pdbedit Command Examples

Edit the Samba user database. For simple user add/remove/password, you can also use smbpasswd. More information: https://manned.org/pdbedit.

• List all Samba users (use verbose flag to show their settings):

sudo pdbedit --list --verbose

• Add an existing Unix user to Samba (will prompt for password):

sudo pdbedit --user {{username}} --create

• Remove a Samba user:

sudo pdbedit --user {{username}} --delete

• Reset a Samba user's failed password counter:

sudo pdbedit --user {{username}} --bad-password-count-reset