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6 smbcontrol - send messages to smbd, nmbd or winbindd processes
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9 smbcontrol [-s] [-t|--timeout]
10 smbcontrol [destination] [message-type] [parameter]
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14 This tool is part of the samba(7) suite.
15 smbcontrol is a very small program, which sends messages to a smbd(8),
17 a nmbd(8), or a winbindd(8) daemon running on the system.
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20 -?|--help
21 Print a summary of command line options.
22 --usage
24 Display brief usage message.
25 -d|--debuglevel=level
27 level is an integer from 0 to 10. The default value if this
28 parameter is not specified is 1.
29 The higher this value, the more detail will be logged to the log
31 files about the activities of the server. At level 0, only critical
32 errors and serious warnings will be logged. Level 1 is a reasonable
33 level for day-to-day running - it generates a small amount of
34 information about operations carried out.
35 Levels above 1 will generate considerable amounts of log data, and
37 should only be used when investigating a problem. Levels above 3
38 are designed for use only by developers and generate HUGE amounts
39 of log data, most of which is extremely cryptic.
40 Note that specifying this parameter here will override the log
42 level parameter in the smb.conf file.
43 -V|--version
45 Prints the program version number.
46 -s|--configfile=<configuration file>
48 The file specified contains the configuration details required by
49 the server. The information in this file includes server-specific
50 information such as what printcap file to use, as well as
51 descriptions of all the services that the server is to provide. See
52 smb.conf for more information. The default configuration file name
53 is determined at compile time.
54 -l|--log-basename=logdirectory
56 Base directory name for log/debug files. The extension ".progname"
57 will be appended (e.g. log.smbclient, log.smbd, etc...). The log
58 file is never removed by the client.
59 --option=<name>=<value>
61 Set the smb.conf(5) option "<name>" to value "<value>" from the
62 command line. This overrides compiled-in defaults and options read
63 from the configuration file.
64 -t|--timeout
66 Set timeout to seconds.
67 destination
69 One of nmbd, smbd, winbindd or a process ID.
70 The all destination causes the message to "broadcast" to all
72 running daemons including nmbd and winbind. This is a change for
73 Samba 3.3, prior to this the parameter smbd used to do this.
74 The smbd destination causes the message to be sent to the smbd
76 daemon specified in the smbd.pid file.
77 The nmbd destination causes the message to be sent to the nmbd
79 daemon specified in the nmbd.pid file.
80 The winbindd destination causes the message to be sent to the
82 winbind daemon specified in the winbindd.pid file.
83 If a single process ID is given, the message is sent to only that
85 process.
86 message-type
88 Type of message to send. See the section MESSAGE-TYPES for details.
89 parameters
91 any parameters required for the message-type
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94 Available message types are:
95 close-share
97 Order smbd to close the client connections to the named share. Note
98 that this doesn't affect client connections to any other shares.
99 This message-type takes an argument of the share name for which
100 client connections will be closed, or the "*" character which will
101 close all currently open shares. This may be useful if you made
102 changes to the access controls on the share. This message can only
103 be sent to smbd.
104 debug
106 Set debug level to the value specified by the parameter. This can
107 be sent to any of the destinations. If this message is sent to
108 either the smbd or winbindd daemons, the parent process will
109 rebroadcast the message to all child processes changing the debug
110 level in each one.
111 kill-client-ip
113 Order smbd to close the client connections from a given IP address.
114 This message-type takes an argument of the IP address from which
115 client connections will be closed. This message can only be sent to
116 smbd.
117 force-election
119 This message causes the nmbd daemon to force a new browse master
120 election.
121 ping
123 Send specified number of "ping" messages and wait for the same
124 number of reply "pong" messages. This can be sent to any of the
125 destinations.
126 profile
128 Change profile settings of a daemon, based on the parameter. The
129 parameter can be "on" to turn on profile stats collection, "off" to
130 turn off profile stats collection, "count" to enable only
131 collection of count stats (time stats are disabled), and "flush" to
132 zero the current profile stats. This can be sent to any smbd or
133 nmbd destinations.
134 debuglevel
136 Request debuglevel of a certain daemon and write it to stdout. This
137 can be sent to any of the destinations.
138 profilelevel
140 Request profilelevel of a certain daemon and write it to stdout.
141 This can be sent to any smbd or nmbd destinations.
142 printnotify
144 Order smbd to send a printer notify message to any Windows NT
145 clients connected to a printer. This message-type takes the
146 following arguments:
147 queuepause printername
149 Send a queue pause change notify message to the printer
150 specified.
151 queueresume printername
153 Send a queue resume change notify message for the printer
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155 jobpause printername unixjobid
157 Send a job pause change notify message for the printer and unix
158 jobid specified.
159 jobresume printername unixjobid
161 Send a job resume change notify message for the printer and
162 unix jobid specified.
163 jobdelete printername unixjobid
165 Send a job delete change notify message for the printer and
166 unix jobid specified.
167 Note that this message only sends notification that an event has
169 occurred. It doesn't actually cause the event to happen.
170 This message can only be sent to smbd.
172 dmalloc-mark
174 Set a mark for dmalloc. Can be sent to both smbd and nmbd. Only
175 available if samba is built with dmalloc support.
176 dmalloc-log-changed
178 Dump the pointers that have changed since the mark set by
179 dmalloc-mark. Can be sent to both smbd and nmbd. Only available if
180 samba is built with dmalloc support.
181 shutdown
183 Shut down specified daemon. Can be sent to both smbd and nmbd.
184 pool-usage
186 Print a human-readable description of all talloc(pool) memory usage
187 by the specified daemon/process. Available for both smbd and nmbd.
188 ringbuf-log
190 Fetch and print the ringbuf log. Requires logging = ringbuf.
191 Available for smbd, winbindd and nmbd.
192 drvupgrade
194 Force clients of printers using specified driver to update their
195 local version of the driver. Can only be sent to smbd.
196 reload-config
198 Force daemon to reload smb.conf configuration file. Can be sent to
199 smbd, nmbd, or winbindd.
200 reload-printers
202 Force smbd to reload printers. Can only be sent to smbd.
203 idmap
205 Notify about changes of id mapping. Can be sent to smbd or (not
206 implemented yet) winbindd.
207 flush [uid|gid]
209 Flush caches for sid <-> gid and/or sid <-> uid mapping.
210 delete <ID>
212 Remove a mapping from cache. The mapping is given by <ID> which
213 may either be a sid: S-x-..., a gid: "GID number" or a uid:
214 "UID number".
215 kill <ID>
217 Remove a mapping from cache. Terminate smbd if the id is
218 currently in use.
219 num-children
221 Query the number of smbd child processes. This message can only be
222 sent to smbd.
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225 This man page is part of version 4.8.3 of the Samba suite.
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228 nmbd(8) and smbd(8).
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231 The original Samba software and related utilities were created by
232 Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed by the Samba Team as an Open
233 Source project similar to the way the Linux kernel is developed.
234Samba 4.8.3 10/30/2018 SMBCONTROL(1)