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    2113.SH "NAME"
    2214samba - A Windows SMB/CIFS fileserver for UNIX
     
    2618.SH "DESCRIPTION"
    2719.PP
    28 The Samba software suite is a collection of programs that implements the Server Message Block (commonly abbreviated as SMB) protocol for UNIX systems. This protocol is sometimes also referred to as the Common Internet File System (CIFS). For a more thorough description, see
    29 http://www.ubiqx.org/cifs/. Samba also implements the NetBIOS protocol in nmbd.
     20The Samba software suite is a collection of programs that implements the Server Message Block (commonly abbreviated as SMB) protocol for UNIX systems\. This protocol is sometimes also referred to as the Common Internet File System (CIFS)\. For a more thorough description, see
     21http://www\.ubiqx\.org/cifs/\. Samba also implements the NetBIOS protocol in nmbd\.
    3022.PP
    3123\fBsmbd\fR(8)
    32 .RS 3n
     24.RS 4
    3325The
    3426smbd
    35 daemon provides the file and print services to SMB clients, such as Windows 95/98, Windows NT, Windows for Workgroups or LanManager. The configuration file for this daemon is described in
     27daemon provides the file and print services to SMB clients, such as Windows 95/98, Windows NT, Windows for Workgroups or LanManager\. The configuration file for this daemon is described in
    3628\fBsmb.conf\fR(5)
    3729.RE
    3830.PP
    3931\fBnmbd\fR(8)
    40 .RS 3n
     32.RS 4
    4133The
    4234nmbd
    43 daemon provides NetBIOS nameservice and browsing support. The configuration file for this daemon is described in
     35daemon provides NetBIOS nameservice and browsing support\. The configuration file for this daemon is described in
    4436\fBsmb.conf\fR(5)
    4537.RE
    4638.PP
    4739\fBsmbclient\fR(1)
    48 .RS 3n
     40.RS 4
    4941The
    5042smbclient
    51 program implements a simple ftp-like client. This is useful for accessing SMB shares on other compatible servers (such as Windows NT), and can also be used to allow a UNIX box to print to a printer attached to any SMB server (such as a PC running Windows NT).
     43program implements a simple ftp\-like client\. This is useful for accessing SMB shares on other compatible servers (such as Windows NT), and can also be used to allow a UNIX box to print to a printer attached to any SMB server (such as a PC running Windows NT)\.
    5244.RE
    5345.PP
    5446\fBtestparm\fR(1)
    55 .RS 3n
     47.RS 4
    5648The
    5749testparm
    58 utility is a simple syntax checker for Samba's
     50utility is a simple syntax checker for Samba\'s
    5951\fBsmb.conf\fR(5)
    60 configuration file.
     52configuration file\.
    6153.RE
    6254.PP
    6355\fBtestprns\fR(1)
    64 .RS 3n
     56.RS 4
    6557The
    6658testprns
    6759utility supports testing printer names defined in your
    6860\fIprintcap\fR
    69 file used by Samba.
     61file used by Samba\.
    7062.RE
    7163.PP
    7264\fBsmbstatus\fR(1)
    73 .RS 3n
     65.RS 4
    7466The
    7567smbstatus
    7668tool provides access to information about the current connections to
    77 smbd.
     69smbd\.
    7870.RE
    7971.PP
    8072\fBnmblookup\fR(1)
    81 .RS 3n
     73.RS 4
    8274The
    8375nmblookup
    84 tools allows NetBIOS name queries to be made from a UNIX host.
     76tools allows NetBIOS name queries to be made from a UNIX host\.
    8577.RE
    8678.PP
    8779\fBsmbpasswd\fR(8)
    88 .RS 3n
     80.RS 4
    8981The
    9082smbpasswd
    91 command is a tool for changing LanMan and Windows NT password hashes on Samba and Windows NT servers.
     83command is a tool for changing LanMan and Windows NT password hashes on Samba and Windows NT servers\.
    9284.RE
    9385.PP
    9486\fBsmbcacls\fR(1)
    95 .RS 3n
     87.RS 4
    9688The
    9789smbcacls
    98 command is a tool to set ACL's on remote CIFS servers.
     90command is a tool to set ACL\'s on remote CIFS servers\.
    9991.RE
    10092.PP
    10193\fBsmbsh\fR(1)
    102 .RS 3n
     94.RS 4
    10395The
    10496smbsh
    105 command is a program that allows you to run a unix shell with with an overloaded VFS.
     97command is a program that allows you to run a unix shell with with an overloaded VFS\.
    10698.RE
    10799.PP
    108100\fBsmbtree\fR(1)
    109 .RS 3n
     101.RS 4
    110102The
    111103smbtree
    112 command is a text-based network neighborhood tool.
     104command is a text\-based network neighborhood tool\.
    113105.RE
    114106.PP
    115107\fBsmbtar\fR(1)
    116 .RS 3n
     108.RS 4
    117109The
    118110smbtar
    119 can make backups of data on CIFS/SMB servers.
     111can make backups of data on CIFS/SMB servers\.
    120112.RE
    121113.PP
    122114\fBsmbspool\fR(8)
    123 .RS 3n
     115.RS 4
    124116smbspool
    125 is a helper utility for printing on printers connected to CIFS servers.
     117is a helper utility for printing on printers connected to CIFS servers\.
    126118.RE
    127119.PP
    128120\fBsmbcontrol\fR(1)
    129 .RS 3n
     121.RS 4
    130122smbcontrol
    131 is a utility that can change the behaviour of running samba daemons.
     123is a utility that can change the behaviour of running samba daemons\.
    132124.RE
    133125.PP
    134126\fBrpcclient\fR(1)
    135 .RS 3n
     127.RS 4
    136128rpcclient
    137 is a utility that can be used to execute RPC commands on remote CIFS servers.
     129is a utility that can be used to execute RPC commands on remote CIFS servers\.
    138130.RE
    139131.PP
    140132\fBpdbedit\fR(8)
    141 .RS 3n
     133.RS 4
    142134The
    143135pdbedit
    144 command can be used to maintain the local user database on a samba server.
     136command can be used to maintain the local user database on a samba server\.
    145137.RE
    146138.PP
    147139\fBfindsmb\fR(1)
    148 .RS 3n
     140.RS 4
    149141The
    150142findsmb
    151 command can be used to find SMB servers on the local network.
     143command can be used to find SMB servers on the local network\.
    152144.RE
    153145.PP
    154146\fBnet\fR(8)
    155 .RS 3n
     147.RS 4
    156148The
    157149net
    158 command is supposed to work similar to the DOS/Windows NET.EXE command.
     150command is supposed to work similar to the DOS/Windows NET\.EXE command\.
    159151.RE
    160152.PP
    161153\fBswat\fR(8)
    162 .RS 3n
     154.RS 4
    163155swat
    164 is a web-based interface to configuring
    165 \fIsmb.conf\fR.
     156is a web\-based interface to configuring
     157\fIsmb\.conf\fR\.
    166158.RE
    167159.PP
    168160\fBwinbindd\fR(8)
    169 .RS 3n
     161.RS 4
    170162winbindd
    171 is a daemon that is used for integrating authentication and the user database into unix.
     163is a daemon that is used for integrating authentication and the user database into unix\.
    172164.RE
    173165.PP
    174166\fBwbinfo\fR(1)
    175 .RS 3n
     167.RS 4
    176168wbinfo
    177 is a utility that retrieves and stores information related to winbind.
     169is a utility that retrieves and stores information related to winbind\.
    178170.RE
    179171.PP
    180172\fBprofiles\fR(1)
    181 .RS 3n
     173.RS 4
    182174profiles
    183 is a command-line utility that can be used to replace all occurences of a certain SID with another SID.
     175is a command\-line utility that can be used to replace all occurences of a certain SID with another SID\.
    184176.RE
    185177.PP
    186178\fBlog2pcap\fR(1)
    187 .RS 3n
     179.RS 4
    188180log2pcap
    189 is a utility for generating pcap trace files from Samba log files.
     181is a utility for generating pcap trace files from Samba log files\.
    190182.RE
    191183.PP
    192184\fBvfstest\fR(1)
    193 .RS 3n
     185.RS 4
    194186vfstest
    195 is a utility that can be used to test vfs modules.
     187is a utility that can be used to test vfs modules\.
    196188.RE
    197189.PP
    198190\fBntlm_auth\fR(1)
    199 .RS 3n
     191.RS 4
    200192ntlm_auth
    201 is a helper-utility for external programs wanting to do NTLM-authentication.
     193is a helper\-utility for external programs wanting to do NTLM\-authentication\.
    202194.RE
    203195.PP
    204196\fBsmbmount\fR(8), \fBsmbumount\fR(8), \fBsmbmnt\fR(8)
    205 .RS 3n
     197.RS 4
    206198smbmount,smbumount
    207199and
    208200smbmnt
    209 are commands that can be used to mount CIFS/SMB shares on Linux.
     201are commands that can be used to mount CIFS/SMB shares on Linux\.
    210202.RE
    211203.PP
    212204\fBsmbcquotas\fR(1)
    213 .RS 3n
     205.RS 4
    214206smbcquotas
    215 is a tool that can set remote QUOTA's on server with NTFS 5.
