SAMBA_GPOUPDATE(8)

💖 SAMBA_GPOUPDATE 💖

okay bestie, pull up a chair because we're talking about samba-gpupdate — that's the SAMBA_GPOUPDATE(8) page, straight from the System Administration tools corner of the universe, and it's lowkey one of the most useful little gremlins in the whole samba(1) suite. sit with me. hydrate. let's go 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

samba-gpupdate — apply group policy. that's it, that's the whole job description, and she does it flawlessly 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

samba-gpupdate

samba-gpupdate [options]

run her bare, or run her with options. both are valid, both are iconic.

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

first things first, no cap: this tool is part of the samba(1) suite. it's in the family. it belongs. 🎀

samba-gpupdate is a script for applying and unapplying Group Policy. the range on this girl is honestly unreal — she handles:

• 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. — yes the etcetera is doing a lot of heavy lifting and we respect her for it

so like… if a policy exists, she's probably applying it. main character energy fr fr ✨

🌈 OPTIONS 🌈

okay here's the menu, bestie. every single one. no skips, no shortcuts, we're eating the whole plate 🍓

• -h, --help — show this help message and exit. the classic. the comfort option. 🫶
• -H URL, --url=URL — URL for the samdb. that's where the samdb lives, and you're telling her where. 📍
• -X, --unapply — Unapply Group Policy. the undo button, and honestly? iconic that she ships one. 😭
• --target {Computer | User} — pick your target, and your only two choices are Computer or User. no third option, we don't do that here. 💀
• --force — Reapplies all policy settings. all of them. the whole set. she's not being subtle. 🔥
• --rsop — Print the Resultant Set of Policy. so you can see what all those policies resulted in. receipts, basically. 🧾

💜 Samba Common Options 💜

the shared-faves section, iykyk:

• -s FILE, --configfile=FILE — Configuration file. point her at the file and she's set. 📂
• -d DEBUGLEVEL, --debuglevel=DEBUGLEVEL — debug level. turn it up when you need the tea. 🍵
• --option=OPTION — set smb.conf option from command line. no file editing required, we're flexible like that. ✨
• --realm=REALM — set the realm name. your realm, your rules. 👑

⭐ Version Options ⭐

• -V, --version — Display version number. know what you're running, always. 💅

🎀 Credentials Options 🎀

the "who are you and prove it" section:

• --simple-bind-dn=DN — DN to use for a simple bind. 🪪
• --password=PASSWORD — Password. it's a password. you know what a password is, bestie. 🔑
• -U USERNAME, --username=USERNAME — Username. say your name. 🗣️
• -W WORKGROUP, --workgroup=WORKGROUP — Workgroup. the squad you roll with. 🌸
• -N, --no-pass — Don't ask for a password. she's not gonna interrogate you. 🙈
• -k KERBEROS, --kerberos=KERBEROS — Use Kerberos. 🎫
• --ipaddress=IPADDRESS — IP address of server. where the server at. 📡
• -P, --machine-pass — Use stored machine account password. the machine remembers so you don't have to. 🤖

quick vibe check: every one of those has to be typed exactly like it's written up there. backticks are sacred. do not freestyle the flags, bestie, i'm begging 😭

👑 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.

like… a whole team, open source, kernel-style, forever and ever. that's legacy. that's a dynasty. 🏆

and that's the page!! this one's from Samba 4.8.0, dated 2017-07-11, and it lives at SAMBA_GPOUPDATE(8) — go apply some group policy, you gorgeous genius, i'm so proud of you 💖✨🎀🦋🌸💅