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@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V4.1//EN">
-<refentry id="smbclient">
+<refentry id="smbclient.1">
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>smbclient</refentrytitle>
@@ -44,12 +44,13 @@
<refsect1>
<title>DESCRIPTION</title>
- <para>This tool is part of the <ulink url="samba.7.html">
- Samba</ulink> suite.</para>
+ <para>This tool is part of the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>Samba</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry> suite.</para>
<para><command>smbclient</command> is a client that can
'talk' to an SMB/CIFS server. It offers an interface
- similar to that of the ftp program (see <command>ftp(1)</command>).
+ similar to that of the ftp program (see <citerefentry><refentrytitle>ftp</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>).
Operations include things like getting files from the server
to the local machine, putting files from the local machine to
the server, retrieving directory information from the server
@@ -81,7 +82,9 @@
<para>The server name is looked up according to either
the <parameter>-R</parameter> parameter to <command>smbclient</command> or
- using the name resolve order parameter in the <filename>smb.conf</filename> file,
+ using the name resolve order parameter in
+ the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smb.conf</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> file,
allowing an administrator to change the order and methods
by which server names are looked up. </para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -113,15 +116,17 @@
<varlistentry>
<term>-s smb.conf</term>
- <listitem><para>Specifies the location of the all important
- <filename>smb.conf</filename> file. </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Specifies the location of the all
+ important <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smb.conf</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> file. </para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>-O socket options</term>
<listitem><para>TCP socket options to set on the client
- socket. See the socket options parameter in the <filename>
- smb.conf (5)</filename> manpage for the list of valid
+ socket. See the socket options parameter in
+ the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smb.conf</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> manual page for the list of valid
options. </para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -134,44 +139,51 @@
string of different name resolution options.</para>
<para>The options are :"lmhosts", "host", "wins" and "bcast". They
- cause names to be resolved as follows :</para>
+ cause names to be resolved as follows:</para>
<itemizedlist>
- <listitem><para><constant>lmhosts</constant> : Lookup an IP
+ <listitem><para><constant>lmhosts</constant>: Lookup an IP
address in the Samba lmhosts file. If the line in lmhosts has
- no name type attached to the NetBIOS name (see the <ulink
- url="lmhosts.5.html">lmhosts(5)</ulink> for details) then
- any name type matches for lookup.</para></listitem>
-
- <listitem><para><constant>host</constant> : Do a standard host
+ no name type attached to the NetBIOS name (see
+ the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>lmhosts</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> for details) then
+ any name type matches for lookup.</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para><constant>host</constant>: Do a standard host
name to IP address resolution, using the system <filename>/etc/hosts
</filename>, NIS, or DNS lookups. This method of name resolution
is operating system dependent, for instance on IRIX or Solaris this
may be controlled by the <filename>/etc/nsswitch.conf</filename>
file). Note that this method is only used if the NetBIOS name
type being queried is the 0x20 (server) name type, otherwise
- it is ignored.</para></listitem>
-
- <listitem><para><constant>wins</constant> : Query a name with
+ it is ignored.</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para><constant>wins</constant>: Query a name with
the IP address listed in the <parameter>wins server</parameter>
parameter. If no WINS server has
- been specified this method will be ignored.</para></listitem>
-
- <listitem><para><constant>bcast</constant> : Do a broadcast on
+ been specified this method will be ignored.</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para><constant>bcast</constant>: Do a broadcast on
each of the known local interfaces listed in the
<parameter>interfaces</parameter>
parameter. This is the least reliable of the name resolution
methods as it depends on the target host being on a locally
- connected subnet.</para></listitem>
+ connected subnet.</para>
+ </listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>If this parameter is not set then the name resolve order
- defined in the <filename>smb.conf</filename> file parameter
+ defined in the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smb.conf</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> file parameter
(name resolve order) will be used. </para>
<para>The default order is lmhosts, host, wins, bcast and without
this parameter or any entry in the <parameter>name resolve order
- </parameter> parameter of the <filename>smb.conf</filename> file the name resolution
+ </parameter> parameter of the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smb.conf</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> file the name resolution
methods will be attempted in this order. </para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -202,8 +214,8 @@
<parameter>-I</parameter> options useful, as they allow you to
control the FROM and TO parts of the message. </para>
- <para>See the message command parameter in the <filename>
- smb.conf(5)</filename> for a description of how to handle incoming
+ <para>See the <parameter>message command</parameter> parameter in the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smb.conf</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> for a description of how to handle incoming
WinPopup messages in Samba. </para>
<para><emphasis>Note</emphasis>: Copy WinPopup into the startup group
@@ -379,11 +391,11 @@
password used in the connection. The format of the file is
</para>
- <para><programlisting>
+<para><programlisting>
username = &lt;value&gt;
password = &lt;value&gt;
domain = &lt;value&gt;
- </programlisting></para>
+</programlisting></para>
<para>If the domain parameter is missing the current workgroup name
@@ -435,9 +447,9 @@ domain = &lt;value&gt;
<varlistentry>
<term>-W WORKGROUP</term>
<listitem><para>Override the default workgroup (domain) specified
- in the workgroup parameter of the <filename>smb.conf</filename>
- file for this connection. This may be needed to connect to some
- servers. </para></listitem>
+ in the workgroup parameter of the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smb.conf</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> file for this connection. This may be
+ needed to connect to some servers. </para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -519,7 +531,7 @@ domain = &lt;value&gt;
<para><emphasis>Tar Filenames</emphasis></para>
- <para>All file names can be given as DOS path names (with '\'
+ <para>All file names can be given as DOS path names (with '\\'
as the component separator) or as UNIX path names (with '/' as
the component separator). </para>
@@ -587,7 +599,7 @@ domain = &lt;value&gt;
<para><prompt>smb:\&gt; </prompt></para>
- <para>The backslash ("\") indicates the current working directory
+ <para>The backslash ("\\") indicates the current working directory
on the server, and will change if the current working directory
is changed. </para>
@@ -1040,8 +1052,8 @@ domain = &lt;value&gt;
and writeable only by the user. </para>
<para>To test the client, you will need to know the name of a
- running SMB/CIFS server. It is possible to run <command>smbd(8)
- </command> as an ordinary user - running that server as a daemon
+ running SMB/CIFS server. It is possible to run <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> as an ordinary user - running that server as a daemon
on a user-accessible port (typically any port number over 1024)
would provide a suitable test server. </para>
</refsect1>
@@ -1063,8 +1075,7 @@ domain = &lt;value&gt;
<refsect1>
<title>VERSION</title>
- <para>This man page is correct for version 2.2 of
- the Samba suite.</para>
+ <para>This man page is correct for version 2.2 of the Samba suite.</para>
</refsect1>
@@ -1078,11 +1089,11 @@ domain = &lt;value&gt;
<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/">
+ 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</para>
+ 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>