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22 rpcclient - tool for executing client side MS-RPC functions
25 rpcclient [-A authfile] [-c <command string>] [-d debuglevel] [-h] [-l logdir] [-N] [-s <smb config file>] [-U username[%password]] [-W workgroup] [-N] [-I destinationIP] {server}
28 This tool is part of the
33 is a utility initially developed to test MS-RPC functionality in Samba itself. It has undergone several stages of development and stability. Many system administrators have now written scripts around it to manage Windows NT clients from their UNIX workstation.
38 NetBIOS name of Server to which to connect. The server can be any SMB/CIFS server. The name is resolved using the
39 name resolve order line from
43 -c|--command='command string'
45 execute semicolon separated commands (listed below))
51 is the address of the server to connect to. It should be specified in standard "a.b.c.d" notation.
53 Normally the client would attempt to locate a named SMB/CIFS server by looking it up via the NetBIOS name resolution mechanism described above in the
54 \fIname resolve order\fR
55 parameter above. Using this parameter will force the client to assume that the server is on the machine with the specified IP address and the NetBIOS name component of the resource being connected to will be ignored.
57 There is no default for this parameter. If not supplied, it will be determined automatically by the client as described above.
62 Prints the program version number.
65 -s <configuration file>
67 The file specified contains the configuration details required by the server. The information in this file includes server-specific information such as what printcap file to use, as well as descriptions of all the services that the server is to provide. See
69 for more information. The default configuration file name is determined at compile time.
75 is an integer from 0 to 10. The default value if this parameter is not specified is zero.
77 The higher this value, the more detail will be logged to the log files about the activities of the server. At level 0, only critical errors and serious warnings will be logged. Level 1 is a reasonable level for day-to-day running - it generates a small amount of information about operations carried out.
79 Levels above 1 will generate considerable amounts of log data, and should only be used when investigating a problem. Levels above 3 are designed for use only by developers and generate HUGE amounts of log data, most of which is extremely cryptic.
81 Note that specifying this parameter here will override the
88 -l|--logfile=logdirectory
90 Base directory name for log/debug files. The extension
92 will be appended (e.g. log.smbclient, log.smbd, etc...). The log file is never removed by the client.
97 If specified, this parameter suppresses the normal password prompt from the client to the user. This is useful when accessing a service that does not require a password.
99 Unless a password is specified on the command line or this parameter is specified, the client will request a password.
101 If a password is specified on the command line and this option is also defined the password on the command line will be silently ingnored and no password will be used.
106 Try to authenticate with kerberos. Only useful in an Active Directory environment.
109 -A|--authentication-file=filename
111 This option allows you to specify a file from which to read the username and password used in the connection. The format of the file is
125 Make certain that the permissions on the file restrict access from unwanted users.
128 -U|--user=username[%password]
130 Sets the SMB username or username and password.
132 If %password is not specified, the user will be prompted. The client will first check the
134 environment variable, then the
136 variable and if either exists, the string is uppercased. If these environmental variables are not found, the username
140 A third option is to use a credentials file which contains the plaintext of the username and password. This option is mainly provided for scripts where the admin does not wish to pass the credentials on the command line or via environment variables. If this method is used, make certain that the permissions on the file restrict access from unwanted users. See the
144 Be cautious about including passwords in scripts. Also, on many systems the command line of a running process may be seen via the
146 command. To be safe always allow
148 to prompt for a password and type it in directly.
151 -n <primary NetBIOS name>
153 This option allows you to override the NetBIOS name that Samba uses for itself. This is identical to setting the
157 file. However, a command line setting will take precedence over settings in
163 This specifies a NetBIOS scope that
165 will use to communicate with when generating NetBIOS names. For details on the use of NetBIOS scopes, see rfc1001.txt and rfc1002.txt. NetBIOS scopes are
167 rarely used, only set this parameter if you are the system administrator in charge of all the NetBIOS systems you communicate with.
170 -W|--workgroup=domain
172 Set the SMB domain of the username. This overrides the default domain which is the domain defined in smb.conf. If the domain specified is the same as the servers NetBIOS name, it causes the client to log on using the servers local SAM (as opposed to the Domain SAM).
177 TCP socket options to set on the client socket. See the socket options parameter in the
179 manual page for the list of valid options.
184 Print a summary of command line options.
196 Resolve a list of SIDs to usernames.
201 Resolve a list of usernames to SIDs.
206 Enumerate trusted domains
216 Get the privilege name
221 Enumerate the LSA SIDS
226 Enumerate the privileges of an SID
231 Enumerate the rights of an SID
236 Enumerate accounts with a right
241 Add rights to an account
246 Remove rights from an account
251 Get a privilege value given its name
256 Query LSA security object
262 Get Primary Domain Information
323 Fetch remote time of day
344 Query group membership
349 Query alias membership
364 Enumerate domain users
369 Enumerate domain groups
374 Enumerate alias groups
399 Query SAMR security object
404 Retrieve domain password info
413 adddriver <arch> <config> [<version>]
415 Execute an AddPrinterDriver() RPC to install the printer driver information on the server. Note that the driver files should already exist in the directory returned by
416 getdriverdir. Possible values for
418 are the same as those for the
422 parameter is defined as follows:
434 Language Monitor Name:\
436 Comma Separated list of Files
441 Any empty fields should be enter as the string "NULL".
443 Samba does not need to support the concept of Print Monitors since these only apply to local printers whose driver can make use of a bi-directional link for communication. This field should be "NULL". On a remote NT print server, the Print Monitor for a driver must already be installed prior to adding the driver or else the RPC will fail.
