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diff --git a/docs-xml/manpages-3/smbd.8.xml b/docs-xml/manpages-3/smbd.8.xml deleted file mode 100644 index 618ff821f4..0000000000 --- a/docs-xml/manpages-3/smbd.8.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,445 +0,0 @@ -<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> -<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//Samba-Team//DTD DocBook V4.2-Based Variant V1.0//EN" "http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc"> -<refentry id="smbd.8"> - -<refmeta> - <refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle> - <manvolnum>8</manvolnum> - <refmiscinfo class="source">Samba</refmiscinfo> - <refmiscinfo class="manual">System Administration tools</refmiscinfo> - <refmiscinfo class="version">3.6</refmiscinfo> -</refmeta> - - -<refnamediv> - <refname>smbd</refname> - <refpurpose>server to provide SMB/CIFS services to clients</refpurpose> -</refnamediv> - -<refsynopsisdiv> - <cmdsynopsis> - <command>smbd</command> - <arg choice="opt">-D</arg> - <arg choice="opt">-F</arg> - <arg choice="opt">-S</arg> - <arg choice="opt">-i</arg> - <arg choice="opt">-h</arg> - <arg choice="opt">-V</arg> - <arg choice="opt">-b</arg> - <arg choice="opt">-d <debug level></arg> - <arg choice="opt">-l <log directory></arg> - <arg choice="opt">-p <port number(s)></arg> - <arg choice="opt">-P <profiling level></arg> - <arg choice="opt">-O <socket option></arg> - <arg choice="opt">-s <configuration file></arg> - </cmdsynopsis> -</refsynopsisdiv> - -<refsect1> - <title>DESCRIPTION</title> - <para>This program is part of the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>samba</refentrytitle> - <manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry> suite.</para> - - <para><command>smbd</command> is the server daemon that - provides filesharing and printing services to Windows clients. - The server provides filespace and printer services to - clients using the SMB (or CIFS) protocol. This is compatible - with the LanManager protocol, and can service LanManager - clients. These include MSCLIENT 3.0 for DOS, Windows for - Workgroups, Windows 95/98/ME, Windows NT, Windows 2000, - OS/2, DAVE for Macintosh, and smbfs for Linux.</para> - - <para>An extensive description of the services that the - server can provide is given in the man page for the - configuration file controlling the attributes of those - services (see <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smb.conf</refentrytitle> - <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>. This man page will not describe the - services, but will concentrate on the administrative aspects - of running the server.</para> - - <para>Please note that there are significant security - implications to running this server, and the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smb.conf</refentrytitle> - <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> manual page should be regarded as mandatory reading before - proceeding with installation.</para> - - <para>A session is created whenever a client requests one. - Each client gets a copy of the server for each session. This - copy then services all connections made by the client during - that session. When all connections from its client are closed, - the copy of the server for that client terminates.</para> - - <para>The configuration file, and any files that it includes, - are automatically reloaded every minute, if they change. You - can force a reload by sending a SIGHUP to the server. Reloading - the configuration file will not affect connections to any service - that is already established. Either the user will have to - disconnect from the service, or <command>smbd</command> killed and restarted.</para> -</refsect1> - -<refsect1> - <title>OPTIONS</title> - - <variablelist> - <varlistentry> - <term>-D</term> - <listitem><para>If specified, this parameter causes - the server to operate as a daemon. That is, it detaches - itself and runs in the background, fielding requests - on the appropriate port. Operating the server as a - daemon is the recommended way of running <command>smbd</command> for - servers that provide more than casual use file and - print services. This switch is assumed if <command>smbd - </command> is executed on the command line of a shell. - </para></listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term>-F</term> - <listitem><para>If specified, this parameter causes - the main <command>smbd</command> process to not daemonize, - i.e. double-fork and disassociate with the terminal. - Child processes are still created as normal to service - each connection request, but the main process does not - exit. This operation mode is suitable for running - <command>smbd</command> under process supervisors such - as <command>supervise</command> and <command>svscan</command> - from Daniel J. Bernstein's <command>daemontools</command> - package, or the AIX process monitor. - </para></listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term>-S</term> - <listitem><para>If specified, this parameter causes - <command>smbd</command> to log to standard output rather - than a file.</para></listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term>-i</term> - <listitem><para>If this parameter is specified it causes the - server to run "interactively", not as a daemon, even if the - server is executed on the command line of a shell. Setting this - parameter negates the implicit daemon mode when run from the - command line. <command>smbd</command> also logs to standard - output, as if the <command>-S</command> parameter had been - given. - </para></listitem> - </varlistentry> - - &stdarg.server.debug; - &popt.common.samba; - &stdarg.help; - - <varlistentry> - <term>-b</term> - <listitem><para>Prints information about how - Samba was built.