pdbedit

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

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/pdbedit.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install samba
Ubuntu
apt-get install samba
Alpine
apk add samba
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S samba
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install samba
CentOS
yum install samba-common-tools
Fedora
dnf install samba-common-tools-2
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install samba
Raspbian
apt-get install samba
Dockerfile
dockerfile.run/pdbedit
Docker
docker run cmd.cat/pdbedit pdbedit powered by Commando

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

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