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1 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
2 <!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//Samba-Team//DTD DocBook V4.2-Based Variant V1.0//EN" "http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc">
3 <refentry id="wbinfo.1">
5 <refmeta>
6         <refentrytitle>wbinfo</refentrytitle>
7         <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
8         <refmiscinfo class="source">Samba</refmiscinfo>
9         <refmiscinfo class="manual">User Commands</refmiscinfo>
10         <refmiscinfo class="version">3.2</refmiscinfo>
11 </refmeta>
14 <refnamediv>
15         <refname>wbinfo</refname>
16         <refpurpose>Query information from winbind daemon</refpurpose>
17 </refnamediv>
19 <refsynopsisdiv>
20         <cmdsynopsis>
21                 <command>wbinfo</command>
22                 <arg choice="opt">-a user%password</arg>
23                 <arg choice="opt">--all-domains</arg>
24                 <arg choice="opt">--allocate-gid</arg>
25                 <arg choice="opt">--allocate-uid</arg>
26                 <arg choice="opt">-D domain</arg>
27                 <arg choice="opt">--domain domain</arg>
28                 <arg choice="opt">-g</arg>
29                 <arg choice="opt">--getdcname domain</arg>
30                 <arg choice="opt">--get-auth-user</arg>
31                 <arg choice="opt">-G gid</arg>
32                 <arg choice="opt">-h</arg>
33                 <arg choice="opt">-i user</arg>
34                 <arg choice="opt">-I ip</arg>
35                 <arg choice="opt">-K user%password</arg>
36                 <arg choice="opt">-m</arg>
37                 <arg choice="opt">-n name</arg>
38                 <arg choice="opt">-N netbios-name</arg>
39                 <arg choice="opt">--own-domain</arg>
40                 <arg choice="opt">-p</arg>
41                 <arg choice="opt">-r user</arg>
42                 <arg choice="opt">-s sid</arg>
43                 <arg choice="opt">--separator</arg>
44                 <arg choice="opt">--sequence</arg>
45                 <arg choice="opt">--set-auth-user user%password</arg>
46                 <arg choice="opt">-S sid</arg>
47                 <arg choice="opt">-t</arg>
48                 <arg choice="opt">-u</arg>
49                 <arg choice="opt">--uid-info uid</arg>
50                 <arg choice="opt">--user-domgroups sid</arg>
51                 <arg choice="opt">--user-sids sid</arg>
52                 <arg choice="opt">-U uid</arg>
53                 <arg choice="opt">-V</arg>
54                 <arg choice="opt">-Y sid</arg>
55                 <arg choice="opt">--verbose</arg>
56         </cmdsynopsis>
57 </refsynopsisdiv>
59 <refsect1>
60         <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
62         <para>This tool is part of the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>samba</refentrytitle>
63         <manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry> suite.</para>
65         <para>The <command>wbinfo</command> program queries and returns information
66         created and used by the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>winbindd</refentrytitle>
67         <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> daemon. </para>
69         <para>The <citerefentry><refentrytitle>winbindd</refentrytitle>
70         <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> daemon must be configured
71         and running for the <command>wbinfo</command> program to be able
72         to return information.</para>
73 </refsect1>
75 <refsect1>
76         <title>OPTIONS</title>
78         <variablelist>
79                 <varlistentry>
80                 <term>-a|--authenticate username%password</term>
81                 <listitem><para>Attempt to authenticate a user via winbindd.
82                 This checks both authenticaion methods and reports its results.
83                 </para><note><para>Do not be tempted to use this
84                 functionality for authentication in third-party
85                 applications.  Instead use <citerefentry><refentrytitle>ntlm_auth</refentrytitle>
86         <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para></note></listitem>
87                 </varlistentry>
89                 <varlistentry>
90                 <term>--allocate-gid</term>
91                 <listitem><para>Get a new GID out of idmap
92                 </para></listitem>
93                 </varlistentry>
95                 <varlistentry>
96                 <term>--allocate-uid</term>
97                 <listitem><para>Get a new UID out of idmap
98                 </para></listitem>
99                 </varlistentry>
101                 <varlistentry>
102                 <term>--all-domains</term>
103                 <listitem><para>List all domains (trusted and
104                 own domain).
105                 </para></listitem>
106                 </varlistentry>
108                 <varlistentry>
109                 <term>--domain name</term>
110                 <listitem><para>This parameter sets the domain on which any specified
111                 operations will performed.  If special domain name '.' is used to represent
112                 the current domain to which winbindd belongs.  Currently only the
113                 <option>--sequence</option>,
114                 <option>-u</option>, and <option>-g</option> options honor this parameter.
115                 </para></listitem>
116                 </varlistentry>
118                 <varlistentry>
119                 <term>-D|--domain-info domain</term>
120                 <listitem><para>Show most of the info we have about the domain.
