1SAMBA(7) Miscellanea SAMBA(7)
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6 samba - A Windows AD and SMB/CIFS fileserver for UNIX
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9 samba
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12 The Samba software suite is a collection of programs that implements
13 the Server Message Block (commonly abbreviated as SMB) protocol for
14 UNIX systems and provides Active Directory services. The first version
15 of the SMB protocol is sometimes also referred to as the Common
16 Internet File System (CIFS). For a more thorough description, see
17 http://www.ubiqx.org/cifs/. Samba also implements the NetBIOS protocol
18 in nmbd.
19 samba(8)
21 The samba daemon provides the Active Directory services and file
22 and print services to SMB clients. The configuration file for this
23 daemon is described in smb.conf(5).
24 smbd(8)
26 The smbd daemon provides the file and print services to SMB
27 clients. The configuration file for this daemon is described in
28 smb.conf(5).
29 nmbd(8)
31 The nmbd daemon provides NetBIOS nameservice and browsing support.
32 The configuration file for this daemon is described in smb.conf(5).
33 winbindd(8)
35 winbindd is a daemon that is used for integrating authentication
36 and the user database into unix.
37 smbclient(1)
39 The smbclient program implements a simple ftp-like client. This is
40 useful for accessing SMB shares on other compatible SMB servers,
41 and can also be used to allow a UNIX box to print to a printer
42 attached to any SMB server.
43 samba-tool(8)
45 The samba-tool is the main Samba Administration tool regarding
46 Active Directory services.
47 testparm(1)
49 The testparm utility is a simple syntax checker for Samba's
50 smb.conf(5) configuration file. In AD server mode samba-tool
51 testparm should be used though.
52 smbstatus(1)
54 The smbstatus tool provides access to information about the current
55 connections to smbd.
56 nmblookup(1)
58 The nmblookup tool allows NetBIOS name queries to be made.
59 smbpasswd(8)
61 The smbpasswd command is a tool for setting passwords on local
62 Samba but also on remote SMB servers.
63 smbcacls(1)
65 The smbcacls command is a tool to set ACL's on remote SMB servers.
66 smbtree(1)
68 The smbtree command is a text-based network neighborhood tool.
69 smbtar(1)
71 The smbtar can make backups of data directly from SMB servers.
72 smbspool(8)
74 smbspool is a helper utility for printing on printers connected to
75 SMB servers.
76 smbcontrol(1)
78 smbcontrol is a utility that can change the behaviour of running
79 samba, smbd, nmbd and winbindd daemons.
80 rpcclient(1)
82 rpcclient is a utility that can be used to execute RPC commands on
83 remote SMB servers.
84 pdbedit(8)
86 The pdbedit command can be used to maintain the local user database
87 on a Samba server.
88 net(8)
90 The net command is the main administration tool for Samba member
91 and standalone servers.
92 wbinfo(1)
94 wbinfo is a utility that retrieves and stores information related
95 to winbind.
96 profiles(1)
98 profiles is a command-line utility that can be used to replace all
99 occurrences of a certain SID with another SID.
100 log2pcap(1)
102 log2pcap is a utility for generating pcap trace files from Samba
103 log files.
104 vfstest(1)
106 vfstest is a utility that can be used to test vfs modules.
107 ntlm_auth(1)
109 ntlm_auth is a helper-utility for external programs wanting to do
110 NTLM-authentication.
111 smbcquotas(1)
113 smbcquotas is a tool to manage quotas on remote SMB servers.
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116 The Samba suite is made up of several components. Each component is
117 described in a separate manual page. It is strongly recommended that
118 you read the documentation that comes with Samba and the manual pages
119 of those components that you use. If the manual pages and documents
120 aren't clear enough then please visit https://devel.samba.org for
121 information on how to file a bug report or submit a patch.
122 If you require help, visit the Samba webpage at https://www.samba.org/
124 and explore the many option available to you.
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127 The Samba software suite is licensed under the GNU Public License(GPL).
128 A copy of that license should have come with the package in the file
129 COPYING. You are encouraged to distribute copies of the Samba suite,
130 but please obey the terms of this license.
131 The latest version of the Samba suite can be obtained from
133 https://download.samba.org/pub/samba/.
134 The Samba Wiki at https://wiki.samba.org has also a lot of useful
136 information. On the Samba mailing list at https://lists.samba.org you
137 can find a lot of information in the archives and you can subscribe to
138 the samba list and ask for help or discuss things.
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141 This man page is part of version 4.19.3 of the Samba suite.
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144 If you wish to contribute to the Samba project, then I suggest you join
145 the Samba mailing list at https://lists.samba.org.
146 If you have patches to submit, visit https://devel.samba.org/ for
148 information on how to do it properly. We prefer patches in git
149 format-patch format.
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152 Contributors to the project are now too numerous to mention here but
153 all deserve the thanks of all Samba users. To see a full list, look at
154 the change-log in the source package for the pre-CVS changes and at
155 https://git.samba.org/ for the contributors to Samba post-GIT. GIT is
156 the Open Source source code control system used by the Samba Team to
157 develop Samba. The project would have been unmanageable without it.
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160 The original Samba software and related utilities were created by
161 Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed by the Samba Team as an Open
162 Source project similar to the way the Linux kernel is developed.
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