docs-xml/manpages-3/samba.7.xml

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   3 <refentry id="samba.7">
   4
   5 <refmeta>
   6         <refentrytitle>samba</refentrytitle>
   7         <manvolnum>7</manvolnum>
   8         <refmiscinfo class="source">Samba</refmiscinfo>
   9         <refmiscinfo class="manual">Miscellanea</refmiscinfo>
  10         <refmiscinfo class="version">3.6</refmiscinfo>
  11 </refmeta>
  12
  13
  14 <refnamediv>
  15         <refname>samba</refname>
  16         <refpurpose>A Windows SMB/CIFS fileserver for UNIX</refpurpose>
  17 </refnamediv>
  18
  19 <refsynopsisdiv>
  20         <cmdsynopsis><command>samba</command></cmdsynopsis>
  21 </refsynopsisdiv>
  22
  23 <refsect1>
  24         <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
  25
  26         <para>The Samba software suite is a collection of programs
  27         that implements the Server Message Block (commonly abbreviated
  28         as SMB) protocol for UNIX systems. This protocol is sometimes
  29         also referred to as the Common Internet File System (CIFS). For a
  30         more thorough description, see <ulink url="http://www.ubiqx.org/cifs/">
  31         http://www.ubiqx.org/cifs/</ulink>. Samba also implements the NetBIOS
  32         protocol in nmbd.</para>
  33
  34         <variablelist>
  35                 <varlistentry>
  36                 <term><citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle>
  37                 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry></term>
  38                 <listitem><para>The <command>smbd</command> daemon provides the file and print services to
  39                 SMB clients, such as Windows 95/98, Windows NT, Windows
  40                 for Workgroups or LanManager. The configuration file
  41                 for this daemon is described in <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smb.conf</refentrytitle>
  42                 <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
  43                 </para></listitem>
  44                 </varlistentry>
  45
  46                 <varlistentry>
  47                 <term><citerefentry><refentrytitle>nmbd</refentrytitle>
  48                 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry></term>
  49                 <listitem><para>The <command>nmbd</command>
  50                 daemon provides NetBIOS nameservice and browsing
  51                 support. The configuration file for this daemon
  52                 is described in <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smb.conf</refentrytitle>
  53                 <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry></para>
  54                 </listitem>
  55                 </varlistentry>
  56
  57                 <varlistentry>
  58                 <term><citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbclient</refentrytitle>
  59                 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry></term>
  60                 <listitem><para>The <command>smbclient</command>
  61                 program implements a simple ftp-like client. This
  62                 is useful for accessing SMB shares on other compatible
  63                 servers (such as Windows NT), and can also be used
  64                 to allow a UNIX box to print to a printer attached to
  65                 any SMB server (such as a PC running Windows NT).</para>
  66                 </listitem>
  67                 </varlistentry>
  68
  69                 <varlistentry>
  70                 <term><citerefentry><refentrytitle>testparm</refentrytitle>
  71                 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry></term>
  72                 <listitem><para>The <command>testparm</command>
  73                 utility is a simple syntax checker for Samba's <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smb.conf</refentrytitle>
  74                 <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> configuration file.</para>
  75                 </listitem>
  76                 </varlistentry>
  77
  78                 <varlistentry>
  79                 <term><citerefentry><refentrytitle>testprns</refentrytitle>
  80                 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry></term>
  81                 <listitem><para>The <command>testprns</command>
  82                 utility supports testing printer names defined
  83                 in your <filename>printcap</filename> file used
  84                 by Samba.</para>
  85                 </listitem>
  86                 </varlistentry>
  87
  88                 <varlistentry>
  89                 <term><citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbstatus</refentrytitle>
  90                 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry></term>
  91                 <listitem><para>The <command>smbstatus</command>
  92                 tool provides access to information about the
  93                 current connections to <command>smbd</command>.</para>
  94                 </listitem>
  95                 </varlistentry>
  96
  97                 <varlistentry>
  98                 <term><citerefentry><refentrytitle>nmblookup</refentrytitle>
  99                 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry></term>
 100                 <listitem><para>The <command>nmblookup</command>
 101                 tools allows NetBIOS name queries to be made
 102                 from a UNIX host.</para>
 103                 </listitem>
 104                 </varlistentry>
 105
 106                 <varlistentry>
 107                 <term><citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbpasswd</refentrytitle>
 108                 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry></term>
 109                 <listitem><para>The <command>smbpasswd</command>
 110                 command is a tool for changing LanMan and Windows NT
 111                 password hashes on Samba and Windows NT servers.</para>
 112                 </listitem>
 113                 </varlistentry>
 114
 115                 <varlistentry>
 116                 <term><citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbcacls</refentrytitle>
 117                 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry></term>
 118                 <listitem><para>The <command>smbcacls</command> command is
 119                 a tool to set ACL's on remote CIFS servers. </para>
 120                 </listitem>
 121                 </varlistentry>
 122
 123                 <varlistentry>
 124                 <term><citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbsh</refentrytitle>
 125                 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry></term>
 126                 <listitem><para>The <command>smbsh</command> command is
 127                 a program that allows you to run a unix shell with
 128                 with an overloaded VFS.</para></listitem>
 129                 </varlistentry>
 130
 131                 <varlistentry>
 132                 <term><citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbtree</refentrytitle>
 133                 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry></term>
 134                 <listitem><para>The <command>smbtree</command> command
 135                 is a text-based network neighborhood tool.</para></listitem>
 136                 </varlistentry>
 137
 138                 <varlistentry>
 139                 <term><citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbtar</refentrytitle>
 140                 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry></term>
 141                 <listitem><para>The <command>smbtar</command> can make
 142                 backups of data on CIFS/SMB servers.</para></listitem>
 143                 </varlistentry>
 144
 145                 <varlistentry>
 146                 <term><citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbspool</refentrytitle>
 147                 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry></term>
 148                 <listitem><para><command>smbspool</command> is a
 149                 helper utility for printing on printers connected
 150                 to CIFS servers. </para></listitem>
 151                 </varlistentry>
 152
 153                 <varlistentry>
 154                 <term><citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbcontrol</refentrytitle>
 155                 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry></term>
 156                 <listitem><para><command>smbcontrol</command> is a utility
 157                 that can change the behaviour of running samba daemons.