</para></listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term>-p|--port<port number(s)></term> - <listitem><para><replaceable>port number(s)</replaceable> is a - space or comma-separated list of TCP ports smbd should listen on. - The default value is taken from the <smbconfoption name="ports"/> parameter in &smb.conf;</para> - - <para>The default ports are 139 (used for SMB over NetBIOS over TCP) - and port 445 (used for plain SMB over TCP). - </para></listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term>-P|--profiling-level<profiling level></term> - <listitem><para><replaceable>profiling level</replaceable> is a - number specifying the level of profiling data to be collected. - 0 turns off profiling, 1 turns on counter profiling only, - 2 turns on complete profiling, and 3 resets all profiling data. - </para></listitem> - </varlistentry> - </variablelist> -</refsect1> - -<refsect1> - <title>FILES</title> - - <variablelist> - <varlistentry> - <term><filename>/etc/inetd.conf</filename></term> - <listitem><para>If the server is to be run by the - <command>inetd</command> meta-daemon, this file - must contain suitable startup information for the - meta-daemon. - </para></listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><filename>/etc/rc</filename></term> - <listitem><para>or whatever initialization script your - system uses).</para> - - <para>If running the server as a daemon at startup, - this file will need to contain an appropriate startup - sequence for the server. </para></listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><filename>/etc/services</filename></term> - <listitem><para>If running the server via the - meta-daemon <command>inetd</command>, this file - must contain a mapping of service name (e.g., netbios-ssn) - to service port (e.g., 139) and protocol type (e.g., tcp). - </para></listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><filename>/usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf</filename></term> - <listitem><para>This is the default location of the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smb.conf</refentrytitle> - <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> server configuration file. Other common places that systems - install this file are <filename>/usr/samba/lib/smb.conf</filename> - and <filename>/etc/samba/smb.conf</filename>.</para> - - <para>This file describes all the services the server - is to make available to clients. See <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smb.conf</refentrytitle> - <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> for more information.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - </variablelist> -</refsect1> - -<refsect1> - <title>LIMITATIONS</title> - <para>On some systems <command>smbd</command> cannot change uid back - to root after a setuid() call. Such systems are called - trapdoor uid systems. If you have such a system, - you will be unable to connect from a client (such as a PC) as - two different users at once. Attempts to connect the - second user will result in access denied or - similar.</para> -</refsect1> - -<refsect1> - <title>ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES</title> - - <variablelist> - <varlistentry> - <term><envar>PRINTER</envar></term> - <listitem><para>If no printer name is specified to - printable services, most systems will use the value of - this variable (or <constant>lp</constant> if this variable is - not defined) as the name of the printer to use. This - is not specific to the server, however.</para></listitem> - </varlistentry> - </variablelist> -</refsect1> - - -<refsect1> - <title>PAM INTERACTION</title> - <para>Samba uses PAM for authentication (when presented with a plaintext - password), for account checking (is this account disabled?) and for - session management. The degree too which samba supports PAM is restricted - by the limitations of the SMB protocol and the <smbconfoption name="obey pam restrictions"/> <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smb.conf</refentrytitle> - <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> parameter. When this is set, the following restrictions apply: - </para> - - <itemizedlist> - <listitem><para><emphasis>Account Validation</emphasis>: All accesses to a - samba server are checked - against PAM to see if the account is valid, not disabled and is permitted to - login at this time. This also applies to encrypted logins. - </para></listitem> - - <listitem><para><emphasis>Session Management</emphasis>: When not using share - level security, users must pass PAM's session checks before access - is granted. Note however, that this is bypassed in share level security. - Note also that some older pam configuration files may need a line - added for session support. - </para></listitem> - </itemizedlist> -</refsect1> - -<refsect1> - <title>VERSION</title> - - <para>This man page is correct for version 3 of - the Samba suite.</para> -</refsect1> - -<refsect1> - <title>DIAGNOSTICS</title> - - <para>Most diagnostics issued by the server are logged - in a specified log file. The log file name is specified - at compile time, but may be overridden on the command line.</para> - - <para>The number and nature of diagnostics available depends - on the debug level used by the server. If you have problems, set - the debug level to 3 and peruse the log files.</para> - - <para>Most messages are reasonably self-explanatory. Unfortunately, - at the time this man page was created, there are too many diagnostics - available in the source code to warrant describing each and every - diagnostic. At this stage your best bet is still to grep the - source code and inspect the conditions that gave rise to the - diagnostics you are seeing.</para> -</refsect1> - -<refsect1> - <title>TDB FILES</title> - - <para>Samba stores it's data in several TDB (Trivial Database) files, usually located in <filename>/var/lib/samba</filename>.