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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
+<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//Samba-Team//DTD DocBook V4.2-Based Variant V1.0//EN" "http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc">
+<refentry id="samba.8">
+
+<refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>samba</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
+ <refmiscinfo class="source">Samba</refmiscinfo>
+ <refmiscinfo class="manual">System Administration tools</refmiscinfo>
+ <refmiscinfo class="version">&doc.version;</refmiscinfo>
+</refmeta>
+
+
+<refnamediv>
+ <refname>samba</refname>
+ <refpurpose>Server to provide AD and SMB/CIFS services to clients</refpurpose>
+</refnamediv>
+
+<refsynopsisdiv>
+ <cmdsynopsis>
+ <command>samba</command>
+ <arg choice="opt">-D|--daemon</arg>
+ <arg choice="opt">-F|--foreground</arg>
+ <arg choice="opt">-i|--interactive</arg>
+ <arg choice="opt">-M|--model=MODEL</arg>
+ <arg choice="opt">--maximum-runtime=seconds</arg>
+ <arg choice="opt">-b|--show-build</arg>
+ <arg choice="opt">--no-process-group</arg>
+ <arg choice="opt">-d|--debuglevel=DEBUGLEVEL</arg>
+ <arg choice="opt">--debug-stdout</arg>
+ <arg choice="opt">--configfile=CONFIGFILE</arg>
+ <arg choice="opt">--option=name=value</arg>
+ <arg choice="opt">-l|--log-basename=LOGFILEBASE</arg>
+ <arg choice="opt">--leak-report</arg>
+ <arg choice="opt">--leak-report-full</arg>
+ <arg choice="opt">-V|--version</arg>
+ </cmdsynopsis>
+</refsynopsisdiv>
+
+<refsect1>
+ <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
+ <para>This program is part of the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>samba</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry> suite.</para>
+
+ <para><command>samba</command> is the server daemon that
+ provides Active Directory, filesharing and printing services to clients.
+ The server provides filespace and directory services to
+ clients using the SMB (or CIFS) protocol and other
+ related protocols such as DCE/RPC, LDAP and Kerberos.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Clients supported include MSCLIENT 3.0 for DOS, Windows for
+ Workgroups, Windows 95/98/ME, Windows NT, Windows 2000/XP/2003,
+ OS/2, DAVE for Macintosh, and cifsfs for Linux.</para>
+
+ <para>An extensive description of the services that the
+ server can provide is given in the man page for the
+ configuration file controlling the attributes of those
+ services (see <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smb.conf</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>. This man page will not describe the
+ services, but will concentrate on the administrative aspects
+ of running the server.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>Please note that there are significant security
+ implications to running this server, and the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smb.conf</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> manual page should be regarded as mandatory reading before
+ proceeding with installation.
+ </para>
+</refsect1>
+
+<refsect1>
+ <title>OPTIONS</title>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>-D|--daemon</term>
+ <listitem><para>If specified, this parameter causes
+ the server to operate as a daemon. That is, it detaches
+ itself and runs in the background, fielding requests
+ on the appropriate ports. Operating the server as a
+ daemon is the recommended way of running
+ <command>samba</command> for servers that provide more
+ than casual use file and print services. This switch is
+ assumed if <command>samba</command> is executed on the
+ command line of a shell.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>-F|--foreground</term>
+ <listitem><para>If specified, this parameter causes
+ the <command>samba</command> process to not daemonize,
+ i.e. double-fork and disassociate with the terminal.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>-i|--interactive</term>
+ <listitem><para>If this parameter is specified it causes the
+ server to run "interactively", not as a daemon, even if the
+ server is executed on the command line of a shell. Setting this
+ parameter negates the implicit daemon mode when run from the
+ command line. <command>samba</command> also logs to standard
+ output, as if the <command>-S</command> parameter had been
+ given.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>-M|--model</term>
+ <listitem><para>This parameter can be used to specify the
+ &quot;process model&quot; samba should use. This determines
+ how concurrent clients are handled. Available process
+ models include:
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem><para><emphasis>single</emphasis></para>
+ <para>All Samba services run in a single process. This is
+ not recommended for production configurations.
