<computeroutput>
[foo]
path = /home/bar
- writeable = true
+ read only = no
</computeroutput>
</screen>
<computeroutput>
[aprinter]
path = /usr/spool/public
- writeable = false
- printable = true
- guest ok = true
+ read only = yes
+ printable = yes
+ guest ok = yes
</computeroutput>
</screen>
</refsect1>
<screen>
<computeroutput>
[homes]
- writeable = yes
+ read only = no
</computeroutput>
</screen>
<listitem><para><link linkend="UNIXPASSWORDSYNC"><parameter>unix password sync</parameter></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="UPDATEENCRYPTED"><parameter>update encrypted</parameter></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="USEMMAP"><parameter>use mmap</parameter></link></para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para><link linkend="USERHOSTS"><parameter>use rhosts</parameter></link></para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para><link linkend="USESENDFILE"><parameter>use sendfile</parameter></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="USERNAMELEVEL"><parameter>username level</parameter></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="USERNAMEMAP"><parameter>username map</parameter></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="UTMP"><parameter>utmp</parameter></link></para></listitem>
queue the lock request, and periodically attempt to obtain
the lock until the timeout period expires.</para>
- <para>If this parameter is set to <constant>false</constant>, then
+ <para>If this parameter is set to <constant>no</constant>, then
Samba 2.2 will behave as previous versions of Samba would and
will fail the lock request immediately if the lock range
cannot be obtained.</para>
<listitem><para>This controls whether <ulink url="smbd.8.html">
<command>smbd(8)</command></ulink> will serve a browse list to
a client doing a <command>NetServerEnum</command> call. Normally
- set to <constant>true</constant>. You should never need to change
+ set to <constant>yes</constant>. You should never need to change
this.</para>
<para>Default: <command>browse list = yes</command></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>This option is used when Samba is attempting to
delete a directory that contains one or more vetoed directories
(see the <link linkend="VETOFILES"><parameter>veto files</parameter></link>
- option). If this option is set to <constant>false</constant> (the default) then if a vetoed
+ option). If this option is set to <constant>no</constant> (the default) then if a vetoed
directory contains any non-vetoed files or directories then the
directory delete will fail. This is usually what you want.</para>
- <para>If this option is set to <constant>true</constant>, then Samba
+ <para>If this option is set to <constant>yes</constant>, then Samba
will attempt to recursively delete any files and directories within
the vetoed directory. This can be useful for integration with file
serving systems such as NetAtalk which create meta-files within
<varlistentry>
<term><anchor id="DOMAINLOGONS">domain logons (G)</term>
- <listitem><para>If set to <constant>true</constant>, the Samba server will serve
+ <listitem><para>If set to <constant>yes</constant>, the Samba server will serve
Windows 95/98 Domain logons for the <link linkend="WORKGROUP">
<parameter>workgroup</parameter></link> it is in. Samba 2.2 also
has limited capability to act as a domain controller for Windows
default, Samba runs with POSIX semantics and refuses to change the
timestamp on a file if the user <command>smbd</command> is acting
on behalf of is not the file owner. Setting this option to <constant>
-
true</constant> allows DOS semantics and <ulink url="smbd.8.html">smbd</ulink> will change the file
+
yes</constant> allows DOS semantics and <ulink url="smbd.8.html">smbd</ulink> will change the file
timestamp as DOS requires.</para>
<para>Default: <command>dos filetimes = no</command></para></listitem>
caching algorithm will be used to reduce the time taken for getwd()
calls. This can have a significant impact on performance, especially
when the <link linkend="WIDELINKS"><parameter>wide links</parameter>
- </link>parameter is set to <constant>false</constant>.</para>
+ </link>parameter is set to <constant>no</constant>.</para>
<para>Default: <command>getwd cache = yes</command></para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><anchor id="HIDESPECIALFILS">hide special files (G)</term>
+ <term><anchor id="HIDESPECIALFILES">hide special files (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This parameter prevents clients from seeing
special files such as sockets, devices and fifo's in directory
listings.
<varlistentry>
<term><anchor id="HOMEDIRMAP">homedir map (G)</term>
<listitem><para>If<link linkend="NISHOMEDIR"><parameter>nis homedir
- </parameter></link> is <constant>
true</constant>, and <ulink
+ </parameter></link> is <constant>
yes</constant>, and <ulink
url="smbd.8.html"><command>smbd(8)</command></ulink> is also acting
as a Win95/98 <parameter>logon server</parameter> then this parameter
specifies the NIS (or YP) map from which the server for the user's
oplocks</parameter></link> are supported then level2 oplocks are
not granted (even if this parameter is set to <constant>yes</constant>).
Note also, the <link linkend="OPLOCKS"><parameter>oplocks</parameter>
- </link> parameter must be set to <constant>true</constant> on this share in order for
+ </link> parameter must be set to <constant>yes</constant> on this share in order for
this parameter to have any effect.</para>
<para>See also the <link linkend="OPLOCKS"><parameter>oplocks</parameter>
<command>nmbd(8)</command></ulink> will produce Lanman announce
broadcasts that are needed by OS/2 clients in order for them to see
the Samba server in their browse list. This parameter can have three
- values, <constant>true</constant>, <constant>false</constant>, or
+ values, <constant>yes</constant>, <constant>no</constant>, or
<constant>auto</constant>. The default is <constant>auto</constant>.
- If set to <constant>false</constant> Samba will never produce these
- broadcasts. If set to <constant>true</constant> Samba will produce
+ If set to <constant>no</constant> Samba will never produce these
+ broadcasts. If set to <constant>yes</constant> Samba will produce
Lanman announce broadcasts at a frequency set by the parameter
<parameter>lm interval</parameter>. If set to <constant>auto</constant>
Samba will not send Lanman announce broadcasts by default but will
<term><anchor id="LOCALMASTER">local master (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This option allows <ulink url="nmbd.8.html"><command>
nmbd(8)</command></ulink> to try and become a local master browser
- on a subnet. If set to <constant>false</constant> then <command>
+ on a subnet. If set to <constant>no</constant> then <command>
nmbd</command> will not attempt to become a local master browser
on a subnet and will also lose in all browsing elections. By
- default this value is set to <constant>true</constant>. Setting this value to <constant>true</constant> doesn't
+ default this value is set to <constant>yes</constant>. Setting this value to <constant>yes</constant> doesn't
mean that Samba will <emphasis>become</emphasis> the local master
browser on a subnet, just that <command>nmbd</command> will <emphasis>
participate</emphasis> in elections for local master browser.</para>
- <para>Setting this value to <constant>false</constant> will cause <command>nmbd</command>
+ <para>Setting this value to <constant>no</constant> will cause <command>nmbd</command>
<emphasis>never</emphasis> to become a local master browser.</para>
<para>Default: <command>local master = yes</command></para>
if the expect string is a full stop then no string is expected.</para>
<para>If the <link linkend="PAMPASSWORDCHANGE"><parameter>pam
- password change</parameter></link> parameter is set to true, the chat pairs
+ password change</parameter></link> parameter is set to <constant>yes</constant>, the chat pairs
may be matched in any order, and success is determined by the PAM result,
not any particular output. The \n macro is ignored for PAM conversions.
