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6 winexe - Winexe is a Remote Windows-command executor
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9 winexe [--uninstall] [--reinstall]
10 [--runas [DOMAIN/]USERNAME[%PASSWORD]] [--runas-file FILE]
11 [--interactive [0|1]] [--ostype [0|1]] [-d|--debuglevel=DEBUGLEVEL]
12 [--debug-stdout] [--configfile=CONFIGFILE] [--option=name=value]
13 [-l|--log-basename=LOGFILEBASE] [--leak-report] [--leak-report-full]
14 [-R|--name-resolve=NAME-RESOLVE-ORDER]
15 [-O|--socket-options=SOCKETOPTIONS] [-m|--max-protocol=MAXPROTOCOL]
16 [-n|--netbiosname=NETBIOSNAME] [--netbios-scope=SCOPE]
17 [-W|--workgroup=WORKGROUP] [--realm=REALM]
18 [-U|--user=[DOMAIN/]USERNAME%[PASSWORD]] [-N|--no-pass]
19 [--password=STRING] [--pw-nt-hash] [-A|--authentication-file=FILE]
20 [-P|--machine-pass] [--simple-bind-dn=DN]
21 [--use-kerberos=desired|required|off] [--use-krb5-ccache=CCACHE]
22 [--use-winbind-ccache] [--client-protection=sign|encrypt|off]
23 [-V|--version] [-?|--help] [--usage]
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26 This tool is part of the samba(7) suite.
27 The winexe allows remote command execution on native Windows operating
29 systems.
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32 --uninstall
33 Uninstall winexe service after remote execution.
34 --reinstall
36 Reinstall winexe service before remote execution.
37 --runas [DOMAIN/]USERNAME[%PASSWORD]]
39 Run as the given user (BEWARE: this password is sent in cleartext
40 over the network!)
41 --runas-file FILE
43 Run as user options defined in a file.
44 --interactive [0|1]
46 Desktop interaction.
47 There are two options:
49 • 0 - disallow
51 • 1 - allow. If allow, also use the --system switch
53 (Windows requirement). Vista does not support this
54 optoin.
55 --ostype [0|1|2]
58 Determines which version (32-bit or 64-bit) of service will be
59 installed.
60 There are three options:
62 • 0 - 32-bit
64 • 1 - 64-bit
66 • 2 - winexe will decide
68 -d|--debuglevel=DEBUGLEVEL
71 level is an integer from 0 to 10. The default value if this
72 parameter is not specified is 1 for client applications.
73 The higher this value, the more detail will be logged to the log
75 files about the activities of the server. At level 0, only critical
76 errors and serious warnings will be logged. Level 1 is a reasonable
77 level for day-to-day running - it generates a small amount of
78 information about operations carried out.
79 Levels above 1 will generate considerable amounts of log data, and
81 should only be used when investigating a problem. Levels above 3
82 are designed for use only by developers and generate HUGE amounts
83 of log data, most of which is extremely cryptic.
84 Note that specifying this parameter here will override the log
86 level parameter in the smb.conf file.
87 --debug-stdout
89 This will redirect debug output to STDOUT. By default all clients
90 are logging to STDERR.
91 --configfile=<configuration file>
93 The file specified contains the configuration details required by
94 the client. The information in this file can be general for client
95 and server or only provide client specific like options such as
96 client smb encrypt. See smb.conf for more information. The default
97 configuration file name is determined at compile time.
98 --option=<name>=<value>
100 Set the smb.conf(5) option "<name>" to value "<value>" from the
101 command line. This overrides compiled-in defaults and options read
102 from the configuration file. If a name or a value includes a space,
103 wrap whole --option=name=value into quotes.
104 -l|--log-basename=logdirectory
106 Base directory name for log/debug files. The extension ".progname"
107 will be appended (e.g. log.smbclient, log.smbd, etc...). The log
108 file is never removed by the client.
109 --leak-report
111 Enable talloc leak reporting on exit.
112 --leak-report-full
114 Enable full talloc leak reporting on exit.
115 -V|--version
117 Prints the program version number.
118 -R|--name-resolve=NAME-RESOLVE-ORDER
120 This option is used to determine what naming services and in what
121 order to resolve host names to IP addresses. The option takes a
122 space-separated string of different name resolution options. The
123 best ist to wrap the whole --name-resolve=NAME-RESOLVE-ORDER into
124 quotes.
125 The options are: "lmhosts", "host", "wins" and "bcast". They cause
127 names to be resolved as follows:
128 • lmhosts: Lookup an IP address in the Samba lmhosts file.
130 If the line in lmhosts has no name type attached to the
131 NetBIOS name (see the lmhosts(5) for details) then any
132 name type matches for lookup.
133 • host: Do a standard host name to IP address resolution,
135 using the system /etc/hosts, NIS, or DNS lookups. This
136 method of name resolution is operating system dependent,
137 for instance on IRIX or Solaris this may be controlled
138 by the /etc/nsswitch.conf file). Note that this method
139 is only used if the NetBIOS name type being queried is
140 the 0x20 (server) name type, otherwise it is ignored.
141 • wins: Query a name with the IP address listed in the
143 wins server parameter. If no WINS server has been
144 specified this method will be ignored.
145 • bcast: Do a broadcast on each of the known local
147 interfaces listed in the interfaces parameter. This is
148 the least reliable of the name resolution methods as it
149 depends on the target host being on a locally connected
150 subnet.
151 If this parameter is not set then the name resolve order defined in
153 the smb.conf file parameter (name resolve order) will be used.
154 The default order is lmhosts, host, wins, bcast. Without this
156 parameter or any entry in the name resolve order parameter of the
157 smb.conf file, the name resolution methods will be attempted in
158 this order.
