samba

Name

samba — A Windows SMB/CIFS fileserver for UNIX

Synopsis

Samba

DESCRIPTION

The Samba software suite is a collection of programs - that implements the Server Message Block (commonly abbreviated - as SMB) protocol for UNIX systems. This protocol is sometimes - also referred to as the Common Internet File System (CIFS). For a - more thorough description, see - http://www.ubiqx.org/cifs/. Samba also implements the NetBIOS - protocol in nmbd.

smbd(8): The smbd daemon provides the file and print services to - SMB clients, such as Windows 95/98, Windows NT, Windows - for Workgroups or LanManager. The configuration file - for this daemon is described in smb.conf(5) -
nmbd(8): The nmbd - daemon provides NetBIOS nameservice and browsing - support. The configuration file for this daemon - is described in smb.conf(5)
smbclient(1): The smbclient - program implements a simple ftp-like client. This - is useful for accessing SMB shares on other compatible - servers (such as Windows NT), and can also be used - to allow a UNIX box to print to a printer attached to - any SMB server (such as a PC running Windows NT).
testparm(1): The testparm - utility is a simple syntax checker for Samba's smb.conf(5) configuration file.
testprns(1): The testprns - utility supports testing printer names defined - in your printcap file used - by Samba.
smbstatus(1): The smbstatus - tool provides access to information about the - current connections to smbd.
nmblookup(1): The nmblookup - tools allows NetBIOS name queries to be made - from a UNIX host.
smbgroupedit(8): The smbgroupedit - tool allows for mapping unix groups to NT Builtin, - Domain, or Local groups. Also it allows setting - priviledges for that group, such as saAddUser, etc.
smbpasswd(8): The smbpasswd - command is a tool for changing LanMan and Windows NT - password hashes on Samba and Windows NT servers.
smbcacls(1): The smbcacls command is - a tool to set ACL's on remote CIFS servers.
smbsh(1): The smbsh command is - a program that allows you to run a unix shell with - with an overloaded VFS.
smbtree(1): The smbtree command - is a text-based network neighborhood tool.
smbtar(1): The smbtar can make - backups of data on CIFS/SMB servers.
smbspool(8): smbspool is a - helper utility for printing on printers connected - to CIFS servers.
smbcontrol(1): smbcontrol is a utility - that can change the behaviour of running samba daemons. -
rpcclient(1): rpcclient is a utility - that can be used to execute RPC commands on remote - CIFS servers.
pdbedit(8): The pdbedit command - can be used to maintain the local user database on - a samba server.
findsmb(1): The findsmb command - can be used to find SMB servers on the local network. -
net(8): The net command - is supposed to work similar to the DOS/Windows - NET.EXE command.
swat(8): swat is a web-based - interface to configuring smb.conf. -
winbindd(8): winbindd is a daemon - that is used for integrating authentication and - the user database into unix.
wbinfo(1): wbinfo is a utility - that retrieves and stores information related to winbind. -
editreg(1): editreg is a command-line - utility that can edit windows registry files. -
profiles(1): profiles is a command-line - utility that can be used to replace all occurences of - a certain SID with another SID. -
log2pcap(1): log2pcap is a utility - for generating pcap trace files from Samba log - files.
vfstest(1): vfstest is a utility - that can be used to test vfs modules.
ntlm_auth(1): ntlm_auth is a helper-utility - for external programs wanting to do NTLM-authentication. -
smbmount(8), smbumount(8), smbmount(8): smbmount,smbmnt and smbmnt are commands that can be used to - mount CIFS/SMB shares on Linux. -
smbcquotas(1): smbcquotas is a tool that - can set remote QUOTA's on server with NTFS 5.

COMPONENTS

The Samba suite is made up of several components. Each - component is described in a separate manual page. It is strongly - recommended that you read the documentation that comes with Samba - and the manual pages of those components that you use. If the - manual pages and documents aren't clear enough then please visit - http://devel.samba.org - for information on how to file a bug report or submit a patch.

If you require help, visit the Samba webpage at - http://www.samba.org/ and - explore the many option available to you. -

AVAILABILITY

The Samba software suite is licensed under the - GNU Public License(GPL). A copy of that license should - have come with the package in the file COPYING. You are - encouraged to distribute copies of the Samba suite, but - please obey the terms of this license.

The latest version of the Samba suite can be - obtained via anonymous ftp from samba.org in the - directory pub/samba/. It is also available on several - mirror sites worldwide.

You may also find useful information about Samba - on the newsgroup - comp.protocol.smb and the Samba mailing - list. Details on how to join the mailing list are given in - the README file that comes with Samba.

If you have access to a WWW viewer (such as Mozilla - or Konqueror) then you will also find lots of useful information, - including back issues of the Samba mailing list, at - http://lists.samba.org.

VERSION

This man page is correct for version 3.0 of the - Samba suite.

CONTRIBUTIONS

If you wish to contribute to the Samba project, - then I suggest you join the Samba mailing list at - http://lists.samba.org. -

If you have patches to submit, visit - http://devel.samba.org/ - for information on how to do it properly. We prefer patches - in diff -u format.

CONTRIBUTORS

Contributors to the project are now too numerous - to mention here but all deserve the thanks of all Samba - users. To see a full list, look at the - change-log in the source package - for the pre-CVS changes and at - http://cvs.samba.org/ - for the contributors to Samba post-CVS. CVS is the Open Source - source code control system used by the Samba Team to develop - Samba. The project would have been unmanageable without it.

AUTHOR

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.

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/) 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.