smbpasswd
Manage Samba user passwords and accounts
TLDR
Change current user's SMB password
$ smbpasswd
Add a user to Samba and set password$ sudo smbpasswd -a [username]
Modify an existing Samba user's password$ sudo smbpasswd [username]
Delete a Samba user$ sudo smbpasswd -x [username]
Enable a Samba user$ sudo smbpasswd -e [username]
Disable a Samba user$ sudo smbpasswd -d [username]
SYNOPSIS
smbpasswd [options] [username]
DESCRIPTION
smbpasswd manages Samba user passwords. It allows users to change their own SMB password, and administrators to add, remove, or modify Samba user accounts.Samba users must have an existing local Unix account before being added. The Samba password database is separate from the system password.
PARAMETERS
-a
Add a new Samba user-x
Delete a Samba user-d
Disable a Samba user account-e
Enable a previously disabled account-n
Set null password (requires null passwords enabled)-r _machine_
Change password on remote machine-U _username_
Use specified username on remote machine-s
Read password from stdin (silent mode)
INSTALL
sudo apt install samba-common-bin
sudo dnf install samba-common-tools
sudo apk add samba-common-tools
CAVEATS
Users must exist in the Unix system before being added to Samba. If a Unix account is deleted before the Samba account, use pdbedit instead to remove the Samba entry.
