Do you need a samba password to use pdbedit?

Do you need a samba password to use pdbedit?

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. pdbedit does not call the unix password synchronization script if unix password sync has been set. It only updates the data in the Samba user database.

Is there a script to back up Samba databases?

Files created by tdbbackup, are full and normal TDB files. tdbbackup does the extraction safely. Backups of *.ldb files can be restored to their old names by simply removing the ‘.bak’ suffix. Samba provides a very basic shell script to backup its databases (source4/scripting/bin/samba_backup in the source tarball).

How does pdbedit work with smbpasswd file?

Used together with -w also shows passwords hashes. 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 smbpasswd(5) for details).

Which is the native format for storing Samba credentials?

From perspective of the root user pdbedit is capable of all operations that smbpasswd can do as well as a superset of them (manage account security and policy settings). The ‘native’ format for storing Samba credentials for pdbedit is tdbsam – Trivial DB based password storage backend.

How to add a new user in samba?

-a|–create 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. Example: pdbedit -a -u sorce new password: retype new password

How to add a user to the pdbedit database?

-a|–create. 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.

How to set kickoff time to unlimited in pdbedit?

Use “never” as argument to set the kickoff time to unlimited. 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.