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smbpasswd

Add/remove a Samba user or change its password.

Samba users must have an existing local Unix account.

More information.

Change the current user's SMB password:

smbpasswd

Add a specified user to Samba and set password (user should already exist in system):

sudo smbpasswd -a {username}

Modify an existing Samba user's password:

sudo smbpasswd {username}

Delete a Samba user (use `pdbedit` instead if the Unix account has been deleted):

sudo smbpasswd -x {username}

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