| 1 | <html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>samba</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="samba.css" type="text/css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.68.1"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="refentry" lang="en"><a name="samba.7"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>samba — A Windows SMB/CIFS fileserver for UNIX</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command">samba</code> </p></div></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id263116"></a><h2>DESCRIPTION</h2><p>The Samba software suite is a collection of programs |
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| 2 | that implements the Server Message Block (commonly abbreviated |
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| 3 | as SMB) protocol for UNIX systems. This protocol is sometimes |
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| 4 | also referred to as the Common Internet File System (CIFS). For a |
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| 5 | more thorough description, see <a href="http://www.ubiqx.org/cifs/" target="_top"> |
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| 6 | http://www.ubiqx.org/cifs/</a>. Samba also implements the NetBIOS |
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| 7 | protocol in nmbd.</p><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term"><a href="smbd.8.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">smbd</span>(8)</span></a></span></dt><dd><p>The <span><strong class="command">smbd</strong></span> daemon provides the file and print services to |
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| 8 | SMB clients, such as Windows 95/98, Windows NT, Windows |
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| 9 | for Workgroups or LanManager. The configuration file |
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| 10 | for this daemon is described in <a href="smb.conf.5.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">smb.conf</span>(5)</span></a> |
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| 11 | </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><a href="nmbd.8.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">nmbd</span>(8)</span></a></span></dt><dd><p>The <span><strong class="command">nmbd</strong></span> |
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| 12 | daemon provides NetBIOS nameservice and browsing |
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| 13 | support. The configuration file for this daemon |
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| 14 | is described in <a href="smb.conf.5.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">smb.conf</span>(5)</span></a></p></dd><dt><span class="term"><a href="smbclient.1.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">smbclient</span>(1)</span></a></span></dt><dd><p>The <span><strong class="command">smbclient</strong></span> |
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| 15 | program implements a simple ftp-like client. This |
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| 16 | is useful for accessing SMB shares on other compatible |
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| 17 | servers (such as Windows NT), and can also be used |
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| 18 | to allow a UNIX box to print to a printer attached to |
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| 19 | any SMB server (such as a PC running Windows NT).</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><a href="testparm.1.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">testparm</span>(1)</span></a></span></dt><dd><p>The <span><strong class="command">testparm</strong></span> |
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| 20 | utility is a simple syntax checker for Samba's <a href="smb.conf.5.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">smb.conf</span>(5)</span></a> configuration file.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><a href="testprns.1.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">testprns</span>(1)</span></a></span></dt><dd><p>The <span><strong class="command">testprns</strong></span> |
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| 21 | utility supports testing printer names defined |
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| 22 | in your <code class="filename">printcap</code> file used |
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| 23 | by Samba.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><a href="smbstatus.1.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">smbstatus</span>(1)</span></a></span></dt><dd><p>The <span><strong class="command">smbstatus</strong></span> |
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| 24 | tool provides access to information about the |
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| 25 | current connections to <span><strong class="command">smbd</strong></span>.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><a href="nmblookup.1.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">nmblookup</span>(1)</span></a></span></dt><dd><p>The <span><strong class="command">nmblookup</strong></span> |
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| 26 | tools allows NetBIOS name queries to be made |
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| 27 | from a UNIX host.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><a href="smbpasswd.8.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">smbpasswd</span>(8)</span></a></span></dt><dd><p>The <span><strong class="command">smbpasswd</strong></span> |
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| 28 | command is a tool for changing LanMan and Windows NT |
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| 29 | password hashes on Samba and Windows NT servers.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><a href="smbcacls.1.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">smbcacls</span>(1)</span></a></span></dt><dd><p>The <span><strong class="command">smbcacls</strong></span> command is |
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| 30 | a tool to set ACL's on remote CIFS servers. </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><a href="smbsh.1.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">smbsh</span>(1)</span></a></span></dt><dd><p>The <span><strong class="command">smbsh</strong></span> command is |
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| 31 | a program that allows you to run a unix shell with |
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| 32 | with an overloaded VFS.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><a href="smbtree.1.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">smbtree</span>(1)</span></a></span></dt><dd><p>The <span><strong class="command">smbtree</strong></span> command |
