samba - A Windows AD and SMB/CIFS fileserver for UNIX
samba
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NAME
samba - A Windows AD and 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 and provides Active Directory services. The first version
of the SMB 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.
samba(8)
The samba daemon provides the Active Directory services and file
and print services to SMB clients. The configuration file for this
daemon is described in smb.conf(5).
smbd(8)
The smbd daemon provides the file and print services to SMB
clients. 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).
winbindd(8)
winbindd is a daemon that is used for integrating authentication
and the user database into unix.
smbclient(1)
The smbclient program implements a simple ftp-like client. This is
useful for accessing SMB shares on other compatible SMB servers,
and can also be used to allow a UNIX box to print to a printer
attached to any SMB server.
samba-tool(8)
The samba-tool is the main Samba Administration tool regarding
Active Directory services.
testparm(1)
The testparm utility is a simple syntax checker for Samba's
smb.conf(5) configuration file. In AD server mode samba-tool
testparm should be used though.
smbstatus(1)
The smbstatus tool provides access to information about the current
connections to smbd.
nmblookup(1)
The nmblookup tool allows NetBIOS name queries to be made.
smbpasswd(8)
The smbpasswd command is a tool for setting passwords on local
Samba but also on remote SMB servers.
smbcacls(1)
The smbcacls command is a tool to set ACL's on remote SMB servers.
smbtree(1)
The smbtree command is a text-based network neighborhood tool.
smbtar(1)
The smbtar can make backups of data directly from SMB servers.
smbspool(8)
smbspool is a helper utility for printing on printers connected to
SMB servers.
smbcontrol(1)
smbcontrol is a utility that can change the behaviour of running
samba, smbd, nmbd and winbindd daemons.
rpcclient(1)
rpcclient is a utility that can be used to execute RPC commands on
remote SMB 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 the main administration tool for Samba member
and standalone servers.
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
occurrences 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.
smbcquotas(1)
smbcquotas is a tool to manage quotas on remote SMB servers.
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 https://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 https://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 from
https://download.samba.org/pub/samba/.
The Samba Wiki at https://wiki.samba.org has also a lot of useful
information. On the Samba mailing list at https://lists.samba.org you
can find a lot of information in the archives and you can subscribe to
the samba list and ask for help or discuss things.
VERSION
This man page is part of version 4.13.17 of the Samba suite.
CONTRIBUTIONS
If you wish to contribute to the Samba project, then I suggest you join
the Samba mailing list at https://lists.samba.org.
If you have patches to submit, visit https://devel.samba.org/ for
information on how to do it properly. We prefer patches in git
format-patch 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
https://git.samba.org/ for the contributors to Samba post-GIT. GIT 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.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+---------------+-----------------------+
|ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+---------------+-----------------------+
|Availability | service/network/samba |
+---------------+-----------------------+
|Stability | Volatile |
+---------------+-----------------------+
NOTES
Source code for open source software components in Oracle Solaris can
be found at https://www.oracle.com/downloads/opensource/solaris-source-
code-downloads.html.
This software was built from source available at
https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland. The original community
source was downloaded from
https://download.samba.org/pub/samba/stable/samba-4.13.17.tar.gz.
Further information about this software can be found on the open source
community website at http://www.samba.org/.
Samba 4.13.17 06/28/2022 SAMBA(7)