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diff --git a/docs/docbook/manpages/smbd.8.sgml b/docs/docbook/manpages/smbd.8.sgml index b31d919a12..9fb80901be 100644 --- a/docs/docbook/manpages/smbd.8.sgml +++ b/docs/docbook/manpages/smbd.8.sgml @@ -1,7 +1,5 @@ -<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V4.1//EN" [ -<!ENTITY % globalentities SYSTEM '../global.ent'> %globalentities; -]> -<refentry id="smbd.8"> +<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V4.1//EN"> +<refentry id="smbd"> <refmeta> <refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle> @@ -34,8 +32,7 @@ <refsect1> <title>DESCRIPTION</title> - <para>This program is part of the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>Samba</refentrytitle> - <manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry> suite.</para> + <para>This program is part of the Samba suite.</para> <para><command>smbd</command> is the server daemon that provides filesharing and printing services to Windows clients. @@ -49,14 +46,15 @@ <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 (see <ulink url="smb.conf.5.html"><filename>smb.conf(5) + </filename></ulink>. 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 + implications to running this server, and the <ulink + url="smb.conf.5.html"><filename>smb.conf(5)</filename></ulink> + manpage should be regarded as mandatory reading before proceeding with installation.</para> <para>A session is created whenever a client requests one. @@ -124,8 +122,17 @@ </para></listitem> </varlistentry> - &popt.common.samba; - &stdarg.help; + <varlistentry> + <term>-h</term> + <listitem><para>Prints the help information (usage) + for <command>smbd</command>.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term>-V</term> + <listitem><para>Prints the version number for + <command>smbd</command>.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>-b</term> @@ -134,6 +141,32 @@ </varlistentry> <varlistentry> + <term>-d <debug level></term> + <listitem><para><replaceable>debuglevel</replaceable> is an integer + from 0 to 10. The default value if this parameter is + not specified is zero.</para> + + <para>The higher this value, the more detail will be + logged to the log files about the activities of the + server. At level 0, only critical errors and serious + warnings will be logged. Level 1 is a reasonable level for + day to day running - it generates a small amount of + information about operations carried out.</para> + + <para>Levels above 1 will generate considerable + amounts of log data, and should only be used when + investigating a problem. Levels above 3 are designed for + use only by developers and generate HUGE amounts of log + data, most of which is extremely cryptic.</para> + + <para>Note that specifying this parameter here will + override the <ulink url="smb.conf.5.html#loglevel">log + level</ulink> parameter in the <ulink url="smb.conf.5.html"> + <filename>smb.conf(5)</filename></ulink> file.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> <term>-l <log directory></term> <listitem><para>If specified, <replaceable>log directory</replaceable> @@ -142,9 +175,9 @@ messages from the running server. The log file generated is never removed by the server although its size may be controlled by the <ulink - url="smb.conf.5.html#maxlogsize"><parameter>max log size</parameter></ulink> - option in the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smb.conf</refentrytitle> - <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> file. <emphasis>Beware:</emphasis> + url="smb.conf.5.html#maxlogsize">max log size</ulink> + option in the <ulink url="smb.conf.5.html"><filename> + smb.conf(5)</filename></ulink> file. <emphasis>Beware:</emphasis> If the directory specified does not exist, <command>smbd</command> will log to the default debug log location defined at compile time. </para> @@ -154,6 +187,14 @@ </varlistentry> <varlistentry> + <term>-O <socket options></term> + <listitem><para>See the <ulink + url="smb.conf.5.html#socketoptions">socket options</ulink> + parameter in the <ulink url="smb.conf.5.html"><filename>smb.conf(5) + </filename></ulink> file for details.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> <term>-p <port number></term> <listitem><para><replaceable>port number</replaceable> is a positive integer value. The default value if this parameter is not @@ -177,6 +218,19 @@ <para>This parameter is not normally specified except in the above situation.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term>-s <configuration file></term> + <listitem><para>The file specified contains the + configuration details required by the server. The + information in this file includes server-specific + information such as what printcap file to use, as well + as descriptions of all the services that the server is + to provide. See <ulink url="smb.conf.5.html"><filename> + smb.conf(5)</filename></ulink> for more information. + The default configuration file name is determined at + compile time.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> </variablelist> </refsect1> @@ -189,7 +243,7 @@ <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. See the <ulink url="install.html">"How to Install and Test SAMBA"</ulink> + meta-daemon. See the <ulink url="UNIX_INSTALL.html">UNIX_INSTALL.html</ulink> document for details. </para></listitem> </varlistentry> @@ -201,7 +255,7 @@ <para>If running the server as a daemon at startup, this file will need to contain an appropriate startup - sequence for the server. See the <ulink url="install.html">"How to Install and Test SAMBA"</ulink> + sequence for the server. See the <ulink url="UNIX_INSTALL.html">UNIX_INSTALL.html</ulink> document for details.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> @@ -211,20 +265,21 @@ 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). - See the <ulink url="install.html">"How to Install and Test SAMBA"</ulink> + See the <ulink url="UNIX_INSTALL.html">UNIX_INSTALL.html</ulink> document for details.</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 + <listitem><para>This is the default location of the + <ulink url="smb.conf.5.html"><filename>smb.conf</filename></ulink> + 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> + and <filename>/etc/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> + is to make available to clients. See <ulink url="smb.conf.5.html"> + <filename>smb.conf(5)</filename></ulink> for more information.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> @@ -262,9 +317,9 @@ <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 <ulink url="smb.conf.5.html#OBEYPAMRESRICTIONS"><parameter>obey - pam restricions</parameter></ulink> <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smb.conf</refentrytitle> - <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> paramater. When this is set, the following restrictions apply: + by the limitations of the SMB protocol and the + <ulink url="smb.conf.5.html#OBEYPAMRESRICTIONS">obey pam restricions</ulink> + smb.conf paramater. When this is set, the following restrictions apply: </para> <itemizedlist> @@ -324,9 +379,9 @@ 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, + or lowered using <ulink url="smbcontrol.1.html"><command>smbcontrol(1) + </command></ulink> program (SIGUSR[1|2] signals are no longer used in + 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, @@ -339,15 +394,14 @@ <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>. + <para>hosts_access(5), <command>inetd(8)</command>, + <ulink url="nmbd.8.html"><command>nmbd(8)</command></ulink>, + <ulink url="smb.conf.5.html"><filename>smb.conf(5)</filename> + </ulink>, <ulink url="smbclient.1.html"><command>smbclient(1) + </command></ulink>, <ulink url="testparm.1.html"><command> + testparm(1)</command></ulink>, <ulink url="testprns.1.html"> + <command>testprns(1)</command></ulink>, 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 url="http://samba.org/cifs/"> http://samba.org/cifs/</ulink>.</para> @@ -363,11 +417,11 @@ <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. The conversion to DocBook XML 4.2 for - Samba 3.0 was done by Alexander Bokovoy.</para> + Samba 2.2 was done by Gerald Carter</para> </refsect1> </refentry> |