https://kb.unixservertech.com/ 2026-05-15T15:46:49+00:00 https://kb.unixservertech.com/ https://kb.unixservertech.com/_media/wiki/dokuwiki.svg text/html 2020-01-19T22:24:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://kb.unixservertech.com/software/samba/batchadd?rev=1579472683&do=diff Batch Add Samba Users First, this is a kludge, but it works. I've modified <http://samba.2283325.n4.nabble.com/smbpasswd-batch-mode-td2421770.html> to do things a little different. create a user data file This contains 7 fields separated by a colon (so, your password can not contain colons). The fields are * username text/html 2017-12-12T06:19:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://kb.unixservertech.com/software/samba/logging?rev=1513059571&do=diff Enhanced Samba Logging Samba logging appears to show you everything but what you want to know. There is a solution however, in the vfs full audit module. One client wanted to monitor activity by individuals at their location, watching for unusual activity. They agreed that simply comparing activity on a weekly basis would be sufficient.