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r226 r231 1 <html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>smbpasswd</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../samba.css" type="text/css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.7 3.1"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="refentry" lang="en"><a name="smbpasswd.8"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>smbpasswd — change a user's SMB password</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="literal">smbpasswd</code> [-a] [-c <config file>] [-x] [-d] [-e] [-D debuglevel] [-n] [-r <remote machine>] [-R <name resolve order>] [-m] [-U username[%password]] [-h] [-s] [-w pass] [-W] [-i] [-L] [username]</p></div></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id2479262"></a><h2>DESCRIPTION</h2><p>This tool is part of the <a class="citerefentry" href="samba.7.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">samba</span>(7)</span></a> suite.</p><p>The smbpasswd program has several different1 <html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>smbpasswd</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../samba.css" type="text/css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.74.0"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="refentry" lang="en"><a name="smbpasswd.8"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>smbpasswd — change a user's SMB password</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="literal">smbpasswd</code> [-a] [-c <config file>] [-x] [-d] [-e] [-D debuglevel] [-n] [-r <remote machine>] [-R <name resolve order>] [-m] [-U username[%password]] [-h] [-s] [-w pass] [-W] [-i] [-L] [username]</p></div></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id2483557"></a><h2>DESCRIPTION</h2><p>This tool is part of the <a class="citerefentry" href="samba.7.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">samba</span>(7)</span></a> suite.</p><p>The smbpasswd program has several different 2 2 functions, depending on whether it is run by the <span class="emphasis"><em>root</em></span> user 3 3 or not. When run as a normal user it allows the user to change … … 26 26 smbpasswd</code> accesses the local smbpasswd file 27 27 directly, thus enabling changes to be made even if smbd is not 28 running. </p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id24 79382"></a><h2>OPTIONS</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">-a</span></dt><dd><p>28 running. </p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id2483679"></a><h2>OPTIONS</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">-a</span></dt><dd><p> 29 29 This option specifies that the username following should be added to the local smbpasswd file, with the new 30 30 password typed (type <Enter> for the old password). This option is ignored if the username following … … 129 129 has been compiled with LDAP support. The <em class="parameter"><code>-w</code></em> 130 130 switch is used to specify the password to be used with the 131 <a class="link" href="smb.conf.5.html#LDAPADMINDN" >ldap admin dn</a>. Note that the password is stored in131 <a class="link" href="smb.conf.5.html#LDAPADMINDN" target="_top">ldap admin dn</a>. Note that the password is stored in 132 132 the <code class="filename">secrets.tdb</code> and is keyed off 133 133 of the admin's DN. This means that if the value of <em class="parameter"><code>ldap … … 139 139 has been compiled with LDAP support. The <em class="parameter"><code>-W</code></em> 140 140 switch is used to specify the password to be used with the 141 <a class="link" href="smb.conf.5.html#LDAPADMINDN" >ldap admin dn</a>. Note that the password is stored in141 <a class="link" href="smb.conf.5.html#LDAPADMINDN" target="_top">ldap admin dn</a>. Note that the password is stored in 142 142 the <code class="filename">secrets.tdb</code> and is keyed off 143 143 of the admin's DN. This means that if the value of <em class="parameter"><code>ldap … … 152 152 can specify this parameter as only root has the permission needed 153 153 to modify attributes directly in the local smbpasswd file. 154 </p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id25 25539"></a><h2>NOTES</h2><p>Since <code class="literal">smbpasswd</code> works in client-server154 </p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id2532569"></a><h2>NOTES</h2><p>Since <code class="literal">smbpasswd</code> works in client-server 155 155 mode communicating with a local smbd for a non-root user then 156 156 the smbd daemon must be running for this to work. A common problem … … 160 160 the <a class="citerefentry" href="smb.conf.5.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">smb.conf</span>(5)</span></a> file and neglecting to 161 161 allow "localhost" access to the smbd. </p><p>In addition, the smbpasswd command is only useful if Samba 162 has been set up to use encrypted passwords. </p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id25 25592"></a><h2>VERSION</h2><p>This man page is correct for version 3 of the Samba suite.</p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id2525602"></a><h2>SEE ALSO</h2><p><a class="citerefentry" href="smbpasswd.5.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">smbpasswd</span>(5)</span></a>, <a class="citerefentry" href="Samba.7.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">Samba</span>(7)</span></a>.</p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id2525627"></a><h2>AUTHOR</h2><p>The original Samba software and related utilities162 has been set up to use encrypted passwords. </p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id2532618"></a><h2>VERSION</h2><p>This man page is correct for version 3 of the Samba suite.</p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id2532628"></a><h2>SEE ALSO</h2><p><a class="citerefentry" href="smbpasswd.5.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">smbpasswd</span>(5)</span></a>, <a class="citerefentry" href="Samba.7.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">Samba</span>(7)</span></a>.</p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id2532652"></a><h2>AUTHOR</h2><p>The original Samba software and related utilities 163 163 were created by Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed 164 164 by the Samba Team as an Open Source project similar
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