smbpasswd (5)

Samba

23 Oct 1998

NAME

smbpasswd - The Samba encrypted password file

SYNOPSIS

smbpasswd is the Samba encrypted password file.

DESCRIPTION

This file is part of the Samba suite.

smbpasswd is the Samba encrypted password file. It contains the username, Unix user id and the SMB hashed passwords of the user, as well as account flag information and the time the password was last changed. This file format has been evolving with Samba and has had several different formats in the past.

FILE FORMAT

The format of the smbpasswd file used by Samba 2.0 is very similar to the familiar Unix passwd (5) file. It is an ASCII file containing one line for each user. Each field within each line is separated from the next by a colon. Any entry beginning with # is ignored. The smbpasswd file contains the following information for each user: