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2.\" Title: log2pcap
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5.\" Date: 09/18/2013
6.\" Manual: User Commands
7.\" Source: Samba 3.6
8.\" Language: English
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30.SH "NAME"
31log2pcap \- Extract network traces from Samba log files
32.SH "SYNOPSIS"
33.HP \w'\ 'u
34log2pcap [\-h] [\-q] [logfile] [pcap_file]
35.SH "DESCRIPTION"
36.PP
37This tool is part of the
38\fBsamba\fR(7)
39suite\&.
40.PP
41log2pcap
42reads in a samba log file and generates a pcap file (readable by most sniffers, such as ethereal or tcpdump) based on the packet dumps in the log file\&.
43.PP
44The log file must have a
45\fIlog level\fR
46of at least
47\fB5\fR
48to get the SMB header/parameters right,
49\fB10\fR
50to get the first 512 data bytes of the packet and
51\fB50\fR
52to get the whole packet\&.
53.SH "OPTIONS"
54.PP
55\-h
56.RS 4
57If this parameter is specified the output file will be a hex dump, in a format that is readable by the
58text2pcap
59utility\&.
60.RE
61.PP
62\-q
63.RS 4
64Be quiet\&. No warning messages about missing or incomplete data will be given\&.
65.RE
66.PP
67logfile
68.RS 4
69Samba log file\&. log2pcap will try to read the log from stdin if the log file is not specified\&.
70.RE
71.PP
72pcap_file
73.RS 4
74Name of the output file to write the pcap (or hexdump) data to\&. If this argument is not specified, output data will be written to stdout\&.
75.RE
76.PP
77\-h|\-\-help
78.RS 4
79Print a summary of command line options\&.
80.RE
81.SH "EXAMPLES"
82.PP
83Extract all network traffic from all samba log files:
84.PP
85.if n \{\
86.RS 4
87.\}
88.nf
89 $ log2pcap < /var/log/* > trace\&.pcap
90
91.fi
92.if n \{\
93.RE
94.\}
95.PP
96Convert to pcap using text2pcap:
97.PP
98.if n \{\
99.RS 4
100.\}
101.nf
102 $ log2pcap \-h samba\&.log | text2pcap \-T 139,139 \- trace\&.pcap
103
104.fi
105.if n \{\
106.RE
107.\}
108.SH "VERSION"
109.PP
110This man page is correct for version 3 of the Samba suite\&.
111.SH "BUGS"
112.PP
113Only SMB data is extracted from the samba logs, no LDAP, NetBIOS lookup or other data\&.
114.PP
115The generated TCP and IP headers don\*(Aqt contain a valid checksum\&.
116.SH "SEE ALSO"
117.PP
118\fBtext2pcap\fR(1),
119\fBethereal\fR(1)
120.SH "AUTHOR"
121.PP
122The 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\&.
123.PP
124This manpage was written by Jelmer Vernooij\&.
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