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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">3.6</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">-c</arg>
27                 <arg choice="opt">-D domain</arg>
28                 <arg choice="opt">--domain domain</arg>
29                 <arg choice="opt">-g</arg>
30                 <arg choice="opt">--getdcname domain</arg>
31                 <arg choice="opt">--get-auth-user</arg>
32                 <arg choice="opt">-G gid</arg>
33                 <arg choice="opt">-h</arg>
34                 <arg choice="opt">-i user</arg>
35                 <arg choice="opt">-I ip</arg>
36                 <arg choice="opt">-K user%password</arg>
37                 <arg choice="opt">-m</arg>
38                 <arg choice="opt">-n name</arg>
39                 <arg choice="opt">-N netbios-name</arg>
40                 <arg choice="opt">--own-domain</arg>
41                 <arg choice="opt">-p</arg>
42                 <arg choice="opt">-r user</arg>
43                 <arg choice="opt">--remove-uid-mapping uid,sid</arg>
44                 <arg choice="opt">--remove-gid-mapping gid,sid</arg>
45                 <arg choice="opt">-s sid</arg>
46                 <arg choice="opt">--separator</arg>
47                 <arg choice="opt">--set-auth-user user%password</arg>
48                 <arg choice="opt">--set-uid-mapping uid,sid</arg>
49                 <arg choice="opt">--set-gid-mapping gid,sid</arg>
50                 <arg choice="opt">-S sid</arg>
51                 <arg choice="opt">-t</arg>
52                 <arg choice="opt">-u</arg>
53                 <arg choice="opt">--uid-info uid</arg>
54                 <arg choice="opt">--user-domgroups sid</arg>
55                 <arg choice="opt">--user-sids sid</arg>
56                 <arg choice="opt">-U uid</arg>
57                 <arg choice="opt">-V</arg>
58                 <arg choice="opt">-Y sid</arg>
59                 <arg choice="opt">--verbose</arg>
60         </cmdsynopsis>
61 </refsynopsisdiv>
63 <refsect1>
64         <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
66         <para>This tool is part of the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>samba</refentrytitle>
67         <manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry> suite.</para>
69         <para>The <command>wbinfo</command> program queries and returns information
70         created and used by the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>winbindd</refentrytitle>
71         <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> daemon. </para>
73         <para>The <citerefentry><refentrytitle>winbindd</refentrytitle>
74         <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> daemon must be configured
75         and running for the <command>wbinfo</command> program to be able
76         to return information.</para>
77 </refsect1>
79 <refsect1>
80         <title>OPTIONS</title>
82         <variablelist>
83                 <varlistentry>
84                 <term>-a|--authenticate <replaceable>username%password</replaceable></term>
85                 <listitem><para>Attempt to authenticate a user via <citerefentry>
86                 <refentrytitle>winbindd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
87                 This checks both authentication methods and reports its results.
88                 </para><note><para>Do not be tempted to use this
89                 functionality for authentication in third-party
90                 applications.  Instead use <citerefentry><refentrytitle>ntlm_auth</refentrytitle>
91         <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para></note></listitem>
92                 </varlistentry>
94                 <varlistentry>
95                 <term>--allocate-gid</term>
96                 <listitem><para>Get a new GID out of idmap
97                 </para></listitem>
98                 </varlistentry>
100                 <varlistentry>
101                 <term>--allocate-uid</term>
102                 <listitem><para>Get a new UID out of idmap
103                 </para></listitem>
104                 </varlistentry>
106                 <varlistentry>
107                 <term>--all-domains</term>
108                 <listitem><para>List all domains (trusted and
109                 own domain).
110                 </para></listitem>
111                 </varlistentry>
113                 <varlistentry>
114                 <term>-c|--change-secret</term>
115                 <listitem><para>Change the trust account password. May be used
116                 in conjunction with <option>domain</option> in order to change
117                 interdomain trust account passwords.
