Prime Example:
debian5:~/samba-3.4.0pre1/source3# /opt/samba/samba-3.4.0pre1/bin/pdbedit -v root  2> /dev/null
INFO: Current debug levels:
  all: True/10
  tdb: False/0
  printdrivers: False/0
  lanman: False/0
  smb: False/0
  rpc_parse: False/0
  rpc_srv: False/0
  rpc_cli: False/0
  passdb: False/0
  sam: False/0
  auth: False/0
  winbind: False/0
  vfs: False/0
  idmap: False/0
  quota: False/0
  acls: False/0
  locking: False/0
  msdfs: False/0
  dmapi: False/0
  registry: False/0
doing parameter enable privileges = yes
doing parameter log file = /var/log/samba
pm_process() returned Yes
lp_servicenumber: couldn't find homes
set_server_role: role = ROLE_DOMAIN_PDC
Attempting to register new charset UCS-2LE
Registered charset UCS-2LE
Attempting to register new charset UTF-16LE
Registered charset UTF-16LE
Attempting to register new charset UCS-2BE
Registered charset UCS-2BE
Attempting to register new charset UTF-16BE
Registered charset UTF-16BE
Attempting to register new charset UTF8
Registered charset UTF8
Attempting to register new charset UTF-8
Registered charset UTF-8
Attempting to register new charset ASCII
Registered charset ASCII
Attempting to register new charset 646
Registered charset 646
Attempting to register new charset ISO-8859-1
Registered charset ISO-8859-1
Attempting to register new charset UCS2-HEX
Registered charset UCS2-HEX
Substituting charset 'UTF-8' for LOCALE
Substituting charset 'UTF-8' for LOCALE
Substituting charset 'UTF-8' for LOCALE
Substituting charset 'UTF-8' for LOCALE
Substituting charset 'UTF-8' for LOCALE
Substituting charset 'UTF-8' for LOCALE
Substituting charset 'UTF-8' for LOCALE
Substituting charset 'UTF-8' for LOCALE
Substituting charset 'UTF-8' for LOCALE
Substituting charset 'UTF-8' for LOCALE
Substituting charset 'UTF-8' for LOCALE
Substituting charset 'UTF-8' for LOCALE
Substituting charset 'UTF-8' for LOCALE
Substituting charset 'UTF-8' for LOCALE
Attempting to register passdb backend ldapsam
Successfully added passdb backend 'ldapsam'
Attempting to register passdb backend ldapsam_compat
Successfully added passdb backend 'ldapsam_compat'
Attempting to register passdb backend NDS_ldapsam
Successfully added passdb backend 'NDS_ldapsam'
Attempting to register passdb backend NDS_ldapsam_compat
Successfully added passdb backend 'NDS_ldapsam_compat'
Attempting to register passdb backend smbpasswd
Successfully added passdb backend 'smbpasswd'
Attempting to register passdb backend tdbsam
Successfully added passdb backend 'tdbsam'
Attempting to register passdb backend wbc_sam
Successfully added passdb backend 'wbc_sam'
Attempting to find a passdb backend to match tdbsam (tdbsam)
Found pdb backend tdbsam
pdb backend tdbsam has a valid init
Netbios name list:-
my_netbios_names[0]="DEBIAN5"
Attempting to find a passdb backend to match tdbsam (tdbsam)
Found pdb backend tdbsam
pdb backend tdbsam has a valid init
tdbsam_open: successfully opened /opt/samba/samba-3.4.0pre1/private/passdb.tdb
pdb_set_username: setting username root, was
pdb_set_domain: setting domain SAMBATDB, was
pdb_set_nt_username: setting nt username , was
pdb_set_full_name: setting full name root, was
Substituting charset 'UTF-8' for LOCALE
Substituting charset 'UTF-8' for LOCALE
Substituting charset 'UTF-8' for LOCALE
Substituting charset 'UTF-8' for LOCALE
Substituting charset 'UTF-8' for LOCALE
Substituting charset 'UTF-8' for LOCALE
Substituting charset 'UTF-8' for LOCALE
Substituting charset 'UTF-8' for LOCALE
Substituting charset 'UTF-8' for LOCALE
Substituting charset 'UTF-8' for LOCALE
Substituting charset 'UTF-8' for LOCALE
Substituting charset 'UTF-8' for LOCALE
Substituting charset 'UTF-8' for LOCALE
Substituting charset 'UTF-8' for LOCALE
pdb_set_homedir: setting home dir \\debian5\root, was
pdb_set_dir_drive: setting dir drive H:, was NULL
pdb_set_logon_script: setting logon script logon.bat, was
pdb_set_profile_path: setting profile path \\debian5\Profiles\root, was
pdb_set_workstations: setting workstations , was
account_policy_get: name: password history, val: 0
pdb_set_user_sid: setting user sid S-1-5-21-3455035379-3757030466-91738782-1000
pdb_set_user_sid_from_rid:
        setting user sid S-1-5-21-3455035379-3757030466-91738782-1000 from rid 1000
Unix username:        root
NT username:
Account Flags:        [U          ]
User SID:             S-1-5-21-3455035379-3757030466-91738782-1000
Finding user root
Trying _Get_Pwnam(), username as lowercase is root
Get_Pwnam_internals did find user [root]!
Primary Group SID:    S-1-5-21-3455035379-3757030466-91738782-513
Full Name:            root
Home Directory:       \\debian5\root
HomeDir Drive:        H:
Logon Script:         logon.bat
Profile Path:         \\debian5\Profiles\root
Domain:               SAMBATDB
Account desc:
Workstations:
Munged dial:
Logon time:           0
Logoff time:          never
Kickoff time:         never
Password last set:    Fri, 08 May 2009 00:26:48 IST
account_policy_get: name: minimum password age, val: 0
Password can change:  Fri, 08 May 2009 00:26:48 IST
account_policy_get: name: maximum password age, val: -1
Password must change: never
Last bad password   : 0
Bad password count  : 0
Logon hours         : FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF


Log level 10.



It *might* be within my C skills to investigate this.

If anyone has a reason to have this kind of information getting shown via stdout please comment.