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diff --git a/docs/manpages/smbclient.1 b/docs/manpages/smbclient.1 index 5590e01296..8b969ce4d1 100644 --- a/docs/manpages/smbclient.1 +++ b/docs/manpages/smbclient.1 @@ -1,1133 +1,779 @@ -.TH SMBCLIENT 1 17/1/1995 smbclient smbclient +.\" This manpage has been automatically generated by docbook2man-spec +.\" from a DocBook document. docbook2man-spec can be found at: +.\" <http://shell.ipoline.com/~elmert/hacks/docbook2X/> +.\" Please send any bug reports, improvements, comments, patches, +.\" etc. to Steve Cheng <steve@ggi-project.org>. +.TH "SMBCLIENT" "1" "28 January 2002" "" "" .SH NAME -smbclient \- ftp-like Lan Manager client program +smbclient \- ftp-like client to access SMB/CIFS resources on servers .SH SYNOPSIS -.B smbclient -.B servicename -[ -.B password -] [ -.B -A -] [ -.B -E -] [ -.B -L -.I host -] [ -.B -M -.I host -] [ -.B -I -.I IP number -] [ -.B -N -] [ -.B -P -] [ -.B -U -.I username -] [ -.B -d -.I debuglevel -] [ -.B -l -.I log basename -] [ -.B -n -.I netbios name -] [ -.B -O -.I socket options -] [ -.B -p -.I port number -.B -T -.I tar options -.B -D -.I initial directory -] -.SH DESCRIPTION -This program is part of the Samba suite. - -.B smbclient -is a client that can 'talk' to a Lan Manager server. It offers -an interface similar to that of the -.B ftp -program (see -.B ftp(1)). 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 and so on. - -.SH OPTIONS -.B servicename -.RS 3 -.B servicename -is the name of the service you want to use on the server. A service -name takes the form -.B "\\\\\\\\server\\\\service" -where -.B server -is the netbios name of the Lan Manager server offering the desired service and -.B service -is the name of the service offered. Thus to connect to the service "printer" -on the Lan Manager server "lanman", you would use the servicename - -.RS 10 -.B "\\\\\\\\lanman\\\\printer" -.RE - -Note that the server name required is NOT necessarily the host name of the -server! The name required is a Lan Manager server name, which may or may not -be the same as the hostname of the machine running the server. -.RE - -.B password -.RS 3 -.B -password -is the password required to access the specified service on the -specified server. If supplied, the -.B -N -option (suppress password prompt) is assumed. - -There is no default password. If no password is supplied on the command line -(either here or using the -.B -U -option (see below)) and -.B -N -is not specified, the client will prompt for a password, even if the desired -service does not require one. (If prompted for a password and none is +.sp +\fBsmbclient\fR \fBservicename\fR [ \fBpassword\fR ] [ \fB-b <buffer size>\fR ] [ \fB-d debuglevel\fR ] [ \fB-D Directory\fR ] [ \fB-U username\fR ] [ \fB-W workgroup\fR ] [ \fB-M <netbios name>\fR ] [ \fB-m maxprotocol\fR ] [ \fB-A authfile\fR ] [ \fB-N\fR ] [ \fB-l logfile\fR ] [ \fB-L <netbios name>\fR ] [ \fB-I destinationIP\fR ] [ \fB-E <terminal code>\fR ] [ \fB-c <command string>\fR ] [ \fB-i scope\fR ] [ \fB-O <socket options>\fR ] [ \fB-p port\fR ] [ \fB-R <name resolve order>\fR ] [ \fB-s <smb config file>\fR ] [ \fB-T<c|x>IXFqgbNan\fR ] +.SH "DESCRIPTION" +.PP +This tool is part of the Sambasuite. +.PP +\fBsmbclient\fR is a client that can +\&'talk' to an SMB/CIFS server. It offers an interface +similar to that of the ftp program (see \fBftp(1)\fR). +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 +and so on. +.SH "OPTIONS" +.TP +\fBservicename\fR +servicename is the name of the service +you want to use on the server. A service name takes the form +\fI//server/service\fR where \fIserver +\fRis the NetBIOS name of the SMB/CIFS server +offering the desired service and \fIservice\fR +is the name of the service offered. Thus to connect to +the service "printer" on the SMB/CIFS server "smbserver", +you would use the servicename \fI//smbserver/printer +\fR +Note that the server name required is NOT necessarily +the IP (DNS) host name of the server ! The name required is +a NetBIOS server name, which may or may not be the +same as the IP hostname of the machine running the server. + +The server name is looked up according to either +the \fI-R\fR parameter to \fBsmbclient\fR or +using the name resolve order parameter in the \fIsmb.conf\fR file, +allowing an administrator to change the order and methods +by which server names are looked up. +.TP +\fBpassword\fR +The password required to access the specified +service on the specified server. If this parameter is +supplied, the \fI-N\fR option (suppress +password prompt) is assumed. + +There is no default password. If no password is supplied +on the command line (either by using this parameter or adding +a password to the \fI-U\fR option (see +below)) and the \fI-N\fR option is not +specified, the client will prompt for a password, even if +the desired service does not require one. (If no password is required, simply press ENTER to provide a null password.) -Note: Some servers (including OS/2 and Windows for Workgroups) insist -on an uppercase password. Lowercase or mixed case passwords may be -rejected by these servers. +Note: Some servers (including OS/2 and Windows for +Workgroups) insist on an uppercase password. Lowercase +or mixed case passwords may be rejected by these servers. Be cautious about including passwords in scripts. -.RE - -.B -A - -.RS 3 -This parameter, if specified, causes the maximum debug level to be selected. -Be warned that this generates prodigious amounts of debug data. There is also -a security issue involved, as at the maximum debug level cleartext passwords -may be written to some log files. -.RE - -.B -L - -.RS 3 -This option allows you to look at what services are available on a -server. You use it as "smbclient -L host" and a list should appear. -The -I option may be useful if your netbios names don't match your -tcp/ip host names or if you are trying to reach a host on another -network. For example: - -smbclient -L ftp -I ftp.microsoft.com - -will list the shares available on microsofts public server. -.RE - -.B -M - -.RS 3 -This options allows you to send messages, using the "WinPopup" -protocol, to another computer. Once a connection is established you -then type your message, pressing ^D (control-D) to end. - -If the receiving computer is running WinPopup the user will receive -the message and probably a beep. If they are not running WinPopup the -message will be lost, and no error message will occur. - -The message is also automatically truncated if the message is over -1600 