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 findsmb(1)
90 The findsmb command can be used to find SMB servers on the local
91 network.
92 net(8)
94 The net command is the main administration tool for Samba member
95 and standalone servers.
96 wbinfo(1)
98 wbinfo is a utility that retrieves and stores information related
99 to winbind.
100 profiles(1)
102 profiles is a command-line utility that can be used to replace all
103 occurrences of a certain SID with another SID.
104 log2pcap(1)
106 log2pcap is a utility for generating pcap trace files from Samba
107 log files.
108 vfstest(1)
110 vfstest is a utility that can be used to test vfs modules.
111 ntlm_auth(1)
113 ntlm_auth is a helper-utility for external programs wanting to do
114 NTLM-authentication.
115 smbcquotas(1)
117 smbcquotas is a tool to manage quotas on remote SMB servers.
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120 The Samba suite is made up of several components. Each component is
121 described in a separate manual page. It is strongly recommended that
122 you read the documentation that comes with Samba and the manual pages
123 of those components that you use. If the manual pages and documents
124 aren't clear enough then please visit https://devel.samba.org for
125 information on how to file a bug report or submit a patch.
126 If you require help, visit the Samba webpage at https://www.samba.org/
128 and explore the many option available to you.
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131 The Samba software suite is licensed under the GNU Public License(GPL).
132 A copy of that license should have come with the package in the file
133 COPYING. You are encouraged to distribute copies of the Samba suite,
134 but please obey the terms of this license.
135 The latest version of the Samba suite can be obtained from
137 https://download.samba.org/pub/samba/.
138 The Samba Wiki at https://wiki.samba.org has also a lot of useful
140 information. On the Samba mailing list at https://lists.samba.org you
141 can find a lot of information in the archives and you can subscribe to
142 the samba list and ask for help or discuss things.
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145 This man page is part of version 4.13.7 of the Samba suite.
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148 If you wish to contribute to the Samba project, then I suggest you join
149 the Samba mailing list at https://lists.samba.org.
150 If you have patches to submit, visit https://devel.samba.org/ for
152 information on how to do it properly. We prefer patches in git
153 format-patch format.
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156 Contributors to the project are now too numerous to mention here but
157 all deserve the thanks of all Samba users. To see a full list, look at
158 the change-log in the source package for the pre-CVS changes and at
159 https://git.samba.org/ for the contributors to Samba post-GIT. GIT is
160 the Open Source source code control system used by the Samba Team to
161 develop Samba. The project would have been unmanageable without it.
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164 The original Samba software and related utilities were created by
165 Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed by the Samba Team as an Open
166 Source project similar to the way the Linux kernel is developed.
167Samba 4.13.7 03/25/2021 SAMBA(7)