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@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@
.\" <http://shell.ipoline.com/~elmert/comp/docbook2X/>
.\" Please send any bug reports, improvements, comments, patches,
.\" etc. to Steve Cheng <steve@ggi-project.org>.
-.TH "SMBSH" "1" "07 april 2003" "" ""
-
+.TH "SMBSH" "1" "04 March 2003" "" ""
.SH NAME
smbsh \- Allows access to Windows NT filesystem using UNIX commands
.SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -13,7 +12,7 @@ smbsh \- Allows access to Windows NT filesystem using UNIX commands
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
-This tool is part of the \fBSamba\fR(7) suite.
+This tool is part of the Samba suite.
.PP
\fBsmbsh\fR allows you to access an NT filesystem
using UNIX commands such as \fBls\fR, \fB egrep\fR, and \fBrcp\fR. You must use a
@@ -23,7 +22,7 @@ to work correctly.
.TP
\fB-W WORKGROUP\fR
Override the default workgroup specified in the
-workgroup parameter of the \fBsmb.conf\fR(5) file
+workgroup parameter of the \fIsmb.conf\fR file
for this session. This may be needed to connect to some
servers.
.TP
@@ -39,75 +38,44 @@ the user to set the directory prefix for SMB access. The
default value if this option is not specified is
\fBsmb\fR.
.TP
-\fB-s <configuration file>\fR
-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 \fIsmb.conf(5)\fR for more information.
-The default configuration file name is determined at
-compile time.
-.TP
-\fB-d|--debug=debuglevel\fR
-\fIdebuglevel\fR is an integer
-from 0 to 10. 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
-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.
-
-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.
-
-Note that specifying this parameter here will
-override the log
-level file.
-.TP
\fB-R <name resolve order>\fR
This option is used 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".
+The options are :"lmhosts", "host", "wins" and "bcast".
They cause names to be resolved as follows :
.RS
.TP 0.2i
\(bu
-lmhosts:
+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 \fBlmhosts\fR(5) for details)
-then any name type matches for lookup.
+(see the lmhosts(5)
+for details) then any name type matches for lookup.
.TP 0.2i
\(bu
-host:
+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
+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:
+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:
+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
@@ -116,12 +84,30 @@ being on a locally connected subnet.
.RE
If this parameter is not set then the name resolve order
-defined in the \fBsmb.conf\fR(5) file parameter
-(\fIname resolve order\fR) will be used.
+defined in the \fIsmb.conf\fR file parameter
+(name resolve order) will be used.
The default order is lmhosts, host, wins, bcast. Without
-this parameter or any entry in the \fIname resolve order\fR parameter of the \fBsmb.conf\fR(5) file, the name resolution methods
-will be attempted in this order.
+this parameter or any entry in the \fIname resolve order
+\fR parameter of the \fIsmb.conf\fR
+file, the name resolution methods will be attempted in this
+order.
+.TP
+\fB-d <debug level>\fR
+debug level is an integer from 0 to 10.
+
+The default value if this parameter is not specified
+is zero.
+
+The higher this value, the more detail will be logged
+about the activities of \fBnmblookup\fR. At level
+0, only critical errors and serious warnings will be logged.
+.TP
+\fB-l logfilename\fR
+If specified causes all debug messages to be
+written to the file specified by \fIlogfilename
+\fR. If not specified then all messages will be
+written to\fIstderr\fR.
.TP
\fB-L libdir\fR
This parameter specifies the location of the
@@ -132,11 +118,13 @@ value is specified at compile time.
To use the \fBsmbsh\fR command, execute \fB smbsh\fR from the prompt and enter the username and password
that authenticates you to the machine running the Windows NT
operating system.
+.PP
.nf
-system% \fBsmbsh\fR
-Username: \fBuser\fR
-Password: \fBXXXXXXX\fR
+ system% \fBsmbsh\fR
+ Username: \fBuser\fR
+ Password: \fBXXXXXXX\fR
+
.fi
.PP
Any dynamically linked command you execute from
@@ -150,7 +138,8 @@ names for that machine. You could then, for example, use the \fB cd\fR command t
edit files, and \fBrcp\fR to copy files.
.SH "VERSION"
.PP
-This man page is correct for version 3.0 of the Samba suite.
+This man page is correct for version 3.0 of
+the Samba suite.
.SH "BUGS"
.PP
\fBsmbsh\fR works by intercepting the standard
@@ -164,7 +153,8 @@ of UNIX have a \fBfile\fR command that will
describe how a program was linked.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
-\fBsmbd\fR(8), \fBsmb.conf\fR(5)
+\fBsmbd(8)\fR
+smb.conf(5)
.SH "AUTHOR"
.PP
The original Samba software and related utilities
@@ -174,7 +164,7 @@ 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
+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. The conversion to DocBook XML 4.2
-for Samba 3.0 was done by Alexander Bokovoy.
+Samba 2.2 was done by Gerald Carter