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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 sys-
tems. 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(8)
The smbd daemon provides the file and print services to SMB clients,
such as Windows 95/98, Windows NT, Windows for Workgroups or Lan-
Manager. 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 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 re-
mote 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 net-
work.
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 authentication and
the user database into unix.
wbinfo(1)
wbinfo is a utility that retrieves and stores information related to
winbind.
editreg(1)
editreg is a command-line utility that can edit windows registry
files.
profiles(1)
profiles is a command-line utility that can be used to replace all oc-
curences 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 wanting 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
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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 visithttp://devel.samba.org for information on how to
file a bug report or submit a patch.
If you require help, visit the Samba webpage athttp://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 README file that comes with Samba.
If 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, athttp://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 athttp://lists.samba.org.
If you have patches to submit, visithttp://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
thechange-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 pro-
ject 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.
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