\&. It will reset the stored bad login counter from a specified user\&.
.sp
Example:
\-z
.RE
.PP
\-\-policies\-reset
.RS 4
This option can be used to reset the general password policies stored for a domain to their default values\&.
.sp
Example:
\-\-policies\-reset
.RE
.PP
\-I|\-\-domain
.RS 4
This option can be used while adding or modifying a user account\&. It will specify the user\*(Aqs domain field\&.
.sp
Example:
\-I "MYDOMAIN"
.RE
.PP
\-\-time\-format
.RS 4
This option is currently not being used\&.
.RE
.PP
\-?|\-\-help
.RS 4
Print a summary of command line options\&.
.RE
.PP
\-\-usage
.RS 4
Display brief usage message\&.
.RE
.PP
\-d|\-\-debuglevel=DEBUGLEVEL
.RS 4
\fIlevel\fR
is an integer from 0 to 10\&. The default value if this parameter is not specified is 1 for client applications\&.
.sp
The higher this value, the more detail will be logged to the log files about the activities of the server\&. At level 0, only critical errors and serious warnings will be logged\&. Level 1 is a reasonable level for day\-to\-day running \- it generates a small amount of information about operations carried out\&.
.sp
Levels above 1 will generate considerable amounts of log data, and should only be used when investigating a problem\&. Levels above 3 are designed for use only by developers and generate HUGE amounts of log data, most of which is extremely cryptic\&.
.sp
Note that specifying this parameter here will override the
\m[blue]\fBlog level\fR\m[]
parameter in the
/etc/samba/smb\&.conf
file\&.
.RE
.PP
\-\-debug\-stdout
.RS 4
This will redirect debug output to STDOUT\&. By default all clients are logging to STDERR\&.
.RE
.PP
\-\-configfile=<configuration file>
.RS 4
The file specified contains the configuration details required by the client\&. The information in this file can be general for client and server or only provide client specific like options such as
\m[blue]\fBclient smb encrypt\fR\m[]\&. See
/etc/samba/smb\&.conf
for more information\&. The default configuration file name is determined at compile time\&.
.RE
.PP
\-\-option=<name>=<value>
.RS 4
Set the
\fBsmb.conf\fR(5)
option "<name>" to value "<value>" from the command line\&. This overrides compiled\-in defaults and options read from the configuration file\&. If a name or a value includes a space, wrap whole \-\-option=name=value into quotes\&.
.RE
.PP
\-l|\-\-log\-basename=logdirectory
.RS 4
Base directory name for log/debug files\&. The extension
\fB"\&.progname"\fR
will be appended (e\&.g\&. log\&.smbclient, log\&.smbd, etc\&.\&.\&.)\&. The log file is never removed by the client\&.
.RE
.PP
\-\-leak\-report
.RS 4
Enable talloc leak reporting on exit\&.
.RE
.PP
\-\-leak\-report\-full
.RS 4
Enable full talloc leak reporting on exit\&.
.RE
.PP
\-V|\-\-version
.RS 4
Prints the program version number\&.
.RE
.SH "NOTES"
.PP
This command may be used only by root\&.
.SH "VERSION"
.PP
This man page is part of version 4\&.21\&.1 of the Samba suite\&.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
\fBsmbpasswd\fR(5),
\fBsamba\fR(7)
.SH "AUTHOR"
.PP
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\&.
.PP
The pdbedit manpage was written by Simo Sorce and Jelmer Vernooij\&.