samba(7)
SAMBA(7) PUBLIC FILES, TABLES, AND TROFF MACROS SAMBA(7)
NAME
samba - A Windows SMB/CIFS fileserver for UNIX
SYNOPSIS
samba
DESCRIPTION
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
http://www.ubiqx.org/cifs/. Samba also implements the Net-
BIOS protocol in nmbd.
smbd(8)
The smbd 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 smb.conf(5)
nmbd(8)
The nmbd daemon provides NetBIOS nameservice and browsing
support. The configuration file for this daemon is
described in smb.conf(5)
smbclient(1)
The smbclient 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).
testparm(1)
The testparm utility is a simple syntax checker for
Samba's smb.conf(5) configuration file.
testprns(1)
The testprns utility supports testing printer names
defined in your printcap file used by Samba.
smbstatus(1)
The smbstatus tool provides access to information about
the current connections to smbd.
nmblookup(1)
The nmblookup tools allows NetBIOS name queries to be
made from a UNIX host.
smbpasswd(8)
The smbpasswd command is a tool for changing LanMan and
Windows NT password hashes on Samba and Windows NT
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servers.
smbcacls(1)
The smbcacls command is a tool to set ACL's on remote
CIFS servers.
smbsh(1)
The smbsh command is a program that allows you to run a
unix shell with with an overloaded VFS.
smbtree(1)
The smbtree command is a text-based network neighborhood
tool.
smbtar(1)
The smbtar can make backups of data on CIFS/SMB servers.
smbspool(8)
smbspool is a helper utility for printing on printers
connected to CIFS servers.
smbcontrol(1)
smbcontrol is a utility that can change the behaviour of
running samba daemons.
rpcclient(1)
rpcclient is a utility that can be used to execute RPC
commands on remote CIFS servers.
pdbedit(8)
The pdbedit command can be used to maintain the local
user database on a samba server.
findsmb(1)
The findsmb command can be used to find SMB servers on
the local network.
net(8)
The net command is supposed to work similar to the
DOS/Windows NET.EXE command.
swat(8)
swat is a web-based interface to configuring smb.conf.
winbindd(8)
winbindd is a daemon that is used for integrating authen-
tication and the user database into unix.
wbinfo(1)
wbinfo is a utility that retrieves and stores information
related to winbind.
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profiles(1)
profiles is a command-line utility that can be used to
replace all occurences of a certain SID with another SID.
log2pcap(1)
log2pcap is a utility for generating pcap trace files
from Samba log files.
vfstest(1)
vfstest is a utility that can be used to test vfs
modules.
ntlm_auth(1)
ntlm_auth is a helper-utility for external programs want-
ing to do NTLM-authentication.
smbmount(8), smbumount(8), smbmnt(8)
smbmount,smbumount and smbmnt are commands that can be
used to mount CIFS/SMB shares on Linux.
smbcquotas(1)
smbcquotas is a tool that can set remote QUOTA's on
server with NTFS 5.
COMPONENTS
The Samba suite is made up of several components. Each com-
ponent 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 http://devel.samba.org for informa-
tion on how to file a bug report or submit a patch.
If you require help, visit the Samba webpage at
http://www.samba.org/ and explore the many option available
to you.
AVAILABILITY
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 dis-
tribute copies of the Samba suite, but please obey the terms
of this license.
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.
You may also find useful information about Samba on the
newsgroup comp.protocol.smb and the Samba mailing list.
Details on how to join the mailing list are given in the
README file that comes with Samba.
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If you have access to a WWW viewer (such as Mozilla or Kon-
queror) then you will also find lots of useful information,
including back issues of the Samba mailing list, at
http://lists.samba.org.
VERSION
This man page is correct for version 3.0 of the Samba suite.
CONTRIBUTIONS
If you wish to contribute to the Samba project, then I sug-
gest you join the Samba mailing list at
http://lists.samba.org.
If you have patches to submit, visit http://devel.samba.org/
for information on how to do it properly. We prefer patches
in diff -u format.
CONTRIBUTORS
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 change-log in the source package for
the pre-CVS changes and at http://cvs.samba.org/ 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.
AUTHOR
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.
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
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 Doc-
Book XML 4.2 for Samba 3.0 was done by Alexander Bokovoy.
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