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r158 r286 1 1 .\" Title: libsmbclient 2 .\" Author: 3 .\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.7 3.2<http://docbook.sf.net/>4 .\" Date: 0 8/25/20082 .\" Author: [see the "AUTHOR" section] 3 .\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.74.0 <http://docbook.sf.net/> 4 .\" Date: 06/22/2009 5 5 .\" Manual: 7 6 6 .\" Source: Samba 3.0 7 .\" Language: English 7 8 .\" 8 .TH "LIBSMBCLIENT" "7" "08/25/2008" "Samba 3\.0" "7" 9 .TH "LIBSMBCLIENT" "7" "06/22/2009" "Samba 3\&.0" "7" 10 .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- 11 .\" * (re)Define some macros 12 .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- 13 .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 14 .\" toupper - uppercase a string (locale-aware) 15 .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 16 .de toupper 17 .tr aAbBcCdDeEfFgGhHiIjJkKlLmMnNoOpPqQrRsStTuUvVwWxXyYzZ 18 \\$* 19 .tr aabbccddeeffgghhiijjkkllmmnnooppqqrrssttuuvvwwxxyyzz 20 .. 21 .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 22 .\" SH-xref - 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level-two heading that works better for non-TTY output 72 .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 73 .de1 SS 74 .sp \\n[PD]u 75 .nr an-level 1 76 .set-an-margin 77 .nr an-prevailing-indent \\n[IN] 78 .fi 79 .in \\n[IN]u 80 .ti \\n[SN]u 81 .it 1 an-trap 82 .nr an-no-space-flag 1 83 .nr an-break-flag 1 84 .ps \\n[PS-SS]u 85 \." make the size of the head bigger 86 .ps +2 87 .ft B 88 .ne (2v + 1u) 89 .if \\n[.$] \&\\$* 90 .. 91 .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 92 .\" BB/BE - put background/screen (filled box) around block of text 93 .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 94 .de BB 95 .if t \{\ 96 .sp -.5 97 .br 98 .in +2n 99 .ll -2n 100 .gcolor red 101 .di BX 102 .\} 103 .. 104 .de EB 105 .if t \{\ 106 .if "\\$2"adjust-for-leading-newline" \{\ 107 .sp -1 108 .\} 109 .br 110 .di 111 .in 112 .ll 113 .gcolor 114 .nr BW \\n(.lu-\\n(.i 115 .nr BH \\n(dn+.5v 116 .ne \\n(BHu+.5v 117 .ie "\\$2"adjust-for-leading-newline" \{\ 118 \M[\\$1]\h'1n'\v'+.5v'\D'P \\n(BWu 0 0 \\n(BHu -\\n(BWu 0 0 -\\n(BHu'\M[] 119 .\} 120 .el \{\ 121 \M[\\$1]\h'1n'\v'-.5v'\D'P \\n(BWu 0 0 \\n(BHu -\\n(BWu 0 0 -\\n(BHu'\M[] 122 .\} 123 .in 0 124 .sp -.5v 125 .nf 126 .BX 127 .in 128 .sp .5v 129 .fi 130 .\} 131 .. 132 .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 133 .\" BM/EM - put colored marker in margin next to block of text 134 .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 135 .de BM 136 .if t \{\ 137 .br 138 .ll -2n 139 .gcolor red 140 .di BX 141 .\} 142 .. 143 .de EM 144 .if t \{\ 145 .br 146 .di 147 .ll 148 .gcolor 149 .nr BH \\n(dn 150 .ne \\n(BHu 151 \M[\\$1]\D'P -.75n 0 0 \\n(BHu -(\\n[.i]u - \\n(INu - .75n) 0 0 -\\n(BHu'\M[] 152 .in 0 153 .nf 154 .BX 155 .in 156 .fi 157 .\} 158 .. 159 .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- 160 .\" * set default formatting 161 .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- 9 162 .\" disable hyphenation 10 163 .nh 11 164 .\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only) 12 165 .ad l 13 .SH "NAME" 14 libsmbclient - An extension library for browsers and that can be used as a generic browsing API. 15 .SH "SYNOPSIS" 16 .HP 1 17 Browser URL:.PP 166 .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- 167 .\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE * 168 .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- 169 .SH "Name" 170 libsmbclient \- An extension library for browsers and that can be used as a generic browsing API\&. 171 .SH "Synopsis" 172 .fam C 173 .HP \w'\ 'u 174 \FCBrowser URL:\F[].PP 18 175 smb://[[[domain:]user[:password@]]server[/share[/path[/file]]]] [?options] 176 .fam 19 177 .SH "DESCRIPTION" 20 178 .PP 21 179 This tool is part of the 22 180 \fBsamba\fR(7) 23 suite\ .181 suite\&. 24 182 .PP 25 183 26 libsmbclient 27 is a library toolset that permits applications to manipulate CIFS/SMB network resources using many of the standards POSIX functions available for manipulating local UNIX/Linux files\ . It permits much more than just browsing, files can be opened and read or written, permissions changed, file times modified, attributes and ACL\'s can be manipulated, and so on\. Of course, its functionality includes all the capabilities commonly called browsing\.184 \FClibsmbclient\F[] 185 is a library toolset that permits applications to manipulate CIFS/SMB network resources using many of the standards POSIX functions available for manipulating local UNIX/Linux files\&. It permits much more than just browsing, files can be opened and read or written, permissions changed, file times modified, attributes and ACL\'s can be manipulated, and so on\&. Of course, its functionality includes all the capabilities commonly called browsing\&. 