</para> - - <para> - (*) information persistent across restarts (but not - necessarily important to backup). - </para> - -<variablelist> -<varlistentry><term>account_policy.tdb*</term> -<listitem> -<para>NT account policy settings such as pw expiration, etc...</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry><term>brlock.tdb</term> -<listitem><para>byte range locks</para></listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry><term>browse.dat</term> -<listitem><para>browse lists</para></listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry><term>connections.tdb</term> -<listitem><para>share connections (used to enforce max connections, etc...)</para></listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry><term>gencache.tdb</term> -<listitem><para>generic caching db</para></listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry><term>group_mapping.tdb*</term> -<listitem><para>group mapping information</para></listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry><term>locking.tdb</term> -<listitem><para>share modes & oplocks</para></listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry><term>login_cache.tdb*</term> -<listitem><para>bad pw attempts</para></listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry><term>messages.tdb</term> -<listitem><para>Samba messaging system</para></listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry><term>netsamlogon_cache.tdb*</term> -<listitem><para>cache of user net_info_3 struct from net_samlogon() request (as a domain member)</para></listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry><term>ntdrivers.tdb*</term> -<listitem><para>installed printer drivers</para></listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry><term>ntforms.tdb*</term> -<listitem><para>installed printer forms</para></listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry><term>ntprinters.tdb*</term> -<listitem><para>installed printer information</para></listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry><term>printing/</term> -<listitem><para>directory containing tdb per print queue of cached lpq output</para></listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry><term>registry.tdb</term> -<listitem><para>Windows registry skeleton (connect via regedit.exe)</para></listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry><term>sessionid.tdb</term> -<listitem><para>session information (e.g. support for 'utmp = yes')</para></listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry><term>share_info.tdb*</term> -<listitem><para>share acls</para></listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry><term>winbindd_cache.tdb</term> -<listitem><para>winbindd's cache of user lists, etc...</para></listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry><term>winbindd_idmap.tdb*</term> -<listitem><para>winbindd's local idmap db</para></listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry><term>wins.dat*</term> -<listitem><para>wins database when 'wins support = yes'</para></listitem> -</varlistentry> - -</variablelist> - -</refsect1> - -<refsect1> - <title>SIGNALS</title> - - <para>Sending the <command>smbd</command> a SIGHUP will cause it to - reload its <filename>smb.conf</filename> configuration - file within a short period of time.</para> - - <para>To shut down a user's <command>smbd</command> process it is recommended - that <command>SIGKILL (-9)</command> <emphasis>NOT</emphasis> - be used, except as a last resort, as this may leave the shared - memory area in an inconsistent state. The safe way to terminate - an <command>smbd</command> is to send it a SIGTERM (-15) signal and wait for - it to die on its own.</para> - - <para>The debug log level of <command>smbd</command> may be raised - or lowered using <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbcontrol</refentrytitle> - <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> program (SIGUSR[1|2] signals are no longer - used since Samba 2.2). This is to allow transient problems to be diagnosed, - whilst still running at a normally low log level.</para> - - <para>Note that as the signal handlers send a debug write, - they are not re-entrant in <command>smbd</command>. This you should wait until - <command>smbd</command> is in a state of waiting for an incoming SMB before - issuing them. It is possible to make the signal handlers safe - by un-blocking the signals before the select call and re-blocking - them after, however this would affect performance.</para> -</refsect1> - -<refsect1> - <title>SEE ALSO</title> - <para><citerefentry><refentrytitle>hosts_access</refentrytitle> - <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>inetd</refentrytitle> - <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>nmbd</refentrytitle> - <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smb.conf</refentrytitle> - <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbclient</refentrytitle> - <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>testparm</refentrytitle> - <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>testprns</refentrytitle> - <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, and the - Internet RFC's <filename>rfc1001.txt</filename>, <filename>rfc1002.txt</filename>. - In addition the CIFS (formerly SMB) specification is available - as a link from the Web page <ulink noescape="1" url="http://samba.org/cifs/"> - http://samba.org/cifs/</ulink>.</para> -</refsect1> - -<refsect1> - <title>AUTHOR</title> - - <para>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.</para> - - <para>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 <ulink url="ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/"> - ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/</ulink>) 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.</para> -</refsect1> - -</refentry> |