 158                 </para></listitem>
 159                 </varlistentry>
 160
 161                 <varlistentry>
 162                 <term><citerefentry><refentrytitle>rpcclient</refentrytitle>
 163                 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry></term>
 164                 <listitem><para><command>rpcclient</command> is a utility
 165                 that can be used to execute RPC commands on remote
 166                 CIFS servers.</para></listitem>
 167                 </varlistentry>
 168
 169                 <varlistentry>
 170                 <term><citerefentry><refentrytitle>pdbedit</refentrytitle>
 171                 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry></term>
 172                 <listitem><para>The <command>pdbedit</command> command
 173                 can be used to maintain the local user database on
 174                 a samba server.</para></listitem></varlistentry>
 175
 176                 <varlistentry>
 177                 <term><citerefentry><refentrytitle>findsmb</refentrytitle>
 178                 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry></term>
 179                 <listitem><para>The <command>findsmb</command> command
 180                 can be used to find SMB servers on the local network.
 181                 </para></listitem></varlistentry>
 182
 183                 <varlistentry>
 184                 <term><citerefentry><refentrytitle>net</refentrytitle>
 185                 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry></term>
 186                 <listitem><para>The <command>net</command> command
 187                 is supposed to work similar to the DOS/Windows
 188                 NET.EXE command.</para></listitem>
 189                 </varlistentry>
 190
 191                 <varlistentry>
 192                 <term><citerefentry><refentrytitle>swat</refentrytitle>
 193                 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry></term>
 194                 <listitem><para><command>swat</command> is a web-based
 195                 interface to configuring <filename>smb.conf</filename>.
 196                 </para></listitem>
 197                 </varlistentry>
 198
 199                 <varlistentry>
 200                 <term><citerefentry><refentrytitle>winbindd</refentrytitle>
 201                 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry></term>
 202                 <listitem><para><command>winbindd</command> is a daemon
 203                 that is used for integrating authentication and
 204                 the user database into unix.</para></listitem>
 205                 </varlistentry>
 206
 207                 <varlistentry>
 208                 <term><citerefentry><refentrytitle>wbinfo</refentrytitle>
 209                 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry></term>
 210                 <listitem><para><command>wbinfo</command> is a utility
 211                 that retrieves and stores information related to winbind.
 212                 </para></listitem>
 213                 </varlistentry>
 214
 215                 <varlistentry>
 216                 <term><citerefentry><refentrytitle>profiles</refentrytitle>
 217                 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry></term>
 218                 <listitem><para><command>profiles</command> is a command-line
 219                 utility that can be used to replace all occurences of
 220                 a certain SID with another SID.
 221                 </para></listitem>
 222                 </varlistentry>
 223
 224                 <varlistentry>
 225                 <term><citerefentry><refentrytitle>log2pcap</refentrytitle>
 226                                 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry></term>
 227                 <listitem><para><command>log2pcap</command> is a utility
 228                                 for generating pcap trace files from Samba log
 229                                 files.</para></listitem>
 230                 </varlistentry>
 231
 232                 <varlistentry>
 233                 <term><citerefentry><refentrytitle>vfstest</refentrytitle>
 234                 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry></term>
 235                 <listitem><para><command>vfstest</command> is a utility
 236                 that can be used to test vfs modules.</para></listitem>
 237                 </varlistentry>
 238
 239                 <varlistentry>
 240                 <term><citerefentry><refentrytitle>ntlm_auth</refentrytitle>
 241                 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry></term>
 242                 <listitem><para><command>ntlm_auth</command> is a helper-utility
 243                 for external programs wanting to do NTLM-authentication.