118                 </para></listitem>
119                 </varlistentry>
121                 <varlistentry>
122                 <term>--domain <replaceable>name</replaceable></term>
123                 <listitem><para>This parameter sets the domain on which any specified
124                 operations will performed.  If special domain name '.' is used to represent
125                 the current domain to which <citerefentry><refentrytitle>winbindd</refentrytitle>
126                 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> belongs.  Currently only the
127                 <option>-u</option>, and <option>-g</option> options honor this parameter.
128                 </para></listitem>
129                 </varlistentry>
131                 <varlistentry>
132                 <term>-D|--domain-info <replaceable>domain</replaceable></term>
133                 <listitem><para>Show most of the info we have about the
134                 specified domain.
135                 </para></listitem>
136                 </varlistentry>
138                 <varlistentry>
139                 <term>-g|--domain-groups</term>
140                 <listitem><para>This option will list all groups available
141                 in the Windows NT domain for which the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>samba</refentrytitle>
142                 <manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry> daemon is operating in. Groups in all trusted domains
143                 will also be listed.  Note that this operation does not assign
144                 group ids to any groups that have not already been
145                 seen by <citerefentry><refentrytitle>winbindd</refentrytitle>
146                 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>. </para></listitem>
147                 </varlistentry>
149                 <varlistentry>
150                 <term>--get-auth-user</term>
151                 <listitem><para>Print username and password used by <citerefentry>
152                 <refentrytitle>winbindd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
153                 during session setup to a domain controller. Username
154                 and password can be set using <option>--set-auth-user</option>.
155                 Only available for root.</para></listitem>
156                 </varlistentry>
158                 <varlistentry>
159                 <term>--getdcname <replaceable>domain</replaceable></term>
160                 <listitem><para>Get the DC name for the specified domain.
161                 </para></listitem>
162                 </varlistentry>
164                 <varlistentry>
165                 <term>-G|--gid-to-sid <replaceable>gid</replaceable></term>
166                 <listitem><para>Try to convert a UNIX group id to a Windows
167                 NT SID.  If the gid specified does not refer to one within
168                 the idmap gid range then the operation will fail. </para></listitem>
169                 </varlistentry>
171                 <varlistentry>
172                 <term>-i|--user-info <replaceable>user</replaceable></term>
173                 <listitem><para>Get user info.
174                 </para></listitem>
175                 </varlistentry>
177                 <varlistentry>
178                 <term>-I|--WINS-by-ip <replaceable>ip</replaceable></term>
179                 <listitem><para>The <parameter>-I</parameter> option
180                 queries <citerefentry><refentrytitle>winbindd</refentrytitle>
181                 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> to send a node status
182                 request to get the NetBIOS name associated with the IP address
183                 specified by the <parameter>ip</parameter> parameter.
184                 </para></listitem>
185                 </varlistentry>
187                 <varlistentry>
188                 <term>-K|--krb5auth <replaceable>username%password</replaceable></term>
189                 <listitem><para>Attempt to authenticate a user via Kerberos.
190                 </para></listitem>
191                 </varlistentry>
193                 <varlistentry>
194                 <term>-m|--trusted-domains</term>
195                 <listitem><para>Produce a list of domains trusted by the
196                 Windows NT server <citerefentry><refentrytitle>winbindd</refentrytitle>
197                 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> contacts
198                 when resolving names.  This list does not include the Windows
199                 NT domain the server is a Primary Domain Controller for.
200                 </para></listitem>
201                 </varlistentry>
203                 <varlistentry>
204                 <term>-n|--name-to-sid <replaceable>name</replaceable></term>
205                 <listitem><para>The <parameter>-n</parameter> option
206                 queries <citerefentry><refentrytitle>winbindd</refentrytitle>
207                 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> for the SID
208                 associated with the name specified. Domain names can be specified
209                 before the user name by using the winbind separator character.