</para>
it.</para>
<para><emphasis>Note</emphasis> that if the <parameter>unix
- password sync</parameter> parameter is set to <constant>true
+ password sync</parameter> parameter is set to <constant>yes
</constant> then this program is called <emphasis>AS ROOT</emphasis>
before the SMB password in the <ulink url="smbpasswd.5.html">smbpasswd(5)
</ulink> file is changed. If this UNIX password change fails, then
is set this parameter <emphasis>MUST USE ABSOLUTE PATHS</emphasis>
for <emphasis>ALL</emphasis> programs called, and must be examined
for security implications. Note that by default <parameter>unix
- password sync</parameter> is set to <constant>false</constant>.</para>
+ password sync</parameter> is set to <constant>no</constant>.</para>
<para>See also <link linkend="UNIXPASSWORDSYNC"><parameter>unix
password sync</parameter></link>.</para>
url="nmbd.8.html">nmbd(8)</ulink> is a preferred master browser
for its workgroup.</para>
- <para>If this is set to <constant>true</constant>, on startup, <command>nmbd</command>
+ <para>If this is set to <constant>yes</constant>, on startup, <command>nmbd</command>
will force an election, and it will have a slight advantage in
winning the election. It is recommended that this parameter is
used in conjunction with <command><link linkend="DOMAINMASTER"><parameter>
<para>Note that a printable service will ALWAYS allow writing
to the service path (user privileges permitting) via the spooling
- of print data. The <link linkend="WRITEABLE"><parameter>writeable
+ of print data. The <link linkend="READONLY"><parameter>read only
</parameter></link> parameter controls only non-printing access to
the resource.</para>
<listitem><para>This is a list of users that are given read-only
access to a service. If the connecting user is in this list then
they will not be given write access, no matter what the <link
- linkend="WRITEABLE"><parameter>writeable</parameter></link>
+ linkend="READONLY"><parameter>read only</parameter></link>
option is set to. The list can include group names using the
syntax described in the <link linkend="INVALIDUSERS"><parameter>
invalid users</parameter></link> parameter.</para>
<varlistentry>
<term><anchor id="READONLY">read only (S)</term>
- <listitem><para>Note that this is an inverted synonym for <link
- linkend="WRITEABLE"><parameter>writeable</parameter></link>.</para>
+ <listitem><para>An inverted synonym is <link linkend="WRITEABLE">
+ <parameter>writeable</parameter></link>.</para>
+
+ <para>If this parameter is <constant>yes</constant>, then users
+ of a service may not create or modify files in the service's
+ directory.</para>
+
+ <para>Note that a printable service (<command>printable = yes</command>)
+ will <emphasis>ALWAYS</emphasis> allow writing to the directory
+ (user privileges permitting), but only via spooling operations.</para>
+
+ <para>Default: <command>read only = yes</command></para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><anchor id="RESTRICTANONYMOUS">restrict anonymous (G)</term>
- <listitem><para>This is a boolean parameter. If it is <constant>true</constant>, then
+ <listitem><para>This is a boolean parameter. If it is <constant>yes</constant>, then
anonymous access to the server will be restricted, namely in the
case where the server is expecting the client to send a username,
- but it doesn't. Setting it to <constant>true</constant> will force these anonymous
+ but it doesn't. Setting it to <constant>yes</constant> will force these anonymous
connections to be denied, and the client will be required to always
supply a username and password when connecting. Use of this parameter
is only recommended for homogeneous NT client environments.</para>
likes to use anonymous connections when refreshing the share list,
and this is a way to work around that.</para>
- <para>When restrict anonymous is <constant>true</constant>, all anonymous connections
+ <para>When restrict anonymous is <constant>yes</constant>, all anonymous connections
are denied no matter what they are for. This can effect the ability
of a machine to access the Samba Primary Domain Controller to revalidate
its machine account after someone else has logged on the client
url="smbpasswd.8.html">smbpasswd(8)</ulink> has been used to add this
machine into a Windows NT Domain. It expects the <link
linkend="ENCRYPTPASSWORDS"><parameter>encrypted passwords</parameter>
- </link> parameter to be set to <constant>true</constant>. In this
+ </link> parameter to be set to <constant>yes</constant>. In this
mode Samba will try to validate the username/password by passing
it to a Windows NT Primary or Backup Domain Controller, in exactly
the same way that a Windows NT Server would do.</para>
<term><anchor id="SYNCALWAYS">sync always (S)</term>
<listitem><para>This is a boolean parameter that controls
whether writes will always be written to stable storage before
- the write call returns. If this is <constant>false</constant> then the server will be
+ the write call returns. If this is <constant>no</constant> then the server will be
guided by the client's request in each write call (clients can
set a bit indicating that a particular write should be synchronous).
- If this is <constant>true</constant> then every write will be followed by a <command>fsync()
+ If this is <constant>yes</constant> then every write will be followed by a <command>fsync()
</command> call to ensure the data is written to disk. Note that
the <parameter>strict sync</parameter> parameter must be set to
<constant>yes</constant> in order for this parameter to have
<listitem><para>This boolean parameter controls whether Samba
attempts to synchronize the UNIX password with the SMB password
when the encrypted SMB password in the smbpasswd file is changed.
