1 .TH SMBRUN 1 "31 Aug 1998" "smbrun 2.0.0-alpha"
3 smbrun \- interface program between smbd and external programs
8 This program is part of the Samba suite.
11 is a very small 'glue' program, which runs shell commands for
17 It first changes to the highest effective user and group ID that it can,
18 then runs the command line provided using the system() call. This program is
19 necessary to allow some operating systems to run external programs as non-root.
24 The shell command to execute.
26 The command should have a fully-qualified path.
28 .SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
29 The PATH variable set for the environment in which
31 is executed will affect what executables are located and executed if a
32 fully-qualified path is not given in the command.
34 The location of the server and its support files is a matter for individual
35 system administrators. The following are thus suggestions only.
37 It is recommended that the
39 program be installed under the /usr/local/samba hierarchy, in a directory readable
40 by all, writeable only by root. The program should be executable by all.
41 The program should NOT be setuid or setgid!
43 This man page is (mostly) correct for version 1.9.00 of the Samba suite, plus some
44 of the recent patches to it. These notes will necessarily lag behind
45 development of the software, so it is possible that your version of
46 the program has extensions or parameter semantics that differ from or are not
47 covered by this man page. Please notify these to the address below for
55 cannot be located or cannot be executed by
57 then appropriate messages will be found in the
59 logs. Other diagnostics are
60 dependent on the shell-command being run. It is advisable for your shell
61 commands to issue suitable diagnostics to aid trouble-shooting.
65 The original Samba software and related utilities were created by
66 Andrew Tridgell (samba-bugs@samba.anu.edu.au). Andrew is also the Keeper
67 of the Source for this project.
69 This man page was written by Karl Auer. Bug reports to samba-bugs@samba.anu.edu.au.
73 for a full list of contributors and details of how to
74 submit bug reports, comments etc.