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