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6 samba - A Windows 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. This protocol is sometimes also referred to as the Common
15 Internet File System (CIFS). For a more thorough description, see
16 http://www.ubiqx.org/cifs/. Samba also implements the NetBIOS protocol
17 in nmbd.
18 smbd(8)
20 The smbd daemon provides the file and print services to SMB clients,
21 such as Windows 95/98, Windows NT, Windows for Workgroups or LanMan‐
22 ager. The configuration file for this daemon is described in
23 smb.conf(5)
24 nmbd(8)
26 The nmbd daemon provides NetBIOS nameservice and browsing support.
27 The configuration file for this daemon is described in smb.conf(5)
28 smbclient(1)
30 The smbclient program implements a simple ftp-like client. This is
31 useful for accessing SMB shares on other compatible servers (such as
32 Windows NT), and can also be used to allow a UNIX box to print to a
33 printer attached to any SMB server (such as a PC running Windows
34 NT).
35 testparm(1)
37 The testparm utility is a simple syntax checker for Samba's
38 smb.conf(5) configuration file.
39 testprns(1)
41 The testprns utility supports testing printer names defined in your
42 printcap file used by Samba.
43 smbstatus(1)
45 The smbstatus tool provides access to information about the current
46 connections to smbd.
47 nmblookup(1)
49 The nmblookup tools allows NetBIOS name queries to be made from a
50 UNIX host.
51 smbpasswd(8)
53 The smbpasswd command is a tool for changing LanMan and Windows NT
54 password hashes on Samba and Windows NT servers.
55 smbcacls(1)
57 The smbcacls command is a tool to set ACL's on remote CIFS servers.
58 smbsh(1)
60 The smbsh command is a program that allows you to run a unix shell
61 with with an overloaded VFS.
62 smbtree(1)
64 The smbtree command is a text-based network neighborhood tool.
65 smbtar(1)
67 The smbtar can make backups of data on CIFS/SMB servers.
68 smbspool(8)
70 smbspool is a helper utility for printing on printers connected to
71 CIFS servers.
72 smbcontrol(1)
74 smbcontrol is a utility that can change the behaviour of running
75 samba daemons.
76 rpcclient(1)
78 rpcclient is a utility that can be used to execute RPC commands on
79 remote CIFS servers.
80 pdbedit(8)
82 The pdbedit command can be used to maintain the local user database
83 on a samba server.
84 findsmb(1)
86 The findsmb command can be used to find SMB servers on the local
87 network.
88 net(8)
90 The net command is supposed to work similar to the DOS/Windows
91 NET.EXE command.
92 swat(8)
94 swat is a web-based interface to configuring smb.conf.
95 winbindd(8)
97 winbindd is a daemon that is used for integrating authentication and
98 the user database into unix.
99 wbinfo(1)
101 wbinfo is a utility that retrieves and stores information related to
102 winbind.
103 profiles(1)
105 profiles is a command-line utility that can be used to replace all
106 occurences of a certain SID with another SID.
107 log2pcap(1)
109 log2pcap is a utility for generating pcap trace files from Samba log
110 files.
111 vfstest(1)
113 vfstest is a utility that can be used to test vfs modules.
114 ntlm_auth(1)
116 ntlm_auth is a helper-utility for external programs wanting to do
117 NTLM-authentication.
118 smbmount(8), smbumount(8), smbmnt(8)
120 smbmount,smbumount and smbmnt are commands that can be used to mount
121 CIFS/SMB shares on Linux.
122 smbcquotas(1)
124 smbcquotas is a tool that can set remote QUOTA's on server with NTFS
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128 The Samba suite is made up of several components. Each component is
129 described in a separate manual page. It is strongly recommended that
130 you read the documentation that comes with Samba and the manual pages
131 of those components that you use. If the manual pages and documents
132 aren't clear enough then please visit http://devel.samba.org for infor‐
133 mation on how to file a bug report or submit a patch.
134 If you require help, visit the Samba webpage at http://www.samba.org/
136 and explore the many option available to you.
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139 The Samba software suite is licensed under the GNU Public License(GPL).
140 A copy of that license should have come with the package in the file
141 COPYING. You are encouraged to distribute copies of the Samba suite,
142 but please obey the terms of this license.
143 The latest version of the Samba suite can be obtained via anonymous ftp
145 from samba.org in the directory pub/samba/. It is also available on
146 several mirror sites worldwide.
147 You may also find useful information about Samba on the newsgroup
149 comp.protocol.smb and the Samba mailing list. Details on how to join
150 the mailing list are given in the README file that comes with Samba.
151 If you have access to a WWW viewer (such as Mozilla or Konqueror) then
153 you will also find lots of useful information, including back issues of
154 the Samba mailing list, at http://lists.samba.org.
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157 This man page is correct for version 3.0 of the Samba suite.
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160 If you wish to contribute to the Samba project, then I suggest you join
161 the Samba mailing list at http://lists.samba.org.
162 If you have patches to submit, visit http://devel.samba.org/ for infor‐
164 mation on how to do it properly. We prefer patches in diff -u format.
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167 Contributors to the project are now too numerous to mention here but
168 all deserve the thanks of all Samba users. To see a full list, look at
169 the change-log in the source package for the pre-CVS changes and at
170 http://cvs.samba.org/ for the contributors to Samba post-CVS. CVS is
171 the Open Source source code control system used by the Samba Team to
172 develop Samba. The project would have been unmanageable without it.
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175 The original Samba software and related utilities were created by
176 Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed by the Samba Team as an Open
177 Source project similar to the way the Linux kernel is developed.
178 The original Samba man pages were written by Karl Auer. The man page
180 sources were converted to YODL format (another excellent piece of Open
181 Source software, available at ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/) and
182 updated for the Samba 2.0 release by Jeremy Allison. The conversion to
183 DocBook for Samba 2.2 was done by Gerald Carter. The conversion to Doc‐
184 Book XML 4.2 for Samba 3.0 was done by Alexander Bokovoy.
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