bytes, as this is the limit of the protocol. - -One useful trick is to cat the message through smbclient. For example: - -cat mymessage.txt | smbclient -M FRED - -will send the message in the file "mymessage.txt" to the machine FRED. - -You may also find the -U and -I options useful, as they allow you to +.TP +\fB-s smb.conf\fR +Specifies the location of the all important +\fIsmb.conf\fR file. +.TP +\fB-O socket options\fR +TCP socket options to set on the client +socket. See the socket options parameter in the \fI smb.conf (5)\fR manpage for the list of valid +options. +.TP +\fB-R <name resolve order>\fR +This option is used by the programs in the Samba +suite to determine what naming services and in what order to resolve +host names to IP addresses. The option takes a space-separated +string of different name resolution options. + +The options are :"lmhosts", "host", "wins" and "bcast". They +cause names to be resolved as follows : +.RS +.TP 0.2i +\(bu +lmhosts : 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 lmhosts(5)for details) then +any name type matches for lookup. +.TP 0.2i +\(bu +host : Do a standard host +name to IP address resolution, using the system \fI/etc/hosts +\fR, 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 \fI/etc/nsswitch.conf\fR +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. +.TP 0.2i +\(bu +wins : Query a name with +the IP address listed in the \fIwins server\fR +parameter. If no WINS server has +been specified this method will be ignored. +.TP 0.2i +\(bu +bcast : Do a broadcast on +each of the known local interfaces listed in the +\fIinterfaces\fR +parameter. This is the least reliable of the name resolution +methods as it depends on the target host being on a locally +connected subnet. +.RE +.PP +If this parameter is not set then the name resolve order +defined in the \fIsmb.conf\fR file parameter +(name resolve order) will be used. +.PP +.PP +The default order is lmhosts, host, wins, bcast and without +this parameter or any entry in the \fIname resolve order +\fRparameter of the \fIsmb.conf\fR file the name resolution +methods will be attempted in this order. +.PP +.TP +\fB-M NetBIOS name\fR +This options allows you to send messages, using +the "WinPopup" protocol, to another computer. Once a connection is +established you then type your message, pressing ^D (control-D) to +end. + +If the receiving computer is running WinPopup the user will +receive the message and probably a beep. If they are not running +WinPopup the message will be lost, and no error message will +occur. + +The message is also automatically truncated if the message +is over 1600 bytes, as this is the limit of the protocol. + +One useful trick is to cat the message through +\fBsmbclient\fR. For example: \fB cat mymessage.txt | smbclient -M FRED \fR will +send the message in the file \fImymessage.txt\fR +to the machine FRED. + +You may also find the \fI-U\fR and +\fI-I\fR options useful, as they allow you to control the FROM and TO parts of the message. -Samba currently has no way of receiving WinPopup messages. - -Note: Copy WinPopup into the startup group on your WfWg PCs if you -want them to always be able to receive messages. -.RE - -.B -E - -.RS 3 -This parameter, if specified, causes the client to write messages to the -standard error stream (stderr) rather than to the standard output stream. - -By default, the client writes messages to standard output - typically the -user's tty. -.RE - -.B -I -.I IP number - -.RS 3 -.I IP number -represents the IP number of the server to connect to. It should -be specified in standard "a.b.c.d" notation. - -Normally the client will attempt to locate the specified Lan Manager server -by looking it up - that is, broadcasting a request for the given server to -identify itself. Using this parameter will force the client to assume that -the server is on the machine with the specified IP number. - -There is no default for this parameter. If not supplied, it will be determined -automatically by the client as described above. -.RE - -.B -N - -.RS 3 -If specified, this parameter suppresses the normal password prompt from the -client to the user. This is useful when accessing a service that does not -require a password. - -Unless a password is specified on the command line or this parameter is -specified, the client will request a password. -.RE - -.B -O -.I socket options -.RS 3 - -See the socket options section of smb.conf(5) for details - -.RE -.B -P - -.RS 3 -If specified, the service requested will be connected to as a printer service -rather than as a normal filespace service. Operations such as put and get -will not be applicable for such a connection. - -By default, services will be connected to as NON-printer services. -.RE - -.B -U -.I username - -.RS 3 -.I username -is the user name that will be used by the client to make a connection, -assuming your server is running a protocol that allows for usernames. - -Some servers are fussy about the case of this name, and some insist -that it must be a valid netbios name. - -If no -.I username -is supplied, it will default to an uppercase version of the -environment variable -.B USER -or -.B LOGNAME -in that order. -If no -.I username -is supplied and neither environment variable exists the user name will -be empty. - -If the service you are connecting to requires a password, it can be supplied -using the -.B -U -option, by appending a percent symbol ("%") then the password to -.I username. -For example, to attach to a service as user "fred" with password "secret", you -would specify -.B -U -.I fred%secret -on the command line. Note that there are no spaces around the percent symbol. - -If you specify the password as part of -.I username -then the -.B -N -option (suppress password prompt) is assumed. - -If you specify the password as a parameter AND as part of -.I username -then the password as part of -.I username -will take precedence. Putting nothing before or nothing after the percent -symbol will cause an empty username or an empty password to be used, -respectively. - -Note: Some servers (including OS/2 and Windows for Workgroups) insist -on an uppercase password. Lowercase or mixed case passwords may be -rejected by these servers. - -Be cautious about including passwords in scripts. -.RE - -.B -d -.I debuglevel -.RS 3 - -debuglevel is an integer from 0 to 5. - -The default value if this parameter is not specified is zero. - -The higher this value, the more detail will be logged to the log files about -the activities of the client. 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. - -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. -.RE - -.B -l -.I log basename - -.RS 3 -If specified, -.I log basename -specifies a base filename into which operational data from the running client -will be logged. +See the message command parameter in the \fI smb.conf(5)\fR for a description of how to handle incoming +WinPopup messages in Samba. + +\fBNote\fR: Copy WinPopup into the startup group +on your WfWg PCs if you want them to always be able to receive +messages. +.TP +\fB-i scope\fR +This specifies a NetBIOS scope that smbclient will +use to communicate with when generating NetBIOS names. For details +on the use of NetBIOS scopes, see \fIrfc1001.txt\fR +and \fIrfc1002.txt\fR. +NetBIOS scopes are \fBvery\fR rarely used, only set +this parameter if you are the system administrator in charge of all +the NetBIOS systems you communicate with. +.TP +\fB-N\fR +If specified, this parameter suppresses the normal +password prompt from the client to the user. This is useful when +accessing a service that does not require a password. + +Unless a password is specified on the command line or +this parameter is specified, the client will request a +password. +.TP +\fB-n NetBIOS name\fR +By default, the client will use the local +machine's hostname (in uppercase) as its NetBIOS name. This parameter +allows you to override the host name and use whatever NetBIOS +name you wish. +.TP +\fB-d debuglevel\fR +\fIdebuglevel\fR is an integer from 0 to 10, or +the letter 'A'. + +The default value if this parameter is not specified +is zero. + +The higher this value, the more detail will be logged to +the log files about the activities of the +client. 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. + +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. If \fIdebuglevel\fR is set to the letter 'A', then \fBall +\fRdebug messages will be printed. This setting +is for developers only (and people who \fBreally\fR want +to know how the code works internally). + +Note that specifying this parameter here will override +the log level parameter in the \fIsmb.conf (5)\fR +file. +.TP +\fB-p port\fR +This number is the TCP port number that will be used +when making connections to the server. The standard (well-known) +TCP port number for an SMB/CIFS server is 139, which is the +default. +.TP +\fB-l logfilename\fR +If specified, \fIlogfilename\fR specifies a base filename +into which operational data from the running client will be +logged. The default base name is specified at compile time. -The base name is used to generate actual log file names. For example, if the -name specified was "log", the following files would be used for log data: - -.RS 3 -log.client.debug (containing debugging information) - -log.client.in (containing inbound transaction data) - -log.client.out (containing outbound transaction data) -.RE - -The log files generated are never removed by the client. -.RE -.RE - -.B -n -.I netbios name - -.RS 3 -By default, the client will use the local machine's hostname (in -uppercase) as its netbios name. This parameter allows you to override -the host name and use whatever netbios name you wish. -.RE - -.B -p -.I port number -.RS 3 - -port number is a positive integer value. - -The default value if this parameter is not specified is 139. - -This number is the port number that will be used when making connections to -the server. The standard (well-known) port number for the server is 139, -hence the default. - -This parameter is not normally specified. - -.B -T -.I tar options -.RS3 - -where tar options are one or more of c,x,I,X,b,g,N or a; used as: -.LP -smbclient -.B "\\\\\\\\server\\\\share" -\-TcxIXbgNa -[ -.IR blocksize -] -[ -.IR newer-file -] -.IR tarfile -[ -.IR filenames.... -] - -.RS3 -.B c -Create a tar file on UNIX. Must be followed by the name of a tar file, -tape device or "-" for standard output. (May be useful to set debugging -low (-d0)) to avoid corrupting your tar file if using "-"). Mutually -exclusive with the x flag. - -.B x -Extract (restore) a local tar file back to a share. Unless the -D -option is given, the tar files will be restored from the top level of -the share. Must be followed by the name of the tar file, device or "-" -for standard input. Mutually exclusive with the c flag. - -.B I -Include files and directories. Is the default behaviour when -.IR filenames -are specified above. Causes tar files to be included in an extract or create -(and therefore everything else to be excluded). See example below. -Filename globbing does not work for included files for extractions (yet). - -.B X -Exclude files and directories. Causes tar files to be excluded from -an extract or create. See example below. -Filename globbing does not work for excluded files (yet). - -.B b -Blocksize. Must be followed by a valid (greater than zero) blocksize. -Causes tar file to be written out in blocksize*TBLOCK (usually 512 byte) -blocks. - -.B g -Incremental. Only back up files that have the archive bit set. Useful -only with the c flag. - -.B N -Newer than. Must be followed by the name of a file whose date is -compared against files found on the share during a create. Only files -newer than the file specified are backed up to the tar file. Useful -only with the c flag. - -.B a -Set archive bit. Causes the archive bit to be reset when a file is backed -up. Useful with the g (and c) flags. -.LP - -.B Examples - -smbclient \\\\mypc\\myshare "" -N -Tx backup.tar - -Restore from tar file backup.tar into myshare on mypc (no password on share). - -smbclient \\\\mypc\\myshare "" -N -TXx backup.tar users/docs - -Restore everything except users/docs - -smbclient \\\\mypc\\myshare "" -N -Tc backup.tar users/docs - -Create a tar file of the files beneath users/docs. - -.RE - -.B -D -.I initial directory - -.RS3 - -Change to initial directory before starting. Probably only of any use -with the tar (\-T) option. - - -.RE - -.SH OPERATIONS -Once the client is running, the user is presented with a prompt, "smb: \\>". -The backslash ("\\") indicates the current working directory on the server, -and will change if the current working directory is changed. - -The prompt indicates that the client is ready and waiting to carry out a user -command. Each command is a single word, optionally followed by parameters -specific to that command. Command and parameters are space-delimited unless -these notes specifically state otherwise. All commands are case-insensitive. -Parameters to commands may or may not be case sensitive, depending on the -command. - -You can specify file names which have spaces in them by quoting the -name with double quotes, for example "a long file name". - -Parameters shown in square brackets (eg., "[parameter]") are optional. If not -given, the command will use suitable defaults. Parameters shown in angle -brackets (eg., "<parameter>") are required. - -Note that all commands operating on the server are actually performed by -issuing a request to the server. Thus the behaviour may vary from server to -server, depending on how the server was implemented. - -The commands available are given here in alphabetical order. - -.B ? -.RS 3 -.B Parameters: -.RS 3 -.I [command] - -.RE -.B Description: -.RS 3 -If -.I command -is specified, the -.B ? -command will display a brief informative message about the specified command. - -If no command is specified, a list of available commands will be displayed. -.RE -.RE - -.B ! -.RS 3 -.B Parameters: -.RS 3 -.I [shell command] - -.RE -.B Description: -.RS 3 -If -.I shell command -is specified, the -.B ! -command will execute a shell locally and run the specified shell command. If -no command is specified, a shell will be run. -.RE -.RE - -.B cd -.RS 3 -.B Parameters: -.RS 3 -.I [directory name] - -.RE -.B Description: -.RS 3 -If -.I directory name -is specified, the current working directory -.B on the server -will be changed to the directory specified. This operation will fail if for -any reason the specified directory is inaccessible. - -If no directory name is specified, the current working directory -.B on the server -will be reported. -.RE -.RE - -.B del -.RS 3 -.B Parameters: -.RS 3 -.I <mask> - -.RE -.B Description: -.RS 3 -The client will request that the server attempt to delete all files matching -.I mask -from the current working directory -.B on the server. -.RE -.RE - -.B dir -.RS 3 -.B Parameters: -.RS 3 -.I <mask> - -.RE -.B Description: -.RS 3 -A list of the files matching -.I mask -in the current working directory -.B on the server -will be retrieved from the server and displayed. -.RE -.RE - -.B exit -.RS 3 -.B Parameters: -.RS 3 -None. - -.RE -.B Description: -.RS 3 -Terminate the connection with the server and exit from the program. -.RE -.RE - -.B get -.RS 3 -.B Parameters: -.RS 3 -.I <remote file name> [local file name] - -.RE -.B Description: -.RS 3 -Copy the file called -.I remote file name -from the server to the machine running the client. If specified, name the -local copy -.I local file name. -Note that all transfers in smbclient are binary. See also the -.B lowercase -command. -.RE -.RE - -.B help -.RS 3 -.B Parameters: -.RS 3 -.I [command] - -.RE -.B Description: -.RS 3 -See the -.B ? -command above. -.RE -.RE - -.B lcd -.RS 3 -.B Parameters: -.RS 3 -.I [directory name] - -.RE -.B Description: -.RS 3 -If -.I directory name -is specified, the current working directory -.B on the local machine -will be changed to the directory specified. This operation will fail if for -any reason the specified directory is inaccessible. - -If no directory name is specified, the name of the current working directory -.B on the local machine -will be reported. -.RE -.RE - -.B lowercase -.RS 3 -.B Parameters: -.RS 3 -None. - -.RE -.B Description: -.RS 3 -Toggle lowercasing of filenames for the -.B get -and -.B mget -commands. - -When lowercasing is toggled ON, local filenames are converted to lowercase -when using the -.B get -and -.B mget -commands. This is often useful when copying (say) MSDOS files from a server, -because lowercase filenames are the norm on Unix systems. -.RE -.RE - -.B ls -.RS 3 -.B Parameters: -.RS 3 -.I <mask> - -.RE -.B Description: -.RS 3 -See the -.B dir -command above. -.RE -.RE - -.B mask -.RS 3 -.B Parameters: -.RS 3 -.I <mask> - -.RE -.B Description: -.RS 3 -This command allows the user to set up a mask which will be used during -recursive operation of the -.B mget -and -.B mput -commands. - -The masks specified to the -.B mget -and -.B mput -commands act as filters for directories -rather than files when recursion is toggled ON. - -The mask specified with the -.B mask -command is necessary to filter files within those directories. For example, -if the mask specified in an -.B mget -command is "source*" -.I and -the mask specified with the -.B mask -command is "*.c" -.I and -recursion is toggled ON, the -.B mget -command will retrieve all files matching "*.c" in all directories below -and including all directories matching "source*" in the current working -directory. - -Note that the value for -.I mask -defaults to blank (equivalent to "*") and remains so until the -.B mask -command is used to change it. It retains the most recently specified value -indefinitely. To avoid unexpected results it would be wise to change the -value of -.I mask -back to "*" after using the -.B mget -or -.B mput -commands. -.RE -.RE - -.B md -.RS 3 -.B Parameters: -.RS 3 -.I <directory name> - -.RE -.B Description: -.RS 3 -See the -.B mkdir -command. -.RE -.RE - -.B mget -.RS 3 -.B Parameters: -.RS 3 -.I <mask> - -.RE -.B Description: -.RS 3 -Copy all files matching -.I mask -from the server to the machine running the client. - -Note that -.I mask -is interpreted differently during recursive operation and non-recursive -operation - refer to the -.B recurse -and -.B mask -commands for more information. Note that all transfers in smbclient are -binary. See also the -.B lowercase -command. -.RE -.RE - -.B mkdir -.RS 3 -.B Parameters: -.RS 3 -.I <directory name> - -.RE -.B Description: -.RS 3 -Create a new directory -.B on the server -(user access privileges permitting) with the specified name. -.RE -.RE - -.B mput -.RS 3 -.B Parameters: -.RS 3 -.I <mask> - -.RE -.B Description: -.RS 3 -Copy all files matching -.I mask -in the current working directory -.B on the local machine -to the current working directory on the server. - -Note that -.I mask -is interpreted differently during recursive operation and non-recursive -operation - refer to the -.B recurse -and -.B mask -commands for more information. Note that all transfers in smbclient are -binary. -.RE -.RE - -.B print -.RS 3 -.B Parameters: -.RS 3 -.I <file name> - -.RE -.B Description: -.RS 3 -Print the specified file -.B from the local machine -through a printable service on the server. - -See also the -.B printmode -command. -.RE -.RE - -.B printmode -.RS 3 -.B Parameters: -.RS 3 -.I <graphics or text> - -.RE -.B Description: -.RS 3 -Set the print mode to suit either binary data (such as graphical information) -or text. Subsequent -.B print -commands will use the currently set