447 parameter lets you specify the printer driver version number. If omitted, the default driver version for the specified architecture will be used. This option can be used to upload Windows 2000 (version 3) printer drivers.
450 addprinter <printername> <sharename> <drivername> <port>
452 Add a printer on the remote server. This printer will be automatically shared. Be aware that the printer driver must already be installed on the server (see
454 \fIport\fRmust be a valid port name (see
460 Delete the specified printer driver for all architectures. This does not delete the actual driver files from the server, only the entry from the server's list of drivers.
463 deldriverex <driver> [architecture] [version]
465 Delete the specified printer driver including driver files. You can limit this action to a specific architecture and a specific version. If no architecure is given, all driver files of that driver will be deleted.
470 Enumerate all printer setting data stored on the server. On Windows NT clients, these values are stored in the registry, while Samba servers store them in the printers TDB. This command corresponds to the MS Platform SDK GetPrinterData() function (* This command is currently unimplemented).
475 Enumerate printer data for a key
480 List the jobs and status of a given printer. This command corresponds to the MS Platform SDK EnumJobs() function
485 Enumerate printer keys
490 Executes an EnumPorts() call using the specified info level. Currently only info levels 1 and 2 are supported.
495 Execute an EnumPrinterDrivers() call. This lists the various installed printer drivers for all architectures. Refer to the MS Platform SDK documentation for more details of the various flags and calling options. Currently supported info levels are 1, 2, and 3.
500 Execute an EnumPrinters() call. This lists the various installed and share printers. Refer to the MS Platform SDK documentation for more details of the various flags and calling options. Currently supported info levels are 1, 2 and 5.
503 getdata <printername> <valuename;>
505 Retrieve the data for a given printer setting. See the
507 command for more information. This command corresponds to the GetPrinterData() MS Platform SDK function.
512 Get printer driver data with keyname
515 getdriver <printername>
517 Retrieve the printer driver information (such as driver file, config file, dependent files, etc...) for the given printer. This command corresponds to the GetPrinterDriver() MS Platform SDK function. Currently info level 1, 2, and 3 are supported.
522 Execute a GetPrinterDriverDirectory() RPC to retrieve the SMB share name and subdirectory for storing printer driver files for a given architecture. Possible values for
524 are "Windows 4.0" (for Windows 95/98), "Windows NT x86", "Windows NT PowerPC", "Windows Alpha_AXP", and "Windows NT R4000".
527 getprinter <printername>
529 Retrieve the current printer information. This command corresponds to the GetPrinter() MS Platform SDK function.
534 Get print processor directory
537 openprinter <printername>
539 Execute an OpenPrinterEx() and ClosePrinter() RPC against a given printer.
542 setdriver <printername> <drivername>
544 Execute a SetPrinter() command to update the printer driver associated with an installed printer. The printer driver must already be correctly installed on the print server.
550 commands for obtaining a list of of installed printers and drivers.
585 Set REG_SZ printer data
588 setprintername <printername> <newprintername>
623 .SS "GENERAL COMMANDS"
627 Set the current debug level used to log information.
632 Print a listing of all known commands or extended help on a particular command.
643 is designed as a developer testing tool and may not be robust in certain areas (such as command line parsing). It has been known to generate a core dump upon failures when invalid parameters where passed to the interpreter.
645 From Luke Leighton's original rpcclient man page:
648 The MSRPC over SMB code has been developed from examining Network traces. No documentation is available from the original creators (Microsoft) on how MSRPC over SMB works, or how the individual MSRPC services work. Microsoft's implementation of these services has been demonstrated (and reported) to be... a bit flaky in places.
650 The development of Samba's implementation is also a bit rough, and as more of the services are understood, it can even result in versions of
654 that are incompatible for some commands or services. Additionally, the developers are sending reports to Microsoft, and problems found or reported to Microsoft are fixed in Service Packs, which may result in incompatibilities.
657 This man page is correct for version 3.0 of the Samba suite.
660 The original Samba software and related utilities were created by Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed by the Samba Team as an Open Source project similar to the way the Linux kernel is developed.
662 The original rpcclient man page was written by Matthew Geddes, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton, and rewritten by Gerald Carter. The conversion to DocBook for Samba 2.2 was done by Gerald Carter. The conversion to DocBook XML 4.2 for Samba 3.0 was done by Alexander Bokovoy.