1SAMBA-REGEDIT(8) System Administration tools SAMBA-REGEDIT(8)
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6 samba-regedit - ncurses based tool to manage the Samba registry
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9 samba-regedit [-?|--help] [--usage] [-d|--debuglevel=DEBUGLEVEL]
10 [--debug-stdout] [--configfile=CONFIGFILE] [--option=name=value]
11 [-l|--log-basename=LOGFILEBASE] [--leak-report] [--leak-report-full]
12 [-R|--name-resolve=NAME-RESOLVE-ORDER]
13 [-O|--socket-options=SOCKETOPTIONS] [-m|--max-protocol=MAXPROTOCOL]
14 [-n|--netbiosname=NETBIOSNAME] [--netbios-scope=SCOPE]
15 [-W|--workgroup=WORKGROUP] [--realm=REALM]
16 [-U|--user=[DOMAIN/]USERNAME[%PASSWORD]] [-N|--no-pass]
17 [--password=STRING] [--pw-nt-hash] [-A|--authentication-file=FILE]
18 [-P|--machine-pass] [--simple-bind-dn=DN]
19 [--use-kerberos=desired|required|off] [--use-krb5-ccache=CCACHE]
20 [--use-winbind-ccache] [--client-protection=sign|encrypt|off]
21 [-V|--version]
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24 This tool is part of the samba(7) suite.
25 samba-regedit is a ncurses based tool to manage the Samba registry. It
27 can be used to show/edit registry keys/subkeys and their values.
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30 -?|--help
31 Print a summary of command line options.
32 --usage
34 Display brief usage message.
35 -d|--debuglevel=DEBUGLEVEL
37 level is an integer from 0 to 10. The default value if this
38 parameter is not specified is 1 for client applications.
39 The higher this value, the more detail will be logged to the log
41 files about the activities of the server. At level 0, only critical
42 errors and serious warnings will be logged. Level 1 is a reasonable
43 level for day-to-day running - it generates a small amount of
44 information about operations carried out.
45 Levels above 1 will generate considerable amounts of log data, and
47 should only be used when investigating a problem. Levels above 3
48 are designed for use only by developers and generate HUGE amounts
49 of log data, most of which is extremely cryptic.
50 Note that specifying this parameter here will override the log
52 level parameter in the /etc/samba/smb.conf file.
53 --debug-stdout
55 This will redirect debug output to STDOUT. By default all clients
56 are logging to STDERR.
57 --configfile=<configuration file>
59 The file specified contains the configuration details required by
60 the client. The information in this file can be general for client
61 and server or only provide client specific like options such as
62 client smb encrypt. See /etc/samba/smb.conf for more information.
63 The default configuration file name is determined at compile time.
64 --option=<name>=<value>
66 Set the smb.conf(5) option "<name>" to value "<value>" from the
67 command line. This overrides compiled-in defaults and options read
68 from the configuration file. If a name or a value includes a space,
69 wrap whole --option=name=value into quotes.
70 -l|--log-basename=logdirectory
72 Base directory name for log/debug files. The extension ".progname"
73 will be appended (e.g. log.smbclient, log.smbd, etc...). The log
74 file is never removed by the client.
75 --leak-report
77 Enable talloc leak reporting on exit.
78 --leak-report-full
80 Enable full talloc leak reporting on exit.
81 -V|--version
83 Prints the program version number.
84 -R|--name-resolve=NAME-RESOLVE-ORDER
86 This option is used to determine what naming services and in what
87 order to resolve host names to IP addresses. The option takes a
88 space-separated string of different name resolution options. The
89 best ist to wrap the whole --name-resolve=NAME-RESOLVE-ORDER into
90 quotes.
91 The options are: "lmhosts", "host", "wins" and "bcast". They cause
93 names to be resolved as follows:
94 • lmhosts: Lookup an IP address in the Samba lmhosts file.
96 If the line in lmhosts has no name type attached to the
97 NetBIOS name (see the lmhosts(5) for details) then any
98 name type matches for lookup.
99 • host: Do a standard host name to IP address resolution,
101 using the system /etc/hosts, NIS, or DNS lookups. This
102 method of name resolution is operating system dependent,
103 for instance on IRIX or Solaris this may be controlled
104 by the /etc/nsswitch.conf file). Note that this method
105 is only used if the NetBIOS name type being queried is
106 the 0x20 (server) name type, otherwise it is ignored.
107 • wins: Query a name with the IP address listed in the
109 wins server parameter. If no WINS server has been
110 specified this method will be ignored.
111 • bcast: Do a broadcast on each of the known local
113 interfaces listed in the interfaces parameter. This is
114 the least reliable of the name resolution methods as it
115 depends on the target host being on a locally connected
116 subnet.
117 If this parameter is not set then the name resolve order defined in
119 the /etc/samba/smb.conf file parameter (name resolve order) will be
120 used.
121 The default order is lmhosts, host, wins, bcast. Without this
123 parameter or any entry in the name resolve order parameter of the
124 /etc/samba/smb.conf file, the name resolution methods will be
125 attempted in this order.
126 -O|--socket-options=SOCKETOPTIONS
128 TCP socket options to set on the client socket. See the socket
129 options parameter in the /etc/samba/smb.conf manual page for the
130 list of valid options.