210                 For example CWDOM1/Administrator refers to the Administrator
211                 user in the domain CWDOM1.  If no domain is specified then the
212                 domain used is the one specified in the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smb.conf</refentrytitle>
213                 <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> <parameter>workgroup
214                 </parameter> parameter. </para></listitem>
215                 </varlistentry>
217                 <varlistentry>
218                 <term>-N|--WINS-by-name <replaceable>name</replaceable></term>
219                 <listitem><para>The <parameter>-N</parameter> option
220                 queries <citerefentry><refentrytitle>winbindd</refentrytitle>
221                 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> to query the WINS
222                 server for the IP address associated with the NetBIOS name
223                 specified by the <parameter>name</parameter> parameter.
224                 </para></listitem>
225                 </varlistentry>
227                 <varlistentry>
228                 <term>--own-domain</term>
229                 <listitem><para>List own domain.
230                 </para></listitem>
231                 </varlistentry>
233                 <varlistentry>
234                 <term>-p|--ping</term>
235                 <listitem><para>Check whether <citerefentry><refentrytitle>winbindd</refentrytitle>
236                 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> is still alive.
237                 Prints out either 'succeeded' or 'failed'.
238                 </para></listitem>
239                 </varlistentry>
241                 <varlistentry>
242                 <term>-r|--user-groups <replaceable>username</replaceable></term>
243                 <listitem><para>Try to obtain the list of UNIX group ids
244                 to which the user belongs.  This only works for users
245                 defined on a Domain Controller.
246                 </para></listitem>
247                 </varlistentry>
249                 <varlistentry>
250                 <term>-s|--sid-to-name <replaceable>sid</replaceable></term>
251                 <listitem><para>Use <parameter>-s</parameter> to resolve
252                 a SID to a name.  This is the inverse of the <parameter>-n
253                 </parameter> option above.  SIDs must be specified as ASCII strings
254                 in the traditional Microsoft format. For example,
255                 S-1-5-21-1455342024-3071081365-2475485837-500. </para></listitem>
256                 </varlistentry>
258                 <varlistentry>
259                 <term>--separator</term>
260                 <listitem><para>Get the active winbind separator.
261                 </para></listitem>
262                 </varlistentry>
264                 <varlistentry>
265                 <term>--set-auth-user <replaceable>username%password</replaceable></term>
266                 <listitem><para>Store username and password used by <citerefentry>
267                 <refentrytitle>winbindd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
268                 </citerefentry> during session setup to a domain controller.  This enables
269                 winbindd to operate in a Windows 2000 domain with Restrict
270                 Anonymous turned on (a.k.a. Permissions compatible with
271                 Windows 2000 servers only).
272                 </para></listitem>
273                 </varlistentry>
275                 <varlistentry>
276                 <term>-S|--sid-to-uid <replaceable>sid</replaceable></term>
277                 <listitem><para>Convert a SID to a UNIX user id.  If the SID
278                 does not correspond to a UNIX user mapped by <citerefentry>
279                 <refentrytitle>winbindd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
280                 </citerefentry> then the operation will fail. </para></listitem>
281                 </varlistentry>
283                 <varlistentry>
284                 <term>-t|--check-secret</term>
285                 <listitem><para>Verify that the workstation trust account
286                 created when the Samba server is added to the Windows NT
287                 domain is working. May be used in conjunction with
288                 <option>domain</option> in order to verify interdomain
289                 trust accounts.</para></listitem>
290                 </varlistentry>
292                 <varlistentry>
293                 <term>-u|--domain-users</term>
294                 <listitem><para>This option will list all users available
295                 in the Windows NT domain for which the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>winbindd</refentrytitle>
296                 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> daemon is operating in. Users in all trusted domains
297                 will also be listed.  Note that this operation does not assign
298                 user ids to any users that have not already been seen by <citerefentry>
299                 <refentrytitle>winbindd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
300                 .</para></listitem>
301                 </varlistentry>
303                 <varlistentry>
304                 <term>--uid-info <replaceable>uid</replaceable></term>
305                 <listitem><para>Get user info for the user connected to
306                 user id UID.</para></listitem>
307                 </varlistentry>
309                 <varlistentry>
310                 <term>--user-domgroups <replaceable>sid</replaceable></term>
311                 <listitem><para>Get user domain groups.
