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.TH "smbcontrol " "1" "29 Sep 2000" "Samba" "SAMBA"
.PP
.SH "NAME"
smbcontrol \- send messages to smbd or nmbd processes
.PP
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.PP
\fBsmbcontrol\fP -i
.PP
\fBsmbcontrol\fP destination message-type parameters
.PP
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
This program is part of the \fBSamba\fP suite\&.
.PP
\fBsmbcontrol\fP is a very small program, which sends messages to a \fBsmbd\fP
or a \fBnmbd\fP daemon running on the system\&.
.PP
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
.IP
.IP "\fB-i\fP"
Run interactively\&. Individual commands of the form
destination message-type parameters
can be entered on STDIN\&. An empty command line will quit the program\&.
.IP
.IP "\fBdestination\fP"
is one of "nmbd", "smbd" or a process ID
.IP
The \fBsmbd\fP destination causes the message to be "broadcast" to all
smbd daemons\&.
.IP
The \fBnmbd\fP destination causes the message to be sent to the nmbd
daemon specified in the \fBnmbd\&.pid\fP file\&.
.IP
If a single process ID is given, the message is sent to only that
process\&.
.IP
.IP "\fBmessage-type\fP"
is one of: debug, force-election, or ping\&.
.IP
The \fBdebug\fP message-type allows the debug level to be set to the value
specified by the parameter\&. This can be sent to any of the destinations\&.
.IP
The \fBforce-election\fP message-type can only be sent to the \fBnmbd\fP
destination\&. This message causes the \fBnmbd\fP daemon to force a
new browse master election\&.
.IP
The \fBping\fP message-type sends the number of "ping" messages specified
by the parameter and waits for the same number of
reply "pong" messages\&. This can be sent to any of the destinations\&.
.IP
.IP "\fBparameters\fP"
is any parameters required for the message-type
.IP
.PP
.SH "VERSION"
.PP
This man page is correct for version 2\&.2\&.0 of the Samba suite\&.
.PP
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
\fBsmbd (8)\fP, \fBnmbd (8)\fP
.PP
.SH "AUTHOR"
.PP
The original Samba software and related utilities were created by
Andrew Tridgell \fIsamba@samba\&.org\fP\&. Samba is now developed
by the Samba Team as an Open Source project similar to the way the
Linux kernel is developed\&.
.PP
This man page source was written in YODL format (another excellent piece of Open
Source software, available at
\fBftp://ftp\&.icce\&.rug\&.nl/pub/unix/\fP)
for the Samba 2\&.2\&.0 release by Herb Lewis\&.
\fIsamba@samba\&.org\fP\&.
.PP
See \fBsamba (7)\fP to find out how to get a full
list of contributors and details on how to submit bug reports,
comments etc\&.
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