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Samba uses tdbsam by default to manage SMB password, that’s the password used to logon over Windows Networking.

Adding and managing users

In this example, I will add a user called damien. You can add as many users as you need in the same way, just replace the username tom with the desired username in the commands.

useradd damien -m -G users

Set a password for Damien in the Linux system user database. If the user Damien shall not be able to login to the Linux system, skip this step.

passwd damien

-> Enter the password for the new user

Now add the user to the Samba user database.

smbpasswd -a damien

-> Enter the password for the new user