LPI Certification / CompTIA Linux+ Practice Test

Answer - C - You should use the smbpasswd -a alice command to add a user named alice to the smbpasswd file.

Key Takeaway: The smbpasswd command is used to change a user’s smb password in the smbpasswd file. The smbpasswd -a alice command will add the alice user to the smbpasswd file. smbpasswd allows a user to change their encrypted smb password which is stored in the smbpasswd file. The -add option specifies that the username following should be added to the smbpasswd file, with the new password typed.