Bug 6674 - pdbedit provides no way to reset profile parameters
Summary: pdbedit provides no way to reset profile parameters
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: Samba 3.6
Classification: Unclassified
Component: User & Group Accounts (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All Linux
: P3 enhancement
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Samba Bugzilla Account
QA Contact: Samba QA Contact
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Reported: 2009-08-29 14:57 UTC by Willi Mann
Modified: 2010-01-25 05:38 UTC (History)
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Description Willi Mann 2009-08-29 14:57:19 UTC 
Parameters like Home Directory, HomeDir Drive, Logon Script, and Profile Path are typically set in smb.conf, but can be set per account with pdbedit. However, once a value is explicitly set for an account, it is not possible to remove this information from the passwd database, such that the value fromm smb.conf is used again. 

This was already reported in 

http://lists.samba.org/archive/samba-technical/2003-October/032047.html

The proposed patch in this mail is probably a bad idea as empty values might make sense in certain situations.

Related to this, it would be great if the printed values of pdbedit output would be marked somehow if they are taken from smb.conf.
Comment 1 Karolin Seeger 2010-01-25 05:38:42 UTC 
Too late for enhancements in 3.5. Raising version.