     207is a tool that can set remote QUOTA\'s on server with NTFS 5\.
    216208.RE
    217209.SH "COMPONENTS"
    218210.PP
    219 The Samba suite is made up of several components. Each component is described in a separate manual page. It is strongly recommended that you read the documentation that comes with Samba and the manual pages of those components that you use. If the manual pages and documents aren't clear enough then please visit
    220 http://devel.samba.org
    221 for information on how to file a bug report or submit a patch.
     211The Samba suite is made up of several components\. Each component is described in a separate manual page\. It is strongly recommended that you read the documentation that comes with Samba and the manual pages of those components that you use\. If the manual pages and documents aren\'t clear enough then please visit
     212http://devel\.samba\.org
     213for information on how to file a bug report or submit a patch\.
    222214.PP
    223215If you require help, visit the Samba webpage at
    224 http://www.samba.org/
    225 and explore the many option available to you.
     216http://www\.samba\.org/
     217and explore the many option available to you\.
    226218.SH "AVAILABILITY"
    227219.PP
    228 The Samba software suite is licensed under the GNU Public License(GPL). A copy of that license should have come with the package in the file COPYING. You are encouraged to distribute copies of the Samba suite, but please obey the terms of this license.
    229 .PP
    230 The latest version of the Samba suite can be obtained via anonymous ftp from samba.org in the directory pub/samba/. It is also available on several mirror sites worldwide.
     220The Samba software suite is licensed under the GNU Public License(GPL)\. A copy of that license should have come with the package in the file COPYING\. You are encouraged to distribute copies of the Samba suite, but please obey the terms of this license\.
     221.PP
     222The latest version of the Samba suite can be obtained via anonymous ftp from samba\.org in the directory pub/samba/\. It is also available on several mirror sites worldwide\.
    231223.PP
    232224You may also find useful information about Samba on the newsgroup
    233 comp.protocol.smb
    234 and the Samba mailing list. Details on how to join the mailing list are given in the README file that comes with Samba.
     225comp\.protocol\.smb
     226and the Samba mailing list\. Details on how to join the mailing list are given in the README file that comes with Samba\.
    235227.PP
    236228If you have access to a WWW viewer (such as Mozilla or Konqueror) then you will also find lots of useful information, including back issues of the Samba mailing list, at
    237 http://lists.samba.org.
     229http://lists\.samba\.org\.
    238230.SH "VERSION"
    239231.PP
    240 This man page is correct for version 3.0 of the Samba suite.
     232This man page is correct for version 3\.0 of the Samba suite\.
    241233.SH "CONTRIBUTIONS"
    242234.PP
    243235If you wish to contribute to the Samba project, then I suggest you join the Samba mailing list at
    244 http://lists.samba.org.
     236http://lists\.samba\.org\.
    245237.PP
    246238If you have patches to submit, visit
    247 http://devel.samba.org/
    248 for information on how to do it properly. We prefer patches in
    249 diff -u
    250 format.
     239http://devel\.samba\.org/
     240for information on how to do it properly\. We prefer patches in
     241diff \-u
     242format\.
    251243.SH "CONTRIBUTORS"
    252244.PP
    253 Contributors to the project are now too numerous to mention here but all deserve the thanks of all Samba users. To see a full list, look at the
    254 \fIchange-log\fR
    255 in the source package for the pre-CVS changes and at
    256 http://cvs.samba.org/
    257 for the contributors to Samba post-CVS. CVS is the Open Source source code control system used by the Samba Team to develop Samba. The project would have been unmanageable without it.
     245Contributors to the project are now too numerous to mention here but all deserve the thanks of all Samba users\. To see a full list, look at the
     246\fIchange\-log\fR
     247in the source package for the pre\-CVS changes and at
     248http://cvs\.samba\.org/
     249for the contributors to Samba post\-CVS\. CVS is the Open Source source code control system used by the Samba Team to develop Samba\. The project would have been unmanageable without it\.
    258250.SH "AUTHOR"
    259251.PP
    260 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.
    261 .PP
    262 The original Samba man pages were written by Karl Auer. The man page sources were converted to YODL format (another excellent piece of Open Source software, available at
    263 ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/) and updated for the Samba 2.0 release by Jeremy Allison. 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.
    264 
     252The 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\.
     253.PP
     254The original Samba man pages were written by Karl Auer\. The man page sources were converted to YODL format (another excellent piece of Open Source software, available at
     255ftp://ftp\.icce\.rug\.nl/pub/unix/) and updated for the Samba 2\.0 release by Jeremy Allison\. 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\.
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