Samba Commands

These are some useful Samba Commands

Status check commands

    sudo samba-tool ldapcmp -r
    sudo samba-tool drs showrepl
    sudo samba-tool visualize uptodateness -r
    sudo pdbedit -L -v -L
    sudo samba-tool domain passwordsettings show

User Management

    sudo samba-tool user create kedar.ap
    sudo samba-tool user setpassword kedar.ap
    wbinfo --name-to-sid kedar.ap
    sudo samba-tool user delete kedar.ap
    sudo samba-tool group add testgroup
    sudo samba-tool group delete testgroup
    sudo samba-tool group addmembers "testgroup" user[,otheruser[,thirduser[,...]]]    
    sudo samba-tool group removemembers "testgroup" user[,otheruser[,thirduser[,...]]]
    sudo samba-tool group listmembers "testgroup" | grep username
    sudo samba-tool user edit kedar.ap (vim is required for tis command to work. Install vim first)
    sudo samba-tool user list | grep username 
    sudo samba-tool user (press enter to get all options for user management)
    sudo pdbedit -L -v -L (careful... if there are a lot of users it will take a lot of time and samba will be in hung state)
    sudo samba-tool domain passwordsettings pso show-user kedar.ap

References

• https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Password_Settings_Objects
• https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Group_Policy