SAMBA_GPOUPDATE(8) System Administration tools SAMBA_GPOUPDATE(8)
NAME
samba-gpupdate - apply group policy
SYNOPSIS
samba-gpupdate
samba-gpupdate [options]
DESCRIPTION
This tool is part of the samba(1) suite.
samba-gpupdate a script for applying and unapplying Group Policy. This
applies password policies (minimum/maximum password age, minimum
password length, and password complexity), kerberos policies
(user/service ticket lifetime and renew lifetime), smb.conf policies,
hourly/daily/weekly/monthly cron scripts, Sudo Privileges, Message of
the Day and Logon Prompt messages, etc.
OPTIONS
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-H URL, --url=URL URL for the samdb
-X, --unapply Unapply Group Policy
--target {Computer | User}
--force Reapplies all policy settings
--rsop Print the Resultant Set of Policy
Samba Common Options:
-s FILE, --configfile=FILE Configuration file
-d DEBUGLEVEL, --debuglevel=DEBUGLEVEL debug level
--option=OPTION set smb.conf option from command line
--realm=REALM set the realm name
Version Options:
-V, --version Display version number
Credentials Options:
--simple-bind-dn=DN DN to use for a simple bind
--password=PASSWORD Password
-U USERNAME, --username=USERNAME Username
-W WORKGROUP, --workgroup=WORKGROUP Workgroup
-N, --no-pass Don't ask for a password
-k KERBEROS, --kerberos=KERBEROS Use Kerberos
--ipaddress=IPADDRESS IP address of server
-P, --machine-pass Use stored machine account password
AUTHOR
The original Samba software and related utilities were created by Andrew
Tridgell. Samba is now developed by the Samba Team as an Open Source
project similar to the way the Linux kernel is developed.
Samba 4.8.0 2017-07-11 SAMBA_GPOUPDATE(8)
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