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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">3.5</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">--sequence</arg>
48                 <arg choice="opt">--set-auth-user user%password</arg>
49                 <arg choice="opt">--set-uid-mapping uid,sid</arg>
50                 <arg choice="opt">--set-gid-mapping gid,sid</arg>
51                 <arg choice="opt">-S sid</arg>
52                 <arg choice="opt">-t</arg>
53                 <arg choice="opt">-u</arg>
54                 <arg choice="opt">--uid-info uid</arg>
55                 <arg choice="opt">--user-domgroups sid</arg>
56                 <arg choice="opt">--user-sids sid</arg>
57                 <arg choice="opt">-U uid</arg>
58                 <arg choice="opt">-V</arg>
59                 <arg choice="opt">-Y sid</arg>
60                 <arg choice="opt">--verbose</arg>
61         </cmdsynopsis>
62 </refsynopsisdiv>
64 <refsect1>
65         <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
67         <para>This tool is part of the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>samba</refentrytitle>
68         <manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry> suite.</para>
70         <para>The <command>wbinfo</command> program queries and returns information
71         created and used by the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>winbindd</refentrytitle>
72         <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> daemon. </para>
74         <para>The <citerefentry><refentrytitle>winbindd</refentrytitle>
75         <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> daemon must be configured
76         and running for the <command>wbinfo</command> program to be able
77         to return information.</para>
78 </refsect1>
80 <refsect1>
81         <title>OPTIONS</title>
83         <variablelist>
84                 <varlistentry>
85                 <term>-a|--authenticate <replaceable>username%password</replaceable></term>
86                 <listitem><para>Attempt to authenticate a user via <citerefentry>
87                 <refentrytitle>winbindd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
88                 This checks both authentication methods and reports its results.
89                 </para><note><para>Do not be tempted to use this
90                 functionality for authentication in third-party
91                 applications.  Instead use <citerefentry><refentrytitle>ntlm_auth</refentrytitle>
92         <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para></note></listitem>
93                 </varlistentry>
95                 <varlistentry>
96                 <term>--allocate-gid</term>
97                 <listitem><para>Get a new GID out of idmap
98                 </para></listitem>
99                 </varlistentry>
101                 <varlistentry>
102                 <term>--allocate-uid</term>
103                 <listitem><para>Get a new UID out of idmap
104                 </para></listitem>
105                 </varlistentry>
107                 <varlistentry>
108                 <term>--all-domains</term>
109                 <listitem><para>List all domains (trusted and
110                 own domain).
111                 </para></listitem>
112                 </varlistentry>
114                 <varlistentry>
115                 <term>-c|--change-secret</term>
116                 <listitem><para>Change the trust account password. May be used
117                 in conjunction with <option>domain</option> in order to change
118                 interdomain trust account passwords.
119                 </para></listitem>
120                 </varlistentry>
122                 <varlistentry>
123                 <term>--domain <replaceable>name</replaceable></term>
124                 <listitem><para>This parameter sets the domain on which any specified
125                 operations will performed.  If special domain name '.' is used to represent
126                 the current domain to which <citerefentry><refentrytitle>winbindd</refentrytitle>
127                 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> belongs.  Currently only the
128                 <option>--sequence</option>,
129                 <option>-u</option>, and <option>-g</option> options honor this parameter.
130                 </para></listitem>
131                 </varlistentry>
133                 <varlistentry>
134                 <term>-D|--domain-info <replaceable>domain</replaceable></term>
135                 <listitem><para>Show most of the info we have about the
136                 specified domain.
137                 </para></listitem>
138                 </varlistentry>
140                 <varlistentry>
141                 <term>-g|--domain-groups</term>
142                 <listitem><para>This option will list all groups available
143                 in the Windows NT domain for which the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>samba</refentrytitle>
144                 <manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry> daemon is operating in. Groups in all trusted domains
145                 will also be listed.  Note that this operation does not assign
146                 group ids to any groups that have not already been
147                 seen by <citerefentry><refentrytitle>winbindd</refentrytitle>
148                 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>. </para></listitem>
149                 </varlistentry>
151                 <varlistentry>
152                 <term>--get-auth-user</term>
153                 <listitem><para>Print username and password used by <citerefentry>
154                 <refentrytitle>winbindd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
155                 during session setup to a domain controller. Username
156                 and password can be set using <option>--set-auth-user</option>.
157                 Only available for root.</para></listitem>
158                 </varlistentry>
160                 <varlistentry>
161                 <term>--getdcname <replaceable>domain</replaceable></term>
162                 <listitem><para>Get the DC name for the specified domain.
163                 </para></listitem>
164                 </varlistentry>
166                 <varlistentry>
167                 <term>-G|--gid-to-sid <replaceable>gid</replaceable></term>
168                 <listitem><para>Try to convert a UNIX group id to a Windows
169                 NT SID.  If the gid specified does not refer to one within
170                 the idmap gid range then the operation will fail. </para></listitem>
171                 </varlistentry>
173                 <varlistentry>
174                 <term>-i|--user-info <replaceable>user</replaceable></term>
175                 <listitem><para>Get user info.
