SMBPASSWD(5) File Formats and Conventions SMBPASSWD(5) (NAME) smbpasswd - (SYNOPSIS) smbpasswd (DESCRIPTION) samba(7) . smbpasswd . (UID) () SMB . . (FILE FORMAT) smbpasswd Samba 2.2 passwd(5) . ASCII . (:) . '#' . smbpasswd : name . passwd . uid (UID) . uid passwd . smbpasswd . Lanman Password Hash LANMAN . LANMAN DES DES . 95/98 . (dictionary attacks) ( "salt" ). "NO PASSWORD" . 'X' (disabled) . !! - (challenge-response) SMB/CIFS . (plain text equivalents) (root) . smbpasswd root smbpasswd / root . NT Password Hash Windows NT . Windows NT little-endian MD4 ( rfc1321) . LANMAN . ( salt ). !!. - SMB/CIFS . (root) . / root . Account Flags . '[' ']' ( ). : o U - ("User") . o N - ( LANMAN NT ). null passwords smb.conf(5) . o D - SMB/CIFS . o X - . o W - " " (Workstation Trust) . Samba PDC Windows NT Samba PDC . . . pdbedit . Last Change Time . 'LCT-' ( Last Change Time) ( ) . . (VERSION) 4.24.6 . (SEE ALSO) smbpasswd(8), Samba(7), RFC1321 MD4. (AUTHOR) Andrew Tridgell . . Samba 4.24.6 08/16/2026 SMBPASSWD(5)