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pdbedit

Edit the Samba user database.

For simple user add/remove/password, you can also use `smbpasswd`.

More information.

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

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