176                 </para></listitem>
177                 </varlistentry>
179                 <varlistentry>
180                 <term>-I|--WINS-by-ip <replaceable>ip</replaceable></term>
181                 <listitem><para>The <parameter>-I</parameter> option
182                 queries <citerefentry><refentrytitle>winbindd</refentrytitle>
183                 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> to send a node status
184                 request to get the NetBIOS name associated with the IP address
185                 specified by the <parameter>ip</parameter> parameter.
186                 </para></listitem>
187                 </varlistentry>
189                 <varlistentry>
190                 <term>-K|--krb5auth <replaceable>username%password</replaceable></term>
191                 <listitem><para>Attempt to authenticate a user via Kerberos.
192                 </para></listitem>
193                 </varlistentry>
195                 <varlistentry>
196                 <term>-m|--trusted-domains</term>
197                 <listitem><para>Produce a list of domains trusted by the
198                 Windows NT server <citerefentry><refentrytitle>winbindd</refentrytitle>
199                 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> contacts
200                 when resolving names.  This list does not include the Windows
201                 NT domain the server is a Primary Domain Controller for.
202                 </para></listitem>
203                 </varlistentry>
205                 <varlistentry>
206                 <term>-n|--name-to-sid <replaceable>name</replaceable></term>
207                 <listitem><para>The <parameter>-n</parameter> option
208                 queries <citerefentry><refentrytitle>winbindd</refentrytitle>
209                 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> for the SID
210                 associated with the name specified. Domain names can be specified
211                 before the user name by using the winbind separator character.
212                 For example CWDOM1/Administrator refers to the Administrator
213                 user in the domain CWDOM1.  If no domain is specified then the
214                 domain used is the one specified in the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smb.conf</refentrytitle>
215                 <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> <parameter>workgroup
216                 </parameter> parameter. </para></listitem>
217                 </varlistentry>
219                 <varlistentry>
220                 <term>-N|--WINS-by-name <replaceable>name</replaceable></term>
221                 <listitem><para>The <parameter>-N</parameter> option
222                 queries <citerefentry><refentrytitle>winbindd</refentrytitle>
223                 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> to query the WINS
224                 server for the IP address associated with the NetBIOS name
225                 specified by the <parameter>name</parameter> parameter.
226                 </para></listitem>
227                 </varlistentry>
229                 <varlistentry>
230                 <term>--own-domain</term>
231                 <listitem><para>List own domain.
232                 </para></listitem>
233                 </varlistentry>
235                 <varlistentry>
236                 <term>-p|--ping</term>
237                 <listitem><para>Check whether <citerefentry><refentrytitle>winbindd</refentrytitle>
238                 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> is still alive.
239                 Prints out either 'succeeded' or 'failed'.
240                 </para></listitem>
241                 </varlistentry>
243                 <varlistentry>
244                 <term>-r|--user-groups <replaceable>username</replaceable></term>
245                 <listitem><para>Try to obtain the list of UNIX group ids
246                 to which the user belongs.  This only works for users
247                 defined on a Domain Controller.
248                 </para></listitem>
249                 </varlistentry>
251                 <varlistentry>
252                 <term>-s|--sid-to-name <replaceable>sid</replaceable></term>
253                 <listitem><para>Use <parameter>-s</parameter> to resolve
254                 a SID to a name.  This is the inverse of the <parameter>-n
255                 </parameter> option above.  SIDs must be specified as ASCII strings
256                 in the traditional Microsoft format. For example,
257                 S-1-5-21-1455342024-3071081365-2475485837-500. </para></listitem>
258                 </varlistentry>
260                 <varlistentry>
261                 <term>--separator</term>
262                 <listitem><para>Get the active winbind separator.
263                 </para></listitem>
265                 </varlistentry>
266                 <varlistentry>
267                 <term>--sequence</term>
268                 <listitem><para>Show sequence numbers of all known domains.
269                 </para></listitem>
270                 </varlistentry>
272                 <varlistentry>
273                 <term>--set-auth-user <replaceable>username%password</replaceable></term>
274                 <listitem><para>Store username and password used by <citerefentry>
275                 <refentrytitle>winbindd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
276                 </citerefentry> during session setup to a domain controller.  This enables