print mode. -.RE -.RE - -.B prompt -.RS 3 -.B Parameters: -.RS 3 -None. - -.RE -.B Description: -.RS 3 -Toggle prompting for filenames during operation of the -.B mget -and -.B mput -commands. - -When toggled ON, the user will be prompted to confirm the transfer of each -file during these commands. When toggled OFF, all specified files will be -transferred without prompting. -.RE -.RE - -.B put -.RS 3 -.B Parameters: -.RS 3 -.I <local file name> [remote file name] - -.RE -.B Description: -.RS 3 -Copy the file called -.I local file name -from the machine running the client to the server. If specified, name the -remote copy -.I remote file name. -Note that all transfers in smbclient are binary. See also the -.B lowercase -command. -.RE -.RE - -.B queue -.RS 3 -.B Parameters: -.RS 3 -None. - -.RE -.B Description: -.RS 3 -Displays the print queue, showing the job id, name, size and current status. -.RE -.RE - -.B quit -.RS 3 -.B Parameters: -.RS 3 -None. - -.RE -.B Description: -.RS 3 -See the -.B exit -command. -.RE -.RE - -.B rd -.RS 3 -.B Parameters: -.RS 3 -.I <directory name> - -.RE -.B Description: -.RS 3 -See the -.B rmdir -command. -.RE -.RE - -.B recurse -.RS 3 -.B Parameters: -.RS 3 -None. - -.RE -.B Description: -.RS 3 -Toggle directory recursion for the commands -.B mget -and -.B mput -. - -When toggled ON, these commands will process all directories in the source -directory (ie., the directory they are copying -.I from -) and will recurse into any that match the mask specified to the command. Only -files that match the mask specified using the -.B mask -command will be retrieved. See also the -.mask -command. - -When recursion is toggled OFF, only files from the current working -directory on the source machine that match the mask specified to the -.B mget -or -.B mput -commands will be copied, and any mask specified using the -.B mask -command will be ignored. -.RE -.RE - -.B rm -.RS 3 -.B Parameters: -.RS 3 -.I <mask> - -.RE -.B Description: -.RS 3 -Remove all files matching -.I mask -from the current working directory -.B on the server. -.RE -.RE - -.B rmdir -.RS 3 -.B Parameters: -.RS 3 -.I <directory name> - -.RE -.B Description: -.RS 3 -Remove the specified directory (user access privileges permitting) -.B from the server. -.RE -.RE - -.B tar -.RS 3 -.B Parameters: -.RS 3 -.I <c|x>[IXbgNa] - -.RE -.B Description: -.RS 3 -Performs a tar operation - see -T command line option above. Behaviour -may be affected by the -.B tarmode -command (see below). Using the g (incremental) and N (newer) will affect -tarmode settings. Note that using the "-" option with tar x may not -work - use the command line option instead. -.RE -.RE - -.B blocksize -.RS 3 -.B Parameters -.RS 3 -.I <blocksize> - -.RE -.B Description -.RS 3 -Blocksize. Must be followed by a valid (greater than zero) blocksize. -Causes tar file to be written out in blocksize*TBLOCK (usually 512 byte) -blocks. -.RE -.RE - -.B tarmode -.RS 3 -.B Parameters -.RS 3 -.I <full|inc|reset|noreset> - -.RE -.B Description -.RS 3 -Changes tar's behaviour with regard to archive bits. In full mode, -tar will back up everything regardless of the archive bit setting (this -is the default mode). In incremental mode, tar will only back up files -with the archive bit set. In reset mode, tar will reset the archive bit -on all files it backs up (implies read/write share). -.RE -.RE - -.B setmode -.RS 3 -.B Parameters -.RS 3 -.I <filename> <perm=[+|-]rsha> - -.RE -.B Description -.RS 3 -A version of the DOS attrib command to set file permissions. For example, - -setmode myfile +r - -would make myfile read only. -.RE -.RE - -.SH NOTES -Some servers are fussy about the case of supplied usernames, passwords, share -names (aka service names) and machine names. If you fail to connect try -giving all parameters in uppercase. - -It is often necessary to use the -.B -n -option when connecting to some types -of servers. For example OS/2 LanManager insists on a valid netbios name -being used, so you need to supply a valid name that would be known to -the server. - -.B smbclient -supports long file names where the server supports the LANMAN2 -protocol. - -.SH FILES -Not applicable. - -.SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES -.B USER -.RS 3 -The variable USER may contain the username of the person using the client. -This information is used only if the protocol level is high enough to support +The base name is used to generate actual log file names. +For example, if the name specified was "log", the debug file +would be \fIlog.client\fR. + +The log file generated is never removed by the client. +.TP +\fB-h\fR +Print the usage message for the client. +.TP +\fB-I IP-address\fR +\fIIP address\fR is the address of the server to connect to. +It should be specified in standard "a.b.c.d" notation. + +Normally the client would attempt to locate a named +SMB/CIFS server by looking it up via the NetBIOS name resolution +mechanism described above in the \fIname resolve order\fR +parameter above. Using this parameter will force the client +to assume that the server is on the machine with the specified IP +address and the NetBIOS name component of the resource being +connected to will be ignored. + +There is no default for this parameter. If not supplied, +it will be determined automatically by the client as described +above. +.TP +\fB-E\fR +This parameter causes the client to write messages +to the standard error stream (stderr) rather than to the standard +output stream. + +By default, the client writes messages to standard output +- typically the user's tty. +.TP +\fB-U username[%pass]\fR +Sets the SMB username or username and password. +If %pass is not specified, The user will be prompted. The client +will first check the \fBUSER\fR environment variable, then the +\fBLOGNAME\fR variable and if either exists, the +string is uppercased. Anything in these variables following a '%' +sign will be treated as the password. If these environment +variables are not found, the username GUEST +is used. + +If the password is not included in these environment +variables (using the %pass syntax), \fBsmbclient\fR will look for +a \fBPASSWD\fR environment variable from which +to read the password. + +A third option is to use a credentials file which +contains the plaintext of the domain name, username and password. This +option is mainly provided for scripts where the admin doesn't +wish to pass the credentials on the command line or via environment +variables. If this method is used, make certain that the permissions +on the file restrict