- If this is set to <constant>
true</constant> the program specified in the <parameter>passwd
+ If this is set to <constant>
yes</constant> the program specified in the <parameter>passwd
program</parameter>parameter is called <emphasis>AS ROOT</emphasis> -
to allow the new UNIX password to be set without access to the
old UNIX password (as the SMB password change code has no
<listitem><para>This global parameter determines if the tdb internals of Samba can
depend on mmap working correctly on the running system. Samba requires a coherent
mmap/read-write system memory cache. Currently only HPUX does not have such a
- coherent cache, and so this parameter is set to <constant>false</constant> by
+ coherent cache, and so this parameter is set to <constant>no</constant> by
default on HPUX. On all other systems this parameter should be left alone. This
parameter is provided to help the Samba developers track down problems with
the tdb internal code.
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><anchor id="USERHOSTS">use rhosts (G)</term>
+ <listitem><para>If this global parameter is <constant>yes</constant>, it specifies
+ that the UNIX user's <filename>.rhosts</filename> file in their home directory
+ will be read to find the names of hosts and users who will be allowed
+ access without specifying a password.</para>
+
+ <para><emphasis>NOTE:</emphasis> The use of <parameter>use rhosts
+ </parameter> can be a major security hole. This is because you are
+ trusting the PC to supply the correct username. It is very easy to
+ get a PC to supply a false username. I recommend that the <parameter>
+ use rhosts</parameter> option be only used if you really know what
+ you are doing.</para>
+
+ <para>Default: <command>use rhosts = no</command></para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+
+
<varlistentry>
<term><anchor id="USER">user (S)</term>
<listitem><para>Synonym for <link linkend="USERNAME"><parameter>
<para>If any line begins with a '#' or a ';' then it is
ignored</para>
- <para>If any line begins with an '!' then the processing
- will stop after that line if a mapping was done by the line.
- Otherwise mapping continues with every line being processed.
- Using '!' is most useful when you have a wildcard mapping line
+ <para>If any line begins with an '!' then the processing
+ will stop after that line if a mapping was done by the line.
+ Otherwise mapping continues with every line being processed.
+ Using '!' is most useful when you have a wildcard mapping line
later in the file.</para>
-
- <para>For example to map from the name <constant>admin</constant>
+
+ <para>For example to map from the name <constant>admin</constant>
or <constant>administrator</constant> to the UNIX name <constant>
root</constant> you would use:</para>
<para><command>root = admin administrator</command></para>
- <para>Or to map anyone in the UNIX group <constant>system</constant>
+ <para>Or to map anyone in the UNIX group <constant>system</constant>
to the UNIX name <constant>sys</constant> you would use:</para>
<para><command>sys = @system</command></para>
- <para>You can have as many mappings as you like in a username
+ <para>You can have as many mappings as you like in a username
map file.</para>
-
-
- <para>If your system supports the NIS NETGROUP option then
+
+
+ <para>If your system supports the NIS NETGROUP option then
the netgroup database is checked before the <filename>/etc/group
</filename> database for matching groups.</para>
<para><command>tridge = "Andrew Tridgell"</command></para>
- <para>would map the windows username "Andrew Tridgell" to the
+ <para>would map the windows username "Andrew Tridgell" to the
unix username "tridge".</para>
- <para>The following example would map mary and fred to the
- unix user sys, and map the rest to guest. Note the use of the
- '!' to tell Samba to stop processing if it gets a match on
+ <para>The following example would map mary and fred to the
+ unix user sys, and map the rest to guest. Note the use of the
+ '!' to tell Samba to stop processing if it gets a match on
that line.</para>
<para><programlisting>
guest = *
</programlisting></para>
- <para>Note that the remapping is applied to all occurrences
+ <para>Note that the remapping is applied to all occurrences
of usernames. Thus if you connect to \\server\fred and <constant>
- fred</constant> is remapped to <constant>mary</constant> then you
- will actually be connecting to \\server\mary and will need to
- supply a password suitable for <constant>mary</constant> not
- <constant>fred</constant>. The only exception to this is the
+ fred</constant> is remapped to <