smbpasswd
Add/remove a Samba user or change its password. Samba users must have an existing local Unix account. More information: https://manned.org/smbpasswd.8.
- Change the current user's SMB password:
smbpasswd - Add a specified user to Samba and set password (user should already exist in system):
sudo smbpasswd -a {{username}} - Modify an existing Samba user's password:
sudo smbpasswd {{username}} - Delete a Samba user (use
pdbeditinstead if the Unix account has been deleted):sudo smbpasswd -x {{username}}
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