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SAMBA(7)


NAME

  samba - A Windows SMB/CIFS fileserver for UNIX


SYNOPSIS

  samba


DESCRIPTION

  The Samba software suite is a collection of programs that implements the
  Server Message Block (commonly abbreviated as SMB) protocol for UNIX
  systems. This protocol is sometimes also referred to as the Common Internet
  File System (CIFS). For a more thorough description, see
  http://www.ubiqx.org/cifs/. Samba also implements the NetBIOS protocol in
  nmbd.

  smbd(8)
     The smbd daemon provides the file and print services to SMB clients,
     such as Windows 95/98, Windows NT, Windows for Workgroups or LanManager.
     The configuration file for this daemon is described in smb.conf(5)

  nmbd(8)
     The nmbd daemon provides NetBIOS nameservice and browsing support. The
     configuration file for this daemon is described in smb.conf(5)

  smbclient(1)
     The smbclient program implements a simple ftp-like client. This is
     useful for accessing SMB shares on other compatible servers (such as
     Windows NT), and can also be used to allow a UNIX box to print to a
     printer attached to any SMB server (such as a PC running Windows NT).

  testparm(1)
     The testparm utility is a simple syntax checker for Samba's smb.conf(5)
     configuration file.

  testprns(1)
     The testprns utility supports testing printer names defined in your
     printcap file used by Samba.

  smbstatus(1)
     The smbstatus tool provides access to information about the current
     connections to smbd.

  nmblookup(1)
     The nmblookup tools allows NetBIOS name queries to be made from a UNIX
     host.

  smbpasswd(8)
     The smbpasswd command is a tool for changing LanMan and Windows NT
     password hashes on Samba and Windows NT servers.

  smbcacls(1)
     The smbcacls command is a tool to set ACL's on remote CIFS servers.

  smbsh(1)
     The smbsh command is a program that allows you to run a unix shell with
     with an overloaded VFS.

  smbtree(1)
     The smbtree command is a text-based network neighborhood tool.

  smbtar(1)
     The smbtar can make backups of data on CIFS/SMB servers.

  smbspool(8)
     smbspool is a helper utility for printing on printers connected to CIFS
     servers.

  smbcontrol(1)
     smbcontrol is a utility that can change the behaviour of running samba
     daemons.

  rpcclient(1)
     rpcclient is a utility that can be used to execute RPC commands on
     remote CIFS servers.

  pdbedit(8)
     The pdbedit command can be used to maintain the local user database on a
     samba server.

  findsmb(1)
     The findsmb command can be used to find SMB servers on the local
     network.

  net(8)
     The net command is supposed to work similar to the DOS/Windows NET.EXE
     command.

  swat(8)
     swat is a web-based interface to configuring smb.conf.

  winbindd(8)
     winbindd is a daemon that is used for integrating authentication and the
     user database into unix.

  wbinfo(1)
     wbinfo is a utility that retrieves and stores information related to
     winbind.

  profiles(1)
     profiles is a command-line utility that can be used to replace all
     occurences of a certain SID with another SID.

  log2pcap(1)
     log2pcap is a utility for generating pcap trace files from Samba log
     files.

  vfstest(1)
     vfstest is a utility that can be used to test vfs modules.

  ntlm_auth(1)
     ntlm_auth is a helper-utility for external programs wanting to do NTLM-
     authentication.

  smbmount(8), smbumount(8), smbmnt(8)
     smbmount,smbumount and smbmnt are commands that can be used to mount
     CIFS/SMB shares on Linux.

  smbcquotas(1)
     smbcquotas is a tool that can set remote QUOTA's on server with NTFS 5.


COMPONENTS

  The Samba suite is made up of several components. Each component is
  described in a separate manual page. It is strongly recommended that you
  read the documentation that comes with Samba and the manual pages of those
  components that you use. If the manual pages and documents aren't clear
  enough then please visit http://devel.samba.org for information on how to
  file a bug report or submit a patch.

  If you require help, visit the Samba webpage at http://www.samba.org/ and
  explore the many option available to you.


AVAILABILITY

  The Samba software suite is licensed under the GNU Public License(GPL). A
  copy of that license should have come with the package in the file COPYING.
  You are encouraged to distribute copies of the Samba suite, but please obey
  the terms of this license.

  The latest version of the Samba suite can be obtained via anonymous ftp
  from samba.org in the directory pub/samba/. It is also available on several
  mirror sites worldwide.

  You may also find useful information about Samba on the newsgroup
  comp.protocol.smb and the Samba mailing list. Details on how to join the
  mailing list are given in the README file that comes with Samba.

  If you have access to a WWW viewer (such as Mozilla or Konqueror) then you
  will also find lots of useful information, including back issues of the
  Samba mailing list, at http://lists.samba.org.


VERSION

  This man page is correct for version 3.0 of the Samba suite.


CONTRIBUTIONS

  If you wish to contribute to the Samba project, then I suggest you join the
  Samba mailing list at http://lists.samba.org.

  If you have patches to submit, visit http://devel.samba.org/ for
  information on how to do it properly. We prefer patches in diff -u format.


CONTRIBUTORS

  Contributors to the project are now too numerous to mention here but all
  deserve the thanks of all Samba users. To see a full list, look at the
  change-log in the source package for the pre-CVS changes and at
  http://cvs.samba.org/ for the contributors to Samba post-CVS. CVS is the
  Open Source source code control system used by the Samba Team to develop
  Samba. The project would have been unmanageable without it.


AUTHOR

  The original Samba software and related utilities were created by Andrew
  Tridgell. Samba is now developed by the Samba Team as an Open Source
  project similar to the way the Linux kernel is developed.

  The original Samba man pages were written by Karl Auer. The man page
  sources were converted to YODL format (another excellent piece of Open
  Source software, available at ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/) and updated
  for the Samba 2.0 release by Jeremy Allison. The conversion to DocBook for
  Samba 2.2 was done by Gerald Carter. The conversion to DocBook XML 4.2 for
  Samba 3.0 was done by Alexander Bokovoy.

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