'\" t .\" Title: samba .\" Author: [see the "AUTHOR" section] .\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets vsnapshot .\" Date: 03/11/2024 .\" Manual: Miscellanea .\" Source: Samba 4.20.0rc4 .\" Language: English .\" .TH "SAMBA" "7" "03/11/2024" "Samba 4\&.20\&.0rc4" "Miscellanea" .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * Define some portability stuff .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .\" http://bugs.debian.org/507673 .\" http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2009-02/msg00013.html .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq .el .ds Aq ' .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * set default formatting .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" disable hyphenation .nh .\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only) .ad l .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE * .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .SH "NAME" samba \- A Windows AD and SMB/CIFS fileserver for UNIX .SH "SYNOPSIS" .HP \w'\ 'u samba .SH "DESCRIPTION" .PP The Samba software suite is a collection of programs that implements the Server Message Block (commonly abbreviated as SMB) protocol for UNIX systems and provides Active Directory services\&. The first version of the SMB 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\&. .PP \fBsamba\fR(8) .RS 4 The samba daemon provides the Active Directory services and file and print services to SMB clients\&. The configuration file for this daemon is described in \fBsmb.conf\fR(5)\&. .RE .PP \fBsmbd\fR(8) .RS 4 The smbd daemon provides the file and print services to SMB clients\&. The configuration file for this daemon is described in \fBsmb.conf\fR(5)\&. .RE .PP \fBnmbd\fR(8) .RS 4 The nmbd daemon provides NetBIOS nameservice and browsing support\&. The configuration file for this daemon is described in \fBsmb.conf\fR(5)\&. .RE .PP \fBwinbindd\fR(8) .RS 4 winbindd is a daemon that is used for integrating authentication and the user database into unix\&. .RE .PP \fBsmbclient\fR(1) .RS 4 The smbclient program implements a simple ftp\-like client\&. This is useful for accessing SMB shares on other compatible SMB servers, and can also be used to allow a UNIX box to print to a printer attached to any SMB server\&. .RE .PP \fBsamba-tool\fR(8) .RS 4 The samba\-tool is the main Samba Administration tool regarding Active Directory services\&. .RE .PP \fBtestparm\fR(1) .RS 4 The testparm utility is a simple syntax checker for Samba\*(Aqs \fBsmb.conf\fR(5) configuration file\&. In AD server mode samba\-tool testparm should be used though\&. .RE .PP \fBsmbstatus\fR(1) .RS 4 The smbstatus tool provides access to information about the current connections to smbd\&. .RE .PP \fBnmblookup\fR(1) .RS 4 The nmblookup tool allows NetBIOS name queries to be made\&. .RE .PP \fBsmbpasswd\fR(8) .RS 4 The smbpasswd command is a tool for setting passwords on local Samba but also on remote SMB servers\&. .RE .PP \fBsmbcacls\fR(1) .RS 4 The smbcacls command is a tool to set ACL\*(Aqs on remote SMB servers\&. .RE .PP \fBsmbtree\fR(1) .RS 4 The smbtree command is a text\-based network neighborhood tool\&. .RE .PP \fBsmbtar\fR(1) .RS 4 The smbtar can make backups of data directly from SMB servers\&. .RE .PP \fBsmbspool\fR(8) .RS 4 smbspool is a helper utility for printing on printers connected to SMB servers\&. .RE .PP \fBsmbcontrol\fR(1) .RS 4 smbcontrol is a utility that can change the behaviour of running samba, smbd, nmbd and winbindd daemons\&. .RE .PP \fBrpcclient\fR(1) .RS 4 rpcclient is a utility that can be used to execute RPC commands on remote SMB servers\&. .RE .PP \fBpdbedit\fR(8) .RS 4 The pdbedit command can be used to maintain the local user database on a Samba server\&. .RE .PP \fBnet\fR(8) .RS 4 The net command is the main administration tool for Samba member and standalone servers\&. .RE .PP \fBwbinfo\fR(1) .RS 4 wbinfo is a utility that retrieves and stores information related to winbind\&. .RE .PP \fBprofiles\fR(1) .RS 4 profiles is a command\-line utility that can be used to replace all occurrences of a certain SID with another SID\&. .RE .PP \fBlog2pcap\fR(1) .RS 4 log2pcap is a utility for generating pcap trace files from Samba log files\&. .RE .PP \fBvfstest\fR(1) .RS 4 vfstest is a utility that can be used to test vfs modules\&. .RE .PP \fBntlm_auth\fR(1) .RS 4 ntlm_auth is a helper\-utility for external programs wanting to do NTLM\-authentication\&. .RE .PP \fBsmbcquotas\fR(1) .RS 4 smbcquotas is a tool to manage quotas on remote SMB servers\&. .RE .SH "COMPONENTS" .PP 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\*(Aqt clear enough then please visit https://devel\&.samba\&.org for information on how to file a bug report or submit a patch\&. .PP If you require help, visit the Samba webpage at https://www\&.samba\&.org/ and explore the many option available to you\&. .SH "AVAILABILITY" .PP 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\&. .PP The latest version of the Samba suite can be obtained from https://download\&.samba\&.org/pub/samba/\&. .PP The Samba Wiki at https://wiki\&.samba\&.org has also a lot of useful information\&. On the Samba mailing list at https://lists\&.samba\&.org you can find a lot of information in the archives and you can subscribe to the samba list and ask for help or discuss things\&. .SH "VERSION" .PP This man page is part of version 4\&.20\&.0rc4 of the Samba suite\&. .SH "CONTRIBUTIONS" .PP If you wish to contribute to the Samba project, then I suggest you join the Samba mailing list at https://lists\&.samba\&.org\&. .PP If you have patches to submit, visit https://devel\&.samba\&.org/ for information on how to do it properly\&. We prefer patches in git format\-patch format\&. .SH "CONTRIBUTORS" .PP 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 https://git\&.samba\&.org/ for the contributors to Samba post\-GIT\&. GIT is the Open Source source code control system used by the Samba Team to develop Samba\&. The project would have been unmanageable without it\&. .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\&.