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| 33 | is a text-based network neighborhood tool.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><a href="smbtar.1.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">smbtar</span>(1)</span></a></span></dt><dd><p>The <span><strong class="command">smbtar</strong></span> can make |
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| 34 | backups of data on CIFS/SMB servers.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><a href="smbspool.8.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">smbspool</span>(8)</span></a></span></dt><dd><p><span><strong class="command">smbspool</strong></span> is a |
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| 35 | helper utility for printing on printers connected |
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| 36 | to CIFS servers. </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><a href="smbcontrol.1.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">smbcontrol</span>(1)</span></a></span></dt><dd><p><span><strong class="command">smbcontrol</strong></span> is a utility |
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| 37 | that can change the behaviour of running samba daemons. |
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| 38 | </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><a href="rpcclient.1.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">rpcclient</span>(1)</span></a></span></dt><dd><p><span><strong class="command">rpcclient</strong></span> is a utility |
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| 39 | that can be used to execute RPC commands on remote |
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| 40 | CIFS servers.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><a href="pdbedit.8.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">pdbedit</span>(8)</span></a></span></dt><dd><p>The <span><strong class="command">pdbedit</strong></span> command |
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| 41 | can be used to maintain the local user database on |
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| 42 | a samba server.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><a href="findsmb.1.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">findsmb</span>(1)</span></a></span></dt><dd><p>The <span><strong class="command">findsmb</strong></span> command |
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| 43 | can be used to find SMB servers on the local network. |
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| 44 | </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><a href="net.8.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">net</span>(8)</span></a></span></dt><dd><p>The <span><strong class="command">net</strong></span> command |
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| 45 | is supposed to work similar to the DOS/Windows |
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| 46 | NET.EXE command.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><a href="swat.8.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">swat</span>(8)</span></a></span></dt><dd><p><span><strong class="command">swat</strong></span> is a web-based |
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| 47 | interface to configuring <code class="filename">smb.conf</code>. |
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| 48 | </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><a href="winbindd.8.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">winbindd</span>(8)</span></a></span></dt><dd><p><span><strong class="command">winbindd</strong></span> is a daemon |
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| 49 | that is used for integrating authentication and |
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| 50 | the user database into unix.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><a href="wbinfo.1.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">wbinfo</span>(1)</span></a></span></dt><dd><p><span><strong class="command">wbinfo</strong></span> is a utility |
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| 51 | that retrieves and stores information related to winbind. |
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| 52 | </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><a href="profiles.1.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">profiles</span>(1)</span></a></span></dt><dd><p><span><strong class="command">profiles</strong></span> is a command-line |
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| 53 | utility that can be used to replace all occurences of |
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| 54 | a certain SID with another SID. |
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| 55 | </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><a href="log2pcap.1.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">log2pcap</span>(1)</span></a></span></dt><dd><p><span><strong class="command">log2pcap</strong></span> is a utility |
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| 56 | for generating pcap trace files from Samba log |
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| 57 | files.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><a href="vfstest.1.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">vfstest</span>(1)</span></a></span></dt><dd><p><span><strong class="command">vfstest</strong></span> is a utility |
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| 58 | that can be used to test vfs modules.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><a href="ntlm_auth.1.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">ntlm_auth</span>(1)</span></a></span></dt><dd><p><span><strong class="command">ntlm_auth</strong></span> is a helper-utility |
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| 59 | for external programs wanting to do NTLM-authentication. |
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| 60 | </p></dd><dt><span class="term"> |
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| 61 | <a href="smbmount.8.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">smbmount</span>(8)</span></a>, |
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| 62 | <a href="smbumount.8.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">smbumount</span>(8)</span></a>, |
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| 63 | <a href="smbmnt.8.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">smbmnt</span>(8)</span></a></span></dt><dd><p><span><strong class="command">smbmount</strong></span>,<span><strong class="command">smbumount</strong></span> and <span><strong class="command">smbmnt</strong></span> are commands that can be used to |
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| 64 | mount CIFS/SMB shares on Linux. |
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| 65 | </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><a href="smbcquotas.1.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">smbcquotas</span>(1)</span></a></span></dt><dd><p><span><strong class="command">smbcquotas</strong></span> is a tool that |
