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after upgrading debian from lenny to squeeze (and samba to 3.5.6 version) all user account seems to be deleted. I have to recreate them using smbpasswd -a username and then set new password.

Second thing is that I've smb passwd file = /etc/samba/passwd option set in config file but it doesnt work in new version of samba. I really dont know where the passwords are stored now.
How to restore all previous samba user accounts?

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Samba uses TDB format databases as a faster alternative to textual smbpasswd files. The account database is located at /var/lib/samba/passdb.tdb by default. Use pdbedit --import.

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So the "smb passwd file" option is ignored? – daftu Mar 13 '11 at 9:54
@daftu: See "passdb backend" in the manual of smb.conf. – grawity Mar 13 '11 at 12:28

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