access from unwanted users. See the +\fI-A\fR for more details. + +Be cautious about including passwords in scripts or in +the \fBPASSWD\fR environment variable. Also, on +many systems the command line of a running process may be seen +via the \fBps\fR command to be safe always allow +\fBsmbclient\fR to prompt for a password and type +it in directly. +.TP +\fB-A filename\fR +This option allows +you to specify a file from which to read the username, domain name, and +password used in the connection. The format of the file is + +.sp +.nf +username = <value> +password = <value> +domain = <value> + +.sp +.fi + +If the domain parameter is missing the current workgroup name +is used instead. Make certain that the permissions on the file restrict +access from unwanted users. +.TP +\fB-L\fR +This option allows you to look at what services +are available on a server. You use it as \fBsmbclient -L +host\fR and a list should appear. The \fI-I +\fRoption may be useful if your NetBIOS names don't +match your TCP/IP DNS host names or if you are trying to reach a +host on another network. +.TP +\fB-t terminal code\fR +This option tells \fBsmbclient\fR how to interpret +filenames coming from the remote server. Usually Asian language +multibyte UNIX implementations use different character sets than +SMB/CIFS servers (\fBEUC\fR instead of \fB SJIS\fR for example). Setting this parameter will let +\fBsmbclient\fR convert between the UNIX filenames and +the SMB filenames correctly. This option has not been seriously tested +and may have some problems. + +The terminal codes include CWsjis, CWeuc, CWjis7, CWjis8, +CWjunet, CWhex, CWcap. This is not a complete list, check the Samba +source code for the complete list. +.TP +\fB-b buffersize\fR +This option changes the transmit/send buffer +size when getting or putting a file from/to the server. The default +is 65520 bytes. Setting this value smaller (to 1200 bytes) has been +observed to speed up file transfers to and from a Win9x server. +.TP +\fB-W WORKGROUP\fR +Override the default workgroup specified in the +workgroup parameter of the \fIsmb.conf\fR file +for this connection. This may be needed to connect to some +servers. +.TP +\fB-T tar options\fR +smbclient may be used to create \fBtar(1) +\fRcompatible backups of all the files on an SMB/CIFS +share. The secondary tar flags that can be given to this option +are : +.RS +.TP 0.2i +\(bu +\fIc\fR - Create a tar file on UNIX. +Must be followed by the name of a tar file, tape device +or "-" for standard output. If using standard output you must +turn the log level to its lowest value -d0 to avoid corrupting +your tar file. This flag is mutually exclusive with the +\fIx\fR flag. +.TP 0.2i +\(bu +\fIx\fR - Extract (restore) a local +tar file back to a share. Unless the -D option is given, the tar +files will be restored from the top level of the share. Must be +followed by the name of the tar file, device or "-" for standard +input. Mutually exclusive with the \fIc\fR flag. +Restored files have their creation times (mtime) set to the +date saved in the tar file. Directories currently do not get +their creation dates restored properly. +.TP 0.2i +\(bu +\fII\fR - Include files and directories. +Is the default behavior when filenames are specified above. Causes +tar files to be included in an extract or create (and therefore +everything else to be excluded). See example below. Filename globbing +works in one of two ways. See r below. +.TP 0.2i +\(bu +\fIX\fR - Exclude files and directories. +Causes tar files to be excluded from an extract or create. See +example below. Filename globbing works in one of two ways now. +See \fIr\fR below. +.TP 0.2i +\(bu +\fIb\fR - Blocksize. Must be followed +by a valid (greater than zero) blocksize. Causes tar file to be +written out in blocksize*TBLOCK (usually 512 byte) blocks. +.TP 0.2i +\(bu +\fIg\fR - Incremental. Only back up +files that have the archive bit set. Useful only with the +\fIc\fR flag. +.TP 0.2i +\(bu +\fIq\fR - Quiet. Keeps tar from printing +diagnostics as it works. This is the same as tarmode quiet. +.TP 0.2i +\(bu +\fIr\fR - Regular expression include +or exclude. Uses regular expression matching for +excluding or excluding files if compiled with HAVE_REGEX_H. +However this mode can be very slow. If not compiled with +HAVE_REGEX_H, does a limited wildcard match on '*' and '?'. +.TP 0.2i +\(bu +\fIN\fR - Newer than. Must be followed +by the name of a file whose date is compared against files found +on the share during a create. Only files newer than the file +specified are backed up to the tar file. Useful only with the +\fIc\fR flag. +.TP 0.2i +\(bu +\fIa\fR - Set archive bit. Causes the +archive bit to be reset when a file is backed up. Useful with the +\fIg\fR and \fIc\fR flags. +.RE +.PP +\fBTar Long File Names\fR +.PP +.PP +\fBsmbclient\fR's tar option now supports long +file names both on backup and restore. However, the full path +name of the file must be less than 1024 bytes. Also, when +a tar archive is created, \fBsmbclient\fR's tar option places all +files in the archive with relative names, not absolute names. +.PP +.PP +\fBTar Filenames\fR +.PP +.PP +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). +.PP +.PP +\fBExamples\fR +.PP +.PP +Restore from tar file \fIbackup.tar\fR into myshare on mypc +(no password on share). +.PP +.PP +\fBsmbclient //mypc/yshare "" -N -Tx backup.tar +\fR.PP +.PP +Restore everything except \fIusers/docs\fR +.PP +.PP +\fBsmbclient //mypc/myshare "" -N -TXx backup.tar +users/docs\fR +.PP +.PP +Create a tar file of the files beneath \fI users/docs\fR. +.PP +.PP +\fBsmbclient //mypc/myshare "" -N -Tc +backup.tar users/docs \fR +.PP +.PP +Create the same tar file as above, but now use +a DOS path name. +.PP +.PP +\fBsmbclient //mypc/myshare "" -N -tc backup.tar +users\\edocs \fR +.PP +.PP +Create a tar file of all the files and directories in +the share. +.PP +.PP +\fBsmbclient //mypc/myshare "" -N -Tc backup.tar * +\fR.PP +.TP +\fB-D initial directory\fR +Change to initial directory before starting. Probably +only of any use with the tar -T option. +.TP +\fB-c command string\fR +command string is a semicolon-separated list of +commands to be executed instead of prompting from stdin. \fI -N\fR is implied by \fI-c\fR. + +This is particularly useful in scripts and for printing stdin +to the server, e.g. \fB-c 'print -'\fR. +.SH "OPERATIONS" +.PP +Once the client is running, the user is presented with +a prompt : +.PP +smb:\\> +.PP +The backslash ("\\") indicates the current working directory +on the server, and will change if the current working directory +is changed. +.PP +The prompt indicates that the client is ready and waiting to +carry out a user command. Each command is a single word, optionally +followed by parameters specific to that command. Command and parameters +are space-delimited unless these notes specifically +state otherwise. All commands are case-insensitive. Parameters to +commands may or may not be case sensitive, depending on the command. +.PP +You can specify file names which have spaces in them by quoting +the name with double quotes, for example "a long file name". +.PP +Parameters shown in square brackets (e.g., "[parameter]") are +optional. If not given, the command will use suitable defaults. Parameters +shown in angle brackets (e.g., "<parameter>") are required. +.PP +Note that all commands operating on the server are actually +performed by issuing a request to the server. Thus the behavior may +vary from server to server, depending on how the server was implemented. +.PP +The commands available are given here in alphabetical order. +.TP +\fB? [command]\fR +If \fIcommand\fR is specified, the ? command will display +a brief informative message about the specified command. If no +command is specified, a list of available commands will +be displayed. +.TP +\fB! [shell command]\fR +If \fIshell command\fR is specified, the ! +command will execute a shell locally and run the specified shell +command. If no command is specified, a local shell will be run. +.TP +\fBcd [directory name]\fR +If "directory name" is specified, the current +working directory on the server will be changed to the directory +specified. This operation will fail if for any reason the specified +directory is inaccessible. + +If no directory name is specified, the current working +directory on the server will be reported. +.TP +\fBdel <mask>\fR +The client will request that the server attempt +to delete all files matching \fImask\fR from the current working +directory on the server. +.TP +\fBdir <mask>\fR +A list of the files matching \fImask\fR in the current +working directory on the server will be retrieved from the server +and displayed. +.TP +\fBexit\fR +Terminate the connection with the server and exit +from the program. +.TP +\fBget <remote file name> [local file name]\fR +Copy the file called \fIremote file name\fR from +the server to the machine running the client. If specified, name +the local copy \fIlocal file name\fR. Note that all transfers in +\fBsmbclient\fR are binary. See also the +lowercase command. +.TP +\fBhelp [command]\fR +See the ? command above. +.TP +\fBlcd [directory name]\fR +If \fIdirectory name\fR is specified, the current +working directory on the local machine will be changed to +the directory specified. This operation will fail if for any +reason the specified directory is inaccessible. + +If no directory name is specified, the name of the +current working directory on the local machine will be reported. +.TP +\fBlowercase\fR +Toggle lowercasing of filenames for the get and +mget commands. + +When lowercasing is toggled ON, local filenames are converted +to lowercase when using the get and mget commands. This is +often useful when copying (say) MSDOS files from a server, because +lowercase filenames are the norm on UNIX systems. +.TP +\fBls <mask>\fR +See the dir command above. +.TP +\fBmask <mask>\fR +This command allows the user to set up a mask +which will be used during recursive operation of the mget and +mput commands. + +The masks specified to the mget and mput commands act as +filters for directories rather than files when recursion is +toggled ON. + +The mask specified with the mask command is necessary +to filter files within those directories. For example, if the +mask specified in an mget command is "source*" and the mask +specified with the mask command is "*.c" and recursion is +toggled ON, the mget command will retrieve all files matching +"*.c" in all directories below and including all directories +matching "source*" in the current working directory. + +Note that the value for mask defaults to blank (equivalent +to "*") and remains so until the mask command is used to change it. +It retains the most recently specified value indefinitely. To +avoid unexpected results it would be wise to change the value of +mask back to "*" after using the mget or mput commands. +.TP +\fBmd <directory name>\fR +See the mkdir command. +.TP +\fBmget <mask>\fR +Copy all files matching \fImask\fR from the server to +the machine running the client. + +Note that \fImask\fR is interpreted differently during recursive +operation and non-recursive operation - refer to the recurse and +mask commands for more information. Note that all transfers in +\fBsmbclient\fR are binary. See also the lowercase command. +.TP +\fBmkdir <directory name>\fR +Create a new directory on the server (user access +privileges permitting) with the specified name. +.TP +\fBmput <mask>\fR +Copy all files matching \fImask\fR in the current working +directory on the local machine to the current working directory on +the server. + +Note that \fImask\fR is interpreted differently during recursive +operation and non-recursive operation - refer to the recurse and mask +commands for more information. Note that all transfers in \fBsmbclient\fR +are binary. +.TP +\fBprint <file name>\fR +Print the specified file from the local machine +through a printable service on the server. + +See also the printmode command. +.TP +\fBprintmode <graphics or text>\fR +Set the print mode to suit either binary data +(such as graphical information) or text. Subsequent print +commands will use the currently set print mode. +.TP +\fBprompt\fR +Toggle prompting for filenames during operation +of the mget and mput commands. + +When toggled ON, the user will be prompted to confirm +the transfer of each file during these commands. When toggled +OFF, all specified files will be transferred without prompting. +.TP +\fBput <local file name> [remote file name]\fR +Copy the file called \fIlocal file name\fR from the +machine running the client to the server. If specified, +name the remote copy \fIremote file name\fR. Note that all transfers +in \fBsmbclient\fR are binary. See also the lowercase command. +.TP +\fBqueue\fR +Displays the print queue, showing the job id, +name, size and current status. +.TP +\fBquit\fR +See the exit command. +.TP +\fBrd <directory name>\fR +See the rmdir command. +.TP +\fBrecurse\fR +Toggle directory recursion for the commands mget +and mput. + +When toggled ON, these