samba - A Windows AD and SMB/CIFS fileserver for UNIX
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.
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.
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.
This man page is part of version 4.13.13-Debian of the Samba
suite.
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 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.
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.