addtosmbpass(1)

addtosmbpass1

Add entry for an existing account to a samba password file.

Usage

addtosmbpass name [name ...]

Overview

addtosmbpass is a utility for adding entries, in a proper format, to a file used by Samba when validating passwords for clients (most likely /usr/local/samba/lib/smbpasswd but this default can be changed in a compile time). An old (possibly empty as in /dev/null ) Samba password file is expected on stdin and a new file, with skeleton entries for arguments added, is printed on stdout. A file /etc/passwd is scanned for a required information. If an entry for a name is not present then account data are searched in NIS data bases - if possible. If an entry for name already exists in stdin input or it account information cannot be found then this request is quietly skipped.

Files

/usr/local/samba/lib/smbpasswd, /etc/passwd

Bugs

addtosmbpass, like other Samba password file utilities, is written in awk. Although an attempt was made to accommodate various broken variants of awk which may be around there is no guarantee that what you have is even worse.

It is assumed that if ypmatch program exists then NIS was set and the program will work. This may not be true. In such case just comment out a line which sets ypmatch variable in BEGIN block.

A location of awk interpreter at the top of the program may need an adjustment. Also a user may edit a program modifying it beyong recognition. This last property may be construed as a feature.

Author

Michal Jaegermann ([email protected])

From samba 1.9.15p4-1 in Debian 1.1 (Buzz). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.