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.TH "NET" "8" "04 March 2003" "" ""
.SH NAME
net \- Tool for administration of Samba and remote CIFS servers.
.SH SYNOPSIS

\fBnet\fR \fB<ads|rap|rpc>\fR [ \fB-h\fR ] [ \fB-w workgroup\fR ] [ \fB-W myworkgroup\fR ] [ \fB-U user\fR ] [ \fB-I ip-address\fR ] [ \fB-p port\fR ] [ \fB-n myname\fR ] [ \fB-s conffile\fR ] [ \fB-S server\fR ] [ \fB-C comment\fR ] [ \fB-M maxusers\fR ] [ \fB-F flags\fR ] [ \fB-j jobid\fR ] [ \fB-l\fR ] [ \fB-r\fR ] [ \fB-f\fR ] [ \fB-t timeout\fR ] [ \fB-P\fR ] [ \fB-D debuglevel\fR ]

.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
This tool is part of the  Samba suite.
.PP
The samba net utility is meant to work just like the net utility 
available for windows and DOS.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.TP
\fB-h\fR
Display summary of all available options.
.TP
\fB-w target-workgroup\fR
Sets target workgroup or domain. You have to specify either this option or the IP address or the name of a server.
.TP
\fB-W workgroup\fR
Sets client workgroup or domain
.TP
\fB-U user\fR
User name to use
.TP
\fB-I ip-address\fR
IP address of target server to use. You have to specify either this option or a target workgroup or a target server.
.TP
\fB-p port\fR
Port on the target server to connect to.
.TP
\fB-n myname\fR
Sets name of the client.
.TP
\fB-s conffile\fR
Specify alternative configuration file that should be loaded.
.TP
\fB-S server\fR
Name of target server. You should specify either this option or a target workgroup or a target IP address.
.TP
\fB-C comment\fR
FIXME
.TP
\fB-M maxusers\fR
FIXME
.TP
\fB-F flags\fR
FIXME
.TP
\fB-j jobid\fR
FIXME
.TP
\fB-l\fR
FIXME
.TP
\fB-r\fR
FIXME
.TP
\fB-f\fR
FIXME
.TP
\fB-t timeout\fR
FIXME
.TP
\fB-P\fR
Make queries to the external server using the machine account of the local server.
.TP
\fB-D debuglevel\fR
set the debuglevel. Debug level 0 is the lowest
and 100 being the highest. This should be set to 100 if you are
planning on submitting a bug report to the Samba team (see
\fIBUGS.txt\fR).
.SH "TIME"
.PP
The \fBNET TIME\fR command allows you to view the time on a remote server
or synchronise the time on the local server with the time on the remote server.
.TP
\fB\fR
Without any options, the \fBNET TIME\fR command 
displays the time on the remote server.
.TP
\fBSYSTEM\fR
Displays the time on the remote server in a format ready for /bin/date
.TP
\fBSET\fR
Tries to set the date and time of the local server to that on 
the remote server using /bin/date.
.TP
\fBZONE\fR
Displays the timezone in hours from GMT on the remote computer.
.SH "RPC"
.PP
The \fBNET RPC\fR command allows you to do various 
NT4 operations.
.TP
\fBJOIN -U username[%password] [options]\fR
Join a domain with specified username and password. Password 
will be prompted if none is specified.
.TP
\fBJOIN [options except -U]\fR
to join a domain created in server manager
.TP
\fBUSER [misc. options] [targets]\fR
List users
.TP
\fBUSER DELETE <name> [misc options]\fR
delete specified user
.TP
\fBUSER INFO <name> [misc options]\fR
list the domain groups of the specified user
.TP
\fBUSER ADD <name> [password] [-F user flags] [misc. options\fR
Add specified user
.TP
\fBGROUP [misc options] [targets]\fR
List user groups
.TP
\fBGROUP DELETE <name> [misc. options] [targets]\fR
Delete specified group
.TP
\fBGROUP ADD <name> [-C comment]\fR
Create specified group
.TP
\fBSHARE [misc. options] [targets]\fR
enumerates all exported resources (network shares) on target server
.TP
\fBSHARE ADD <name=serverpath> [misc. options] [targets]\fR
Adds a share from a server (makes the export active)
.TP
\fBSHARE DELETE <sharenam\fR
.SH "VERSION"
.PP
This man page is incomplete for version 3.0 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 current set of manpages and documentation is maintained
by the Samba Team in the same fashion as the Samba source code.