159 -O|--socket-options=SOCKETOPTIONS
161 TCP socket options to set on the client socket. See the socket
162 options parameter in the smb.conf manual page for the list of valid
163 options.
164 -m|--max-protocol=MAXPROTOCOL
166 The value of the parameter (a string) is the highest protocol level
167 that will be supported by the client.
168 Note that specifying this parameter here will override the client
170 max protocol parameter in the smb.conf file.
171 -n|--netbiosname=NETBIOSNAME
173 This option allows you to override the NetBIOS name that Samba uses
174 for itself. This is identical to setting the netbios name parameter
175 in the smb.conf file. However, a command line setting will take
176 precedence over settings in smb.conf.
177 --netbios-scope=SCOPE
179 This specifies a NetBIOS scope that nmblookup will use to
180 communicate with when generating NetBIOS names. For details on the
181 use of NetBIOS scopes, see rfc1001.txt and rfc1002.txt. NetBIOS
182 scopes are very rarely used, only set this parameter if you are the
183 system administrator in charge of all the NetBIOS systems you
184 communicate with.
185 -W|--workgroup=WORKGROUP
187 Set the SMB domain of the username. This overrides the default
188 domain which is the domain defined in smb.conf. If the domain
189 specified is the same as the servers NetBIOS name, it causes the
190 client to log on using the servers local SAM (as opposed to the
191 Domain SAM).
192 Note that specifying this parameter here will override the
194 workgroup parameter in the smb.conf file.
195 -r|--realm=REALM
197 Set the realm for the domain.
198 Note that specifying this parameter here will override the realm
200 parameter in the smb.conf file.
201 -U|--user=[DOMAIN\]USERNAME[%PASSWORD]
203 Sets the SMB username or username and password.
204 If %PASSWORD is not specified, the user will be prompted. The
206 client will first check the USER environment variable (which is
207 also permitted to also contain the password seperated by a %), then
208 the LOGNAME variable (which is not permitted to contain a password)
209 and if either exists, the value is used. If these environmental
210 variables are not found, the username found in a Kerberos
211 Credentials cache may be used.
212 A third option is to use a credentials file which contains the
214 plaintext of the username and password. This option is mainly
215 provided for scripts where the admin does not wish to pass the
216 credentials on the command line or via environment variables. If
217 this method is used, make certain that the permissions on the file
218 restrict access from unwanted users. See the -A for more details.
219 Be cautious about including passwords in scripts or passing
221 user-supplied values onto the command line. For security it is
222 better to let the Samba client tool ask for the password if needed,
223 or obtain the password once with kinit.
224 While Samba will attempt to scrub the password from the process
226 title (as seen in ps), this is after startup and so is subject to a
227 race.
228 -N|--no-pass
230 If specified, this parameter suppresses the normal password prompt
231 from the client to the user. This is useful when accessing a
232 service that does not require a password.
233 Unless a password is specified on the command line or this
235 parameter is specified, the client will request a password.
236 If a password is specified on the command line and this option is
238 also defined the password on the command line will be silently
239 ignored and no password will be used.
240 --password
242 Specify the password on the commandline.
243 Be cautious about including passwords in scripts or passing
245 user-supplied values onto the command line. For security it is
246 better to let the Samba client tool ask for the password if needed,
247 or obtain the password once with kinit.
248 If --password is not specified, the tool will check the PASSWD
250 environment variable, followed by PASSWD_FD which is expected to
251 contain an open file descriptor (FD) number.
252 Finally it will check PASSWD_FILE (containing a file path to be
254 opened). The file should only contain the password. Make certain
255 that the permissions on the file restrict access from unwanted
256 users!
257 While Samba will attempt to scrub the password from the process
259 title (as seen in ps), this is after startup and so is subject to a
260 race.
261 --pw-nt-hash
263 The supplied password is the NT hash.
264 -A|--authentication-file=filename
266 This option allows you to specify a file from which to read the
267 username and password used in the connection. The format of the
268 file is:
269 username = <value>
271 password = <value>
272 domain = <value>
273 Make certain that the permissions on the file restrict access from
276 unwanted users!
277 -P|--machine-pass
279 Use stored machine account password.
280 --simple-bind-dn=DN
282 DN to use for a simple bind.
283 --use-kerberos=desired|required|off
285 This parameter determines whether Samba client tools will try to
286 authenticate using Kerberos. For Kerberos authentication you need
287 to use dns names instead of IP addresses when connnecting to a
288 service.
289 Note that specifying this parameter here will override the client
291 use kerberos parameter in the smb.conf file.
292 --use-krb5-ccache=CCACHE
294 Specifies the credential cache location for Kerberos
295 authentication.
296 This will set --use-kerberos=required too.
298 --use-winbind-ccache
300 Try to use the credential cache by winbind.
301 --client-protection=sign|encrypt|off
303 Sets the connection protection the client tool should use.
304 Note that specifying this parameter here will override the client
306 protection parameter in the smb.conf file.
307 In case you need more fine grained control you can use:
309 --option=clientsmbencrypt=OPTION, --option=clientipcsigning=OPTION,
310 --option=clientsigning=OPTION.
311 -?|--help
313 Print a summary of command line options.
314 --usage
316 Display brief usage message.
317
319 The winexe program returns 0 if the operation succeeded, or 1 if the
320 operation failed.
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323 This man page is part of version 4.16.2 of the Samba suite.
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326 The original Samba software and related utilities were created by
327 Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed by the Samba Team as an Open
328 Source project similar to the way the Linux kernel is developed.
329 The winexe and it's native Windows counterpart were written by Andrzej
331 Hajda. The Samba client tool winexe was later rewritten by Volker
332 Lendecke.
333 This manpage was written by Guenther Deschner.
335Samba 4.16.2 06/13/2022 WINEXE(1)