commands will process all directories +in the source directory (i.e., the directory they are copying +from ) and will recurse into any that match the mask specified +to the command. Only files that match the mask specified using +the mask command will be retrieved. See also the mask command. + +When recursion is toggled OFF, only files from the current +working directory on the source machine that match the mask specified +to the mget or mput commands will be copied, and any mask specified +using the mask command will be ignored. +.TP +\fBrm <mask>\fR +Remove all files matching \fImask\fR from the current +working directory on the server. +.TP +\fBrmdir <directory name>\fR +Remove the specified directory (user access +privileges permitting) from the server. +.TP +\fBtar <c|x>[IXbgNa]\fR +Performs a tar operation - see the \fI-T +\fRcommand line option above. Behavior may be affected +by the tarmode command (see below). Using g (incremental) and N +(newer) will affect tarmode settings. Note that using the "-" option +with tar x may not work - use the command line option instead. +.TP +\fBblocksize <blocksize>\fR +Blocksize. Must be followed by a valid (greater +than zero) blocksize. Causes tar file to be written out in +\fIblocksize\fR*TBLOCK (usually 512 byte) blocks. +.TP +\fBtarmode <full|inc|reset|noreset>\fR +Changes tar's behavior with regard to archive +bits. In full mode, tar will back up everything regardless of the +archive bit setting (this is the default mode). In incremental mode, +tar will only back up files with the archive bit set. In reset mode, +tar will reset the archive bit on all files it backs up (implies +read/write share). +.TP +\fBsetmode <filename> <perm=[+|\\-]rsha>\fR +A version of the DOS attrib command to set +file permissions. For example: + +\fBsetmode myfile +r \fR + +would make myfile read only. +.SH "NOTES" +.PP +Some servers are fussy about the case of supplied usernames, +passwords, share names (AKA service names) and machine names. +If you fail to connect try giving all parameters in uppercase. +.PP +It is often necessary to use the -n option when connecting +to some types of servers. For example OS/2 LanManager insists +on a valid NetBIOS name being used, so you need to supply a valid +name that would be known to the server. +.PP +smbclient supports long file names where the server +supports the LANMAN2 protocol or above. +.SH "ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES" +.PP +The variable \fBUSER\fR may contain the +username of the person using the client. This information is +used only if the protocol level is high enough to support session-level passwords. -.RE - -.SH INSTALLATION -The location of the client program is a matter for individual system -administrators. The following are thus suggestions only. - -It is recommended that the client software be installed under the /usr/local -hierarchy, in a directory readable by all, writeable only by root. The client -program itself should be executable by all. The client should NOT be setuid -or setgid! - -The client log files should be put in a directory readable and writable only -by the user. - -To test the client, you will need to know the name of a running Lan manager -server. It is possible to run the smbd (see -.B smbd(8)) 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. -.SH VERSION -This man page is (mostly) correct for version 1.9.00 of the Samba suite, plus some -of the recent patches to it. These notes will necessarily lag behind -development of the client software, so it is possible that your version of -the client has extensions or parameter semantics that differ from or are not -covered by this man page. Please notify these to the address below for -rectification. -.SH SEE ALSO -.B smbd(8) - -.SH DIAGNOSTICS -[This section under construction] - -Most diagnostics issued by the client are logged in a specified log file. The -log file name is specified at compile time, but may be overridden on the -command line. - -The number and nature of diagnostics available depends on the debug level used -by the client. If you have problems, set the debug level to 3 and peruse the -log files. - -Most messages are reasonably self-explanatory. Unfortunately, at time of -creation of this man page the source code is still too fluid 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. - -.SH BUGS -None known. -.SH CREDITS -The original Samba software and related utilities were created by -Andrew Tridgell (samba-bugs@anu.edu.au). Andrew is also the Keeper -of the Source for this project. - -This man page written by Karl Auer (Karl.Auer@anu.edu.au) - -See -.B smb.conf(5) for a full list of contributors and details on how to -submit bug reports, comments etc. +.PP +The variable \fBPASSWD\fR may contain +the password of the person using the client. This information is +used only if the protocol level is high enough to support +session-level passwords. +.PP +The variable \fBLIBSMB_PROG\fR may contain +the path, executed with system(), which the client should connect +to instead of connecting to a server. This functionality is primarily +intended as a development aid, and works best when using a LMHOSTS +file +.SH "INSTALLATION" +.PP +The location of the client program is a matter for +individual system administrators. The following are thus +suggestions only. +.PP +It is recommended that the smbclient software be installed +in the \fI/usr/local/samba/bin/\fR or \fI /usr/samba/bin/\fR directory, this directory readable +by all, writeable only by root. The client program itself should +be executable by all. The client should \fBNOT\fR be +setuid or setgid! +.PP +The client log files should be put in a directory readable +and writeable only by the user. +.PP +To test the client, you will need to know the name of a +running SMB/CIFS server. It is possible to run \fBsmbd(8) +\fRas 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. +.SH "DIAGNOSTICS" +.PP +Most diagnostics issued by the client are logged in a +specified log file. The log file name is specified at compile time, +but may be overridden on the command line. +.PP +The number and nature of diagnostics available depends +on the debug level used by the client. If you have problems, +set the debug level to 3 and peruse the log files. +.SH "VERSION" +.PP +This man page is correct for version 2.2 of +the Samba suite. +.SH "AUTHOR" +.PP +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. +.PP +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/ <URL: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 |