1SMBTA-UTIL(8)             System Administration tools            SMBTA-UTIL(8)
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NAME

6       smbta-util - control encryption in VFS smb_traffic_analyzer
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SYNOPSIS

9       smbta-util [COMMANDS...]
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DESCRIPTION

12       This tool is part of the samba(1) suite.
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14       smbta-util is a tool to ease the configuration of the
15       vfs_smb_traffic_analyzer module regarding data encryption.
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17       The user can generate a key, install a key (activating encryption), or
18       uninstall a key (deactivating encryption). Any operation that installs
19       a key will create a File containing the key. This file can be used by
20       smbta-tool on other machines to install the same key from the file.
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COMMANDS

23       -h
24           Show a short help text on the command line.
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26       -f KEYFILE
27           Open an existing keyfile, read the key from the file, and install
28           the key, activating encryption.
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30       -g KEYFILE
31           Generate a new random key, install the key, activate encryption,
32           and store the key into the file KEYFILE.
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37       -s
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40       -c KEYFILE
41           Create a KEYFILE from an installed key.
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VERSION

44       This man page is correct for version 3.4 of the Samba suite.
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AUTHOR

47       The original version of smbta-util was created by Holger Hetterich.
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49       The original Samba software and related utilities were created by
50       Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed by the Samba Team as an Open
51       Source project similar to the way the Linux kernel is developed.
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55Samba 4.2                         06/19/2018                     SMBTA-UTIL(8)