277                 winbindd to operate in a Windows 2000 domain with Restrict
278                 Anonymous turned on (a.k.a. Permissions compatible with
279                 Windows 2000 servers only).
280                 </para></listitem>
281                 </varlistentry>
283                 <varlistentry>
284                 <term>-S|--sid-to-uid <replaceable>sid</replaceable></term>
285                 <listitem><para>Convert a SID to a UNIX user id.  If the SID
286                 does not correspond to a UNIX user mapped by <citerefentry>
287                 <refentrytitle>winbindd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
288                 </citerefentry> then the operation will fail. </para></listitem>
289                 </varlistentry>
291                 <varlistentry>
292                 <term>-t|--check-secret</term>
293                 <listitem><para>Verify that the workstation trust account
294                 created when the Samba server is added to the Windows NT
295                 domain is working. May be used in conjunction with
296                 <option>domain</option> in order to verify interdomain
297                 trust accounts.</para></listitem>
298                 </varlistentry>
300                 <varlistentry>
301                 <term>-u|--domain-users</term>
302                 <listitem><para>This option will list all users available
303                 in the Windows NT domain for which the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>winbindd</refentrytitle>
304                 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> daemon is operating in. Users in all trusted domains
305                 will also be listed.  Note that this operation does not assign
306                 user ids to any users that have not already been seen by <citerefentry>
307                 <refentrytitle>winbindd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
308                 .</para></listitem>
309                 </varlistentry>
311                 <varlistentry>
312                 <term>--uid-info <replaceable>uid</replaceable></term>
313                 <listitem><para>Get user info for the user connected to
314                 user id UID.</para></listitem>
315                 </varlistentry>
317                 <varlistentry>
318                 <term>--user-domgroups <replaceable>sid</replaceable></term>
319                 <listitem><para>Get user domain groups.
320                 </para></listitem>
321                 </varlistentry>
323                 <varlistentry>
324                 <term>--user-sids <replaceable>sid</replaceable></term>
325                 <listitem><para>Get user group SIDs for user.
326                 </para></listitem>
327                 </varlistentry>
329                 <varlistentry>
330                 <term>-U|--uid-to-sid <replaceable>uid</replaceable></term>
331                 <listitem><para>Try to convert a UNIX user id to a Windows NT
332                 SID.  If the uid specified does not refer to one within
333                 the idmap uid range then the operation will fail. </para></listitem>
334                 </varlistentry>
336                 <varlistentry>
337                 <term>--verbose</term>
338                 <listitem><para>
339                 Print additional information about the query results.
340                 </para></listitem>
341                 </varlistentry>
343                 <varlistentry>
344                 <term>-Y|--sid-to-gid <replaceable>sid</replaceable></term>
345                 <listitem><para>Convert a SID to a UNIX group id.  If the SID
346                 does not correspond to a UNIX group mapped by <citerefentry>
347                 <refentrytitle>winbindd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> then
348                 the operation will fail. </para></listitem>
349                 </varlistentry>
351                 <varlistentry>
352                 <term>--remove-uid-mapping uid,sid</term>
353                 <listitem><para>Remove an existing uid to sid mapping
354                 entry from the IDmap backend.</para></listitem>
355                 </varlistentry>
357                 <varlistentry>
358                 <term>--remove-gid-mapping gid,sid</term>
359                 <listitem><para>Remove an existing gid to sid
360                 mapping entry from the IDmap backend.</para></listitem>
361                 </varlistentry>
363                 <varlistentry>
364                 <term>--set-uid-mapping uid,sid</term>
365                 <listitem><para>Create a new or modify an existing uid to sid
366                 mapping in the IDmap backend.</para></listitem>
367                 </varlistentry>
369                 <varlistentry>
370                 <term>--set-gid-mapping gid,sid</term>
371                 <listitem><para>Create a new or modify an existing gid to sid
372                 mapping in the IDmap backend.</para></listitem>
373                 </varlistentry>
375                 &stdarg.version;
376                 &stdarg.help;
378         </variablelist>
379 </refsect1>
382 <refsect1>
383         <title>EXIT STATUS</title>
385         <para>The wbinfo program returns 0 if the operation
386         succeeded, or 1 if the operation failed.  If the <citerefentry>
387         <refentrytitle>winbindd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
388         </citerefentry> daemon is not working <command>wbinfo</command> will always return
389         failure. </para>
390 </refsect1>
393 <refsect1>
394         <title>VERSION</title>
396         <para>This man page is correct for version 3 of
397         the Samba suite.</para>
398 </refsect1>
400 <refsect1>
401         <title>SEE ALSO</title>
402         <para><citerefentry><refentrytitle>winbindd</refentrytitle>
403         <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> and <citerefentry><refentrytitle>ntlm_auth</refentrytitle>
404         <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry></para>
405 </refsect1>
407 <refsect1>
408         <title>AUTHOR</title>
410         <para>The original Samba software and related utilities
411         were created by Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed
412         by the Samba Team as an Open Source project similar
413         to the way the Linux kernel is developed.</para>
415         <para><command>wbinfo</command> and <command>winbindd</command>
416         were written by Tim Potter.</para>
418         <para>The conversion to DocBook for Samba 2.2 was done
419         by Gerald Carter. The conversion to DocBook XML 4.2 for Samba
420         3.0 was done by Alexander Bokovoy.</para>
421 </refsect1>
423 </refentry>