28 186 .PP 29 187 30 libsmbclient 31 can not be used directly from the command line, instead it provides an extension of the capabilities of tools such as file managers and browsers\ . This man page describes the configuration options for this tool so that the user may obtain greatest utility of use\.188 \FClibsmbclient\F[] 189 can not be used directly from the command line, instead it provides an extension of the capabilities of tools such as file managers and browsers\&. This man page describes the configuration options for this tool so that the user may obtain greatest utility of use\&. 32 190 .SH "OPTIONS" 33 191 .PP … … 36 194 smb:// 37 195 .RS 4 38 Shows all workgroups or domains that are visible in the network\ . The behavior matches that of the Microsoft Windows Explorer\.196 Shows all workgroups or domains that are visible in the network\&. The behavior matches that of the Microsoft Windows Explorer\&. 39 197 .sp 40 198 The method of locating the list of workgroups (domains also) varies depending on the setting of the context variable 41 (context\->options\.browse_max_lmb_count)\. It is the responsibility of the application that calls this library to set this to a sensible value\. This is a compile\-time option\. This value determines the maximum number of local master browsers to query for the list of workgroups\. In order to ensure that the list is complete for those present on the network, all master browsers must be querried\. If there are a large number of workgroups on the network, the time spent querying will be significant\. For small networks (just a few workgroups), it is suggested to set this value to 0, instructing libsmbclient to query all local master browsers\. In an environment that has many workgroups a more reasonable setting may be around 3\.199 \FC(context\->options\&.browse_max_lmb_count)\F[]\&. It is the responsibility of the application that calls this library to set this to a sensible value\&. This is a compile\-time option\&. This value determines the maximum number of local master browsers to query for the list of workgroups\&. In order to ensure that the list is complete for those present on the network, all master browsers must be querried\&. If there are a large number of workgroups on the network, the time spent querying will be significant\&. For small networks (just a few workgroups), it is suggested to set this value to 0, instructing libsmbclient to query all local master browsers\&. In an environment that has many workgroups a more reasonable setting may be around 3\&. 42 200 .RE 43 201 .PP 44 202 smb://name/ 45 203 .RS 4 46 This command causes libsmbclient to perform a name look\-up\ . If the NAME<1D> or NAME<1B> exists (workgroup name), libsmbclient will list all servers in the workgroup (or domain)\. Otherwise, a name look\-up for the NAME<20> (machine name) will be performed, and the list of shared resources on the server will be displayed\.204 This command causes libsmbclient to perform a name look\-up\&. If the NAME<1D> or NAME<1B> exists (workgroup name), libsmbclient will list all servers in the workgroup (or domain)\&. Otherwise, a name look\-up for the NAME<20> (machine name) will be performed, and the list of shared resources on the server will be displayed\&. 47 205 .RE 48 206 .PP 49 207 When libsmbclient is invoked by an application it searches for a directory called 50 \ fI\.smb\fR51 in the $HOME directory that is specified in the users shell environment\ . It then searches for a file called52 \ fIsmb\.conf\fR208 \FC\&.smb\F[] 209 in the $HOME directory that is specified in the users shell environment\&. It then searches for a file called 210 \FCsmb\&.conf\F[] 53 211 which, if present, will fully over\-ride the system 54 \ fI/etc/samba/smb\.conf\fR55 file\ . If instead libsmbclient finds a file called56 \ fI~/\.smb/smb\.conf\.append\fR, it will read the system57 \ fI/etc/samba/smb\.conf\fR212 \FC/etc/samba/smb\&.conf\F[] 213 file\&. If instead libsmbclient finds a file called 214 \FC~/\&.smb/smb\&.conf\&.append\F[], it will read the system 215 \FC/etc/samba/smb\&.conf\F[] 58 216 and then append the contents of the 59 \ fI~/\.smb/smb\.conf\.append\fR60 to it\ .217 \FC~/\&.smb/smb\&.conf\&.append\F[] 218 to it\&. 61 219 .PP 62 220 63 libsmbclient 221 \FClibsmbclient\F[] 64 222 will check the users shell environment for the 65 USER 223 \FCUSER\F[] 66 224 parameter and will use its value when if the 67 user 68 parameter was not included in the URL\ .225 \FCuser\F[] 226 parameter was not included in the URL\&. 69 227 .SH "PROGRAMMERS GUIDE" 70 228 .PP 71 Watch this space for future updates\ .229 Watch this space for future updates\&. 72 230 .SH "VERSION" 73 231 .PP 74 This man page is correct for version 3\ .0 of the Samba suite\.232 This man page is correct for version 3\&.0 of the Samba suite\&. 75 233 .SH "AUTHOR" 76 234 .PP 77 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\.78 .PP 79 The libsmbclient manpage page was written by John H Terpstra\ .235 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\&. 236 .PP 237 The libsmbclient manpage page was written by John H Terpstra\&.
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