 244                 </para></listitem></varlistentry>
 245
 246                 <varlistentry>
 247                         <term>
 248 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbmount</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 249 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbumount</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 250 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbmnt</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry></term>
 251                 <listitem><para><command>smbmount</command>,<command>smbumount</command> and <command>smbmnt</command> are commands that can be used to
 252                 mount CIFS/SMB shares on Linux.
 253                 </para></listitem>
 254                 </varlistentry>
 255
 256                 <varlistentry>
 257                 <term><citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbcquotas</refentrytitle>
 258                 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry></term>
 259                 <listitem><para><command>smbcquotas</command> is a tool that
 260                 can set remote QUOTA's on server with NTFS 5. </para>
 261                 </listitem>
 262                 </varlistentry>
 263         </variablelist>
 264 </refsect1>
 265
 266 <refsect1>
 267         <title>COMPONENTS</title>
 268
 269         <para>The Samba suite is made up of several components. Each
 270         component is described in a separate manual page. It is strongly
 271         recommended that you read the documentation that comes with Samba
 272         and the manual pages of those components that you use. If the
 273         manual pages and documents aren't clear enough then please visit
 274         <ulink url="http://devel.samba.org/">http://devel.samba.org</ulink>
 275         for information on how to file a bug report or submit a patch.</para>
 276
 277         <para>If you require help, visit the Samba webpage at
 278         <ulink url="http://samba.org/">http://www.samba.org/</ulink> and
 279         explore the many option available to you.
 280         </para>
 281 </refsect1>
 282
 283 <refsect1>
 284         <title>AVAILABILITY</title>
 285
 286         <para>The Samba software suite is licensed under the
 287         GNU Public License(GPL). A copy of that license should
 288         have come with the package in the file COPYING. You are
 289         encouraged to distribute copies of the Samba suite, but
 290         please obey the terms of this license.</para>
 291
 292         <para>The latest version of the Samba suite can be
 293         obtained via anonymous ftp from samba.org in the
 294         directory pub/samba/. It is also available on several
 295         mirror sites worldwide.</para>
 296
 297         <para>You may also find useful information about Samba
 298         on the newsgroup <ulink url="news:comp.protocols.smb">
 299         comp.protocol.smb</ulink> and the Samba mailing
 300         list. Details on how to join the mailing list are given in
 301         the README file that comes with Samba.</para>
 302
 303         <para>If you have access to a WWW viewer (such as Mozilla
 304         or Konqueror) then you will also find lots of useful information,
 305         including back issues of the Samba mailing list, at
 306         <ulink url="http://lists.samba.org/">http://lists.samba.org</ulink>.</para>
 307 </refsect1>
 308
 309 <refsect1>
 310         <title>VERSION</title>
 311
 312         <para>This man page is correct for version 3 of the
 313         Samba suite. </para>
 314 </refsect1>
 315
 316 <refsect1>
 317         <title>CONTRIBUTIONS</title>
 318
 319         <para>If you wish to contribute to the Samba project,
 320         then I suggest you join the Samba mailing list at
 321         <ulink url="http://lists.samba.org/">http://lists.samba.org</ulink>.
 322         </para>
 323
 324         <para>If you have patches to submit, visit
 325         <ulink url="http://devel.samba.org/">http://devel.samba.org/</ulink>
 326         for information on how to do it properly. We prefer patches
 327         in <command>diff -u</command> format.</para>
 328 </refsect1>
 329
 330 <refsect1>
 331         <title>CONTRIBUTORS</title>
 332
 333         <para>Contributors to the project are now too numerous
 334         to mention here but all deserve the thanks of all Samba
 335         users. To see a full list, look at the
 336         <filename>change-log</filename> in the source package
 337         for the pre-CVS changes and at <ulink
 338         url="http://cvs.samba.org/">
 339         http://cvs.samba.org/</ulink>
 340         for the contributors to Samba post-CVS. CVS is the Open Source
 341         source code control system used by the Samba Team to develop
 342         Samba. The project would have been unmanageable without it.</para>
 343 </refsect1>
 344
 345 <refsect1>
 346         <title>AUTHOR</title>
 347
 348         <para>The original Samba software and related utilities
 349         were created by Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed
 350         by the Samba Team as an Open Source project similar
 351         to the way the Linux kernel is developed.</para>
 352
 353         <para>The original Samba man pages were written by Karl Auer.
 354         The man page sources were converted to YODL format (another
 355         excellent piece of Open Source software, available at <ulink url="ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/">
 356         ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/</ulink>) and updated for the Samba 2.0
 357         release by Jeremy Allison.  The conversion to DocBook for
 358         Samba 2.2 was done by Gerald Carter. The conversion to DocBook XML
 359         4.2 for Samba 3.0 was done by Alexander Bokovoy.</para>
 360 </refsect1>
 361
 362 </refentry>