131 -m|--max-protocol=MAXPROTOCOL
133 The value of the parameter (a string) is the highest protocol level
134 that will be supported by the client.
135 Note that specifying this parameter here will override the client
137 max protocol parameter in the /etc/samba/smb.conf file.
138 -n|--netbiosname=NETBIOSNAME
140 This option allows you to override the NetBIOS name that Samba uses
141 for itself. This is identical to setting the netbios name parameter
142 in the /etc/samba/smb.conf file. However, a command line setting
143 will take precedence over settings in /etc/samba/smb.conf.
144 --netbios-scope=SCOPE
146 This specifies a NetBIOS scope that nmblookup will use to
147 communicate with when generating NetBIOS names. For details on the
148 use of NetBIOS scopes, see rfc1001.txt and rfc1002.txt. NetBIOS
149 scopes are very rarely used, only set this parameter if you are the
150 system administrator in charge of all the NetBIOS systems you
151 communicate with.
152 -W|--workgroup=WORKGROUP
154 Set the SMB domain of the username. This overrides the default
155 domain which is the domain defined in smb.conf. If the domain
156 specified is the same as the servers NetBIOS name, it causes the
157 client to log on using the servers local SAM (as opposed to the
158 Domain SAM).
159 Note that specifying this parameter here will override the
161 workgroup parameter in the /etc/samba/smb.conf file.
162 -r|--realm=REALM
164 Set the realm for the domain.
165 Note that specifying this parameter here will override the realm
167 parameter in the /etc/samba/smb.conf file.
168 -U|--user=[DOMAIN\]USERNAME[%PASSWORD]
170 Sets the SMB username or username and password.
171 If %PASSWORD is not specified, the user will be prompted. The
173 client will first check the USER environment variable (which is
174 also permitted to also contain the password separated by a %), then
175 the LOGNAME variable (which is not permitted to contain a password)
176 and if either exists, the value is used. If these environmental
177 variables are not found, the username found in a Kerberos
178 Credentials cache may be used.
179 A third option is to use a credentials file which contains the
181 plaintext of the username and password. This option is mainly
182 provided for scripts where the admin does not wish to pass the
183 credentials on the command line or via environment variables. If
184 this method is used, make certain that the permissions on the file
185 restrict access from unwanted users. See the -A for more details.
186 Be cautious about including passwords in scripts or passing
188 user-supplied values onto the command line. For security it is
189 better to let the Samba client tool ask for the password if needed,
190 or obtain the password once with kinit.
191 While Samba will attempt to scrub the password from the process
193 title (as seen in ps), this is after startup and so is subject to a
194 race.
195 -N|--no-pass
197 If specified, this parameter suppresses the normal password prompt
198 from the client to the user. This is useful when accessing a
199 service that does not require a password.
200 Unless a password is specified on the command line or this
202 parameter is specified, the client will request a password.
203 If a password is specified on the command line and this option is
205 also defined the password on the command line will be silently
206 ignored and no password will be used.
207 --password
209 Specify the password on the commandline.
210 Be cautious about including passwords in scripts or passing
212 user-supplied values onto the command line. For security it is
213 better to let the Samba client tool ask for the password if needed,
214 or obtain the password once with kinit.
215 If --password is not specified, the tool will check the PASSWD
217 environment variable, followed by PASSWD_FD which is expected to
218 contain an open file descriptor (FD) number.
219 Finally it will check PASSWD_FILE (containing a file path to be
221 opened). The file should only contain the password. Make certain
222 that the permissions on the file restrict access from unwanted
223 users!
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 --pw-nt-hash
230 The supplied password is the NT hash.
231 -A|--authentication-file=filename
233 This option allows you to specify a file from which to read the
234 username and password used in the connection. The format of the
235 file is:
236 username = <value>
238 password = <value>
239 domain = <value>
240 Make certain that the permissions on the file restrict access from
243 unwanted users!
244 -P|--machine-pass
246 Use stored machine account password.
247 --simple-bind-dn=DN
249 DN to use for a simple bind.
250 --use-kerberos=desired|required|off
252 This parameter determines whether Samba client tools will try to
253 authenticate using Kerberos. For Kerberos authentication you need
254 to use dns names instead of IP addresses when connecting to a
255 service.
256 Note that specifying this parameter here will override the client
258 use kerberos parameter in the /etc/samba/smb.conf file.
259 --use-krb5-ccache=CCACHE
261 Specifies the credential cache location for Kerberos
262 authentication.
263 This will set --use-kerberos=required too.
265 --use-winbind-ccache
267 Try to use the credential cache by winbind.
268 --client-protection=sign|encrypt|off
270 Sets the connection protection the client tool should use.
271 Note that specifying this parameter here will override the client
273 protection parameter in the /etc/samba/smb.conf file.
274 In case you need more fine grained control you can use:
276 --option=clientsmbencrypt=OPTION, --option=clientipcsigning=OPTION,
277 --option=clientsigning=OPTION.
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280 This man page is part of version 4.18.9 of the Samba suite.
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283 smbd(8), samba(7) and net(8).
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286 The original Samba software and related utilities were created by
287 Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed by the Samba Team as an Open
288 Source project similar to the way the Linux kernel is developed.
289 The samba-regedit man page was written by Karolin Seeger.
291Samba 4.18.9 11/30/2023 SAMBA-REGEDIT(8)