| [217] | 1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
|
|---|
| 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="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">3.3</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>
|
|---|
