Miscellanea 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
NetBIOS protocol in nmbd.
smbd(1M)
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(4)
nmbd(1M)
The nmbd daemon provides NetBIOS nameservice and
browsing support. The configuration file for this daemon
is described in smb.conf(4)
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(4) 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(1M)
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(1M)
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(1M)
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(1M)
The net command is supposed to work similar to the
DOS/Windows NET.EXE command.
swat(1M)
swat is a web-based interface to configuring smb.conf.
winbindd(1M)
winbindd is a daemon that is used for integrating
authentication 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.
ntlmauth(1)
ntlmauth is a helper-utility for external programs
wanting to do NTLM-authentication.
smbmount(1M), smbumount(1M), smbmnt(1M)
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
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 http:/devel.samba.org for
information 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
distribute 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
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README file that comes with Samba.
If you have access to a W viewer (such as Mozilla or
Konqueror) 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
suggest 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
DocBook XML 4.2 for Samba 3.0 was done by Alexander Bokovoy.
ATRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following
attributes:
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ATRIBUTE TYPE ATRIBUTE VALUE
Availability SUNWsmbar, SUNWsmbau
Interface Stability External
NOTES
Source for Samba is available on http:/opensolaris.org.
Samba(7) delivers the set of four SMF(5) services as can be
seen from the following example:
$ svcs samba wins winbind swat
STATE STIME FMRI
disabled Apr21 svc:/network/samba:default
disabled Apr21 svc:/network/winbind:default
disabled Apr21 svc:/network/wins:default
disabled Apr21 svc:/network/swat:default
where the services are:
"samba"
runs the smbd daemon managing the CIFS sessions
"wins"
runs the nmbd daemon enabling the browsing (WINS)
"winbind"
runs the winbindd daemon making the domain idmap
"swat"
Samba Web Administration Tool is a service providing
access to browser-based Samba administration interface
and on-line documentation. The service runs on software
loopback network interface on port 901/tcp, i.e. opening
"http:/localhost:901/" in browser will access the SWAT
service on local machine.
Please note: SWAT uses HTP Basic Authentication scheme
where user name and passwords are sent over the network in
clear text. In the SWAT case the user name is root.
Transferring such sensitive data is advisable only on the
software loopback network interface or over secure networks.
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