312                 </para></listitem>
313                 </varlistentry>
315                 <varlistentry>
316                 <term>--user-sids <replaceable>sid</replaceable></term>
317                 <listitem><para>Get user group SIDs for user.
318                 </para></listitem>
319                 </varlistentry>
321                 <varlistentry>
322                 <term>-U|--uid-to-sid <replaceable>uid</replaceable></term>
323                 <listitem><para>Try to convert a UNIX user id to a Windows NT
324                 SID.  If the uid specified does not refer to one within
325                 the idmap uid range then the operation will fail. </para></listitem>
326                 </varlistentry>
328                 <varlistentry>
329                 <term>--verbose</term>
330                 <listitem><para>
331                 Print additional information about the query results.
332                 </para></listitem>
333                 </varlistentry>
335                 <varlistentry>
336                 <term>-Y|--sid-to-gid <replaceable>sid</replaceable></term>
337                 <listitem><para>Convert a SID to a UNIX group id.  If the SID
338                 does not correspond to a UNIX group mapped by <citerefentry>
339                 <refentrytitle>winbindd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> then
340                 the operation will fail. </para></listitem>
341                 </varlistentry>
343                 <varlistentry>
344                 <term>--remove-uid-mapping uid,sid</term>
345                 <listitem><para>Remove an existing uid to sid mapping
346                 entry from the IDmap backend.</para></listitem>
347                 </varlistentry>
349                 <varlistentry>
350                 <term>--remove-gid-mapping gid,sid</term>
351                 <listitem><para>Remove an existing gid to sid
352                 mapping entry from the IDmap backend.</para></listitem>
353                 </varlistentry>
355                 <varlistentry>
356                 <term>--set-uid-mapping uid,sid</term>
357                 <listitem><para>Create a new or modify an existing uid to sid
358                 mapping in the IDmap backend.</para></listitem>
359                 </varlistentry>
361                 <varlistentry>
362                 <term>--set-gid-mapping gid,sid</term>
363                 <listitem><para>Create a new or modify an existing gid to sid
364                 mapping in the IDmap backend.</para></listitem>
365                 </varlistentry>
367                 &stdarg.version;
368                 &stdarg.help;
370         </variablelist>
371 </refsect1>
374 <refsect1>
375         <title>EXIT STATUS</title>
377         <para>The wbinfo program returns 0 if the operation
378         succeeded, or 1 if the operation failed.  If the <citerefentry>
379         <refentrytitle>winbindd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
380         </citerefentry> daemon is not working <command>wbinfo</command> will always return
381         failure. </para>
382 </refsect1>
385 <refsect1>
386         <title>VERSION</title>
388         <para>This man page is correct for version 3 of
389         the Samba suite.</para>
390 </refsect1>
392 <refsect1>
393         <title>SEE ALSO</title>
394         <para><citerefentry><refentrytitle>winbindd</refentrytitle>
395         <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> and <citerefentry><refentrytitle>ntlm_auth</refentrytitle>
396         <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry></para>
397 </refsect1>
399 <refsect1>
400         <title>AUTHOR</title>
402         <para>The original Samba software and related utilities
403         were created by Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed
404         by the Samba Team as an Open Source project similar
405         to the way the Linux kernel is developed.</para>
407         <para><command>wbinfo</command> and <command>winbindd</command>
408         were written by Tim Potter.</para>
410         <para>The conversion to DocBook for Samba 2.2 was done
411         by Gerald Carter. The conversion to DocBook XML 4.2 for Samba
412         3.0 was done by Alexander Bokovoy.</para>
413 </refsect1>
415 </refentry>