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| 66 | can set remote QUOTA's on server with NTFS 5. </p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id272028"></a><h2>COMPONENTS</h2><p>The Samba suite is made up of several components. Each |
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| 67 | component is described in a separate manual page. It is strongly |
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| 68 | recommended that you read the documentation that comes with Samba |
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| 69 | and the manual pages of those components that you use. If the |
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| 70 | manual pages and documents aren't clear enough then please visit |
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| 71 | <a href="http://devel.samba.org/" target="_top">http://devel.samba.org</a> |
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| 72 | for information on how to file a bug report or submit a patch.</p><p>If you require help, visit the Samba webpage at |
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| 73 | <a href="http://samba.org/" target="_top">http://www.samba.org/</a> and |
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| 74 | explore the many option available to you. |
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| 75 | </p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id272057"></a><h2>AVAILABILITY</h2><p>The Samba software suite is licensed under the |
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| 76 | GNU Public License(GPL). A copy of that license should |
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| 77 | have come with the package in the file COPYING. You are |
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| 78 | encouraged to distribute copies of the Samba suite, but |
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| 79 | please obey the terms of this license.</p><p>The latest version of the Samba suite can be |
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| 80 | obtained via anonymous ftp from samba.org in the |
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| 81 | directory pub/samba/. It is also available on several |
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| 82 | mirror sites worldwide.</p><p>You may also find useful information about Samba |
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| 83 | on the newsgroup <a href="news:comp.protocols.smb" target="_top"> |
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| 84 | comp.protocol.smb</a> and the Samba mailing |
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| 85 | list. Details on how to join the mailing list are given in |
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| 86 | the README file that comes with Samba.</p><p>If you have access to a WWW viewer (such as Mozilla |
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| 87 | or Konqueror) then you will also find lots of useful information, |
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| 88 | including back issues of the Samba mailing list, at |
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| 89 | <a href="http://lists.samba.org/" target="_top">http://lists.samba.org</a>.</p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id272095"></a><h2>VERSION</h2><p>This man page is correct for version 3.0 of the |
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| 90 | Samba suite. </p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id272105"></a><h2>CONTRIBUTIONS</h2><p>If you wish to contribute to the Samba project, |
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| 91 | then I suggest you join the Samba mailing list at |
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| 92 | <a href="http://lists.samba.org/" target="_top">http://lists.samba.org</a>. |
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| 93 | </p><p>If you have patches to submit, visit |
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| 94 | <a href="http://devel.samba.org/" target="_top">http://devel.samba.org/</a> |
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| 95 | for information on how to do it properly. We prefer patches |
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| 96 | in <span><strong class="command">diff -u</strong></span> format.</p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id272138"></a><h2>CONTRIBUTORS</h2><p>Contributors to the project are now too numerous |
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| 97 | to mention here but all deserve the thanks of all Samba |
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| 98 | users. To see a full list, look at the |
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| 99 | <code class="filename">change-log</code> in the source package |
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| 100 | for the pre-CVS changes and at <a href="http://cvs.samba.org/" target="_top"> |
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| 101 | http://cvs.samba.org/</a> |
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| 102 | for the contributors to Samba post-CVS. CVS is the Open Source |
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| 103 | source code control system used by the Samba Team to develop |
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| 104 | Samba. The project would have been unmanageable without it.</p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id272163"></a><h2>AUTHOR</h2><p>The original Samba software and related utilities |
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| 105 | were created by Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed |
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| 106 | by the Samba Team as an Open Source project similar |
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| 107 | to the way the Linux kernel is developed.</p><p>The original Samba man pages were written by Karl Auer. |
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| 108 | The man page sources were converted to YODL format (another |
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| 109 | excellent piece of Open Source software, available at <a href="ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/" target="_top"> |
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| 110 | ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/</a>) and updated for the Samba 2.0 |
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| 111 | release by Jeremy Allison. The conversion to DocBook for |
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| 112 | Samba 2.2 was done by Gerald Carter. The conversion to DocBook XML |
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| 113 | 4.2 for Samba 3.0 was done by Alexander Bokovoy.</p></div></div></body></html> |
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