+ </para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para><emphasis>standard</emphasis></para>
+ <para>A process is created for each Samba service,
+ and for those services that support it (currently only
+ LDAP and NETLOGON) a new processes is started
+ for each new client connection.</para>
+
+ <para>Historically, this was the 'standard' way Samba behaved
+ up until v4.10. Note that this model can be resource intensive
+ if you have a large number of client connections.</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para><emphasis>prefork</emphasis></para>
+ <para>The default. A process is started for each Samba service,
+ and a fixed number of worker processes are started for those
+ services that support it (currently LDAP, NETLOGON, and KDC).
+ The client connections are then shared amongst the worker
+ processes.
+ Requests for services not supporting prefork are handled
+ by a single process for that service.</para>
+ <para>The number of prefork worker processes started is
+ controlled by the
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smb.conf</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> parameter
+ <smbconfoption name="prefork children"/>,
+ which defaults to 4.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>--maximum-runtime=seconds</term>
+ <listitem><para>Set maximum runtime of the server process till
+ autotermination in seconds.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>-b|--show-build</term>
+ <listitem><para>Print information about how Samba was built.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ &cmdline.common.samba.server;
+ &popt.autohelp;
+ </variablelist>
+</refsect1>
+
+<refsect1>
+ <title>FILES</title>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><filename>/etc/rc</filename></term>
+ <listitem><para>or whatever initialization script your
+ system uses.</para>
+
+ <para>If running the server as a daemon at startup,
+ this file will need to contain an appropriate startup
+ sequence for the server. </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><filename>/etc/services</filename></term>
+ <listitem><para>If running the server via the
+ meta-daemon <command>inetd</command>, this file
+ must contain a mapping of service name (e.g., netbios-ssn)
+ to service port (e.g., 139) and protocol type (e.g., tcp).
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><filename>/usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf</filename></term>
+ <listitem><para>This is the default location of the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smb.conf</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> server configuration file. Other common places that systems
+ install this file are <filename>/usr/samba/lib/smb.conf</filename>
+ and <filename>/etc/samba/smb.conf</filename>.</para>
+
+ <para>This file describes all the services the server
+ is to make available to clients. See <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smb.conf</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> for more information.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+</refsect1>
+
+<refsect1>
+ <title>DIAGNOSTICS</title>
+
+ <para>Most diagnostics issued by the server are logged
+ in a specified log file. The log file name is specified
+ at compile time, but may be overridden on the command line.</para>
+
+ <para>The number and nature of diagnostics available depends
+ on the debug level used by the server. If you have problems, set
+ the debug level to 3 and peruse the log files.</para>
+
+ <para>Most messages are reasonably self-explanatory. Unfortunately,
+ at the time this man page was created, there are too many diagnostics
+ available in the source code to warrant describing each and every
+ diagnostic. At this stage your best bet is still to grep the
+ source code and inspect the conditions that gave rise to the
+ diagnostics you are seeing.</para>
+</refsect1>
+
+<refsect1>
+ <title>VERSION</title>
+
+ <para>This man page is part of version &doc.version; of the Samba suite.</para>
+</refsect1>
+
+<refsect1>
+ <title>SEE ALSO</title>
+ <para><citerefentry><refentrytitle>hosts_access</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smb.conf</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbclient</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>samba-tool</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>nmbd</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>winbindd</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, and the
+ Internet RFC's <filename>rfc1001.txt</filename>, <filename>rfc1002.txt</filename>.
+ In addition the CIFS (formerly SMB) specification is available
+ as a link from the Web page <ulink noescape="1" url="https://www.samba.org/cifs/">
+ https://www.samba.org/cifs/</ulink>.</para>
+</refsect1>
+
+<refsect1>
+ <title>AUTHOR</title>
+
+ <para>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.</para>
+</refsect1>
+
+</refentry>