121                 </para></listitem>
122                 </varlistentry>
124                 <varlistentry>
125                 <term>-g|--domain-groups</term>
126                 <listitem><para>This option will list all groups available
127                 in the Windows NT domain for which the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>samba</refentrytitle>
128                 <manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry> daemon is operating in. Groups in all trusted domains
129                 will also be listed.  Note that this operation does not assign
130                 group ids to any groups that have not already been
131                 seen by <citerefentry><refentrytitle>winbindd</refentrytitle>
132                 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>. </para></listitem>
133                 </varlistentry>
135                 <varlistentry>
136                 <term>--get-auth-user</term>
137                 <listitem><para>Print username and password used by winbindd
138                 during session setup to a domain controller. Username
139                 and password can be set using <option>--set-auth-user</option>.
140                 Only available for root.</para></listitem>
141                 </varlistentry>
143                 <varlistentry>
144                 <term>--getdcname domain</term>
145                 <listitem><para>Get the DC name for the specified domain.
146                 </para></listitem>
147                 </varlistentry>
149                 <varlistentry>
150                 <term>-G|--gid-to-sid gid</term>
151                 <listitem><para>Try to convert a UNIX group id to a Windows
152                 NT SID.  If the gid specified does not refer to one within
153                 the idmap gid range then the operation will fail. </para></listitem>
154                 </varlistentry>
156                 <varlistentry>
157                 <term>-i|--user-info user</term>
158                 <listitem><para>Get user info.
159                 </para></listitem>
160                 </varlistentry>
162                 <varlistentry>
163                 <term>-I|--WINS-by-ip ip</term>
164                 <listitem><para>The <parameter>-I</parameter> option
165                 queries <citerefentry><refentrytitle>winbindd</refentrytitle>
166                 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> to send a node status
167                 request to get the NetBIOS name associated with the IP address
168                 specified by the <parameter>ip</parameter> parameter.
169                 </para></listitem>
170                 </varlistentry>
172                 <varlistentry>
173                 <term>-K|--krb5auth username%password</term>
174                 <listitem><para>Attempt to authenticate a user via Kerberos.
175                 </para></listitem>
176                 </varlistentry>
178                 <varlistentry>
179                 <term>-m|--trusted-domains</term>
180                 <listitem><para>Produce a list of domains trusted by the
181                 Windows NT server <citerefentry><refentrytitle>winbindd</refentrytitle>
182                 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> contacts
183                 when resolving names.  This list does not include the Windows
184                 NT domain the server is a Primary Domain Controller for.
185                 </para></listitem>
186                 </varlistentry>
188                 <varlistentry>
189                 <term>-n|--name-to-sid name</term>
190                 <listitem><para>The <parameter>-n</parameter> option
191                 queries <citerefentry><refentrytitle>winbindd</refentrytitle>
192                 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> for the SID
193                 associated with the name specified. Domain names can be specified
194                 before the user name by using the winbind separator character.
195                 For example CWDOM1/Administrator refers to the Administrator
196                 user in the domain CWDOM1.  If no domain is specified then the
197                 domain used is the one specified in the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smb.conf</refentrytitle>
198                 <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> <parameter>workgroup
199                 </parameter> parameter. </para></listitem>
200                 </varlistentry>
202                 <varlistentry>
203                 <term>-N|--WINS-by-name name</term>
204                 <listitem><para>The <parameter>-N</parameter> option
205                 queries <citerefentry><refentrytitle>winbindd</refentrytitle>
206                 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> to query the WINS
207                 server for the IP address associated with the NetBIOS name
208                 specified by the <parameter>name</parameter> parameter.
209                 </para></listitem>
210                 </varlistentry>
212                 <varlistentry>
213                 <term>--own-domain</term>
214                 <listitem><para>List own domain.
215                 </para></listitem>
216                 </varlistentry>
218                 <varlistentry>
219                 <term>-p|--ping</term>
220                 <listitem><para>Check whether winbindd is still alive.
221                 Prints out either 'succeeded' or 'failed'.
222                 </para></listitem>
223                 </varlistentry>
225                 <varlistentry>
226                 <term>-r|--user-groups username</term>
227                 <listitem><para>Try to obtain the list of UNIX group ids
228                 to which the user belongs.  This only works for users
229                 defined on a Domain Controller.
230                 </para></listitem>
231                 </varlistentry>
233                 <varlistentry>
234                 <term>-s|--sid-to-name sid</term>
235                 <listitem><para>Use <parameter>-s</parameter> to resolve
236                 a SID to a name.  This is the inverse of the <parameter>-n
237                 </parameter> option above.  SIDs must be specified as ASCII strings
238                 in the traditional Microsoft format. For example,
239                 S-1-5-21-1455342024-3071081365-2475485837-500. </para></listitem>
240                 </varlistentry>
242                 <varlistentry>
243                 <term>--separator</term>
244                 <listitem><para>Get the active winbind separator.
245                 </para></listitem>
247                 </varlistentry>
248                 <varlistentry>
249                 <term>--sequence</term>
250                 <listitem><para>Show sequence numbers of
251                 all known domains</para></listitem>
252                 </varlistentry>
254                 <varlistentry>
255                 <term>--set-auth-user username%password</term>
256                 <listitem><para>Store username and password used by winbindd
257                 during session setup to a domain controller.  This enables
258                 winbindd to operate in a Windows 2000 domain with Restrict
259                 Anonymous turned on (a.k.a. Permissions compatible with
260                 Windows 2000 servers only).
261                 </para></listitem>
262                 </varlistentry>
264                 <varlistentry>
265                 <term>-S|--sid-to-uid sid</term>
266                 <listitem><para>Convert a SID to a UNIX user id.  If the SID
267                 does not correspond to a UNIX user mapped by <citerefentry>
268                 <refentrytitle>winbindd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
269                 </citerefentry> then the operation will fail. </para></listitem>
270                 </varlistentry>
272                 <varlistentry>
273                 <term>-t|--check-secret</term>
274                 <listitem><para>Verify that the workstation trust account
275                 created when the Samba server is added to the Windows NT
276                 domain is working. </para></listitem>
277                 </varlistentry>
279                 <varlistentry>
280                 <term>-u|--domain-users</term>
281                 <listitem><para>This option will list all users available
282                 in the Windows NT domain for which the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>winbindd</refentrytitle>
283                 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> daemon is operating in. Users in all trusted domains
284                 will also be listed.  Note that this operation does not assign
285                 user ids to any users that have not already been seen by <citerefentry>
286                 <refentrytitle>winbindd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
287                 .</para></listitem>
288                 </varlistentry>
290                 <varlistentry>
291                 <term>--uid-info UID</term>
292                 <listitem><para>Get user info for the user conencted to
293                 user id UID.</para></listitem>
294                 </varlistentry>
296                 <varlistentry>
297                 <term>--user-domgroups SID</term>
298                 <listitem><para>Get user domain groups.
299                 </para></listitem>
300                 </varlistentry>
302                 <varlistentry>
303                 <term>--user-sids SID</term>
304                 <listitem><para>Get user group SIDs for user.
305                 </para></listitem>
306                 </varlistentry>
308                 <varlistentry>
309                 <term>-U|--uid-to-sid uid</term>
310                 <listitem><para>Try to convert a UNIX user id to a Windows NT
311                 SID.  If the uid specified does not refer to one within
312                 the idmap uid range then the operation will fail. </para></listitem>
313                 </varlistentry>
315                 <varlistentry>
316                   <term>--verbose</term>
317                   <listitem><para>
318                       Print additional information about the query
319                       results.
320                   </para></listitem>
321                 </varlistentry>
323                 <varlistentry>
324                 <term>-Y|--sid-to-gid sid</term>
325                 <listitem><para>Convert a SID to a UNIX group id.  If the SID
326                 does not correspond to a UNIX group mapped by <citerefentry>
327                 <refentrytitle>winbindd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> then
328                 the operation will fail. </para></listitem>
329                 </varlistentry>
332                 &stdarg.version;
333                 &stdarg.help;
335         </variablelist>
336 </refsect1>
339 <refsect1>
340         <title>EXIT STATUS</title>
342         <para>The wbinfo program returns 0 if the operation
343         succeeded, or 1 if the operation failed.  If the <citerefentry>
344         <refentrytitle>winbindd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
345         </citerefentry> daemon is not working <command>wbinfo</command> will always return
346         failure. </para>
347 </refsect1>
350 <refsect1>
351         <title>VERSION</title>
353         <para>This man page is correct for version 3 of
354         the Samba suite.</para>
355 </refsect1>
357 <refsect1>
358         <title>SEE ALSO</title>
359         <para><citerefentry><refentrytitle>winbindd</refentrytitle>
360         <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> and <citerefentry><refentrytitle>ntlm_auth</refentrytitle>
361         <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry></para>
362 </refsect1>
364 <refsect1>
365         <title>AUTHOR</title>
367         <para>The original Samba software and related utilities
368         were created by Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed
369         by the Samba Team as an Open Source project similar
370         to the way the Linux kernel is developed.</para>
372         <para><command>wbinfo</command> and <command>winbindd</command>
373         were written by Tim Potter.</para>
375         <para>The conversion to DocBook for Samba 2.2 was done
376         by Gerald Carter. The conversion to DocBook XML 4.2 for Samba
377         3.0 was done by Alexander Bokovoy.</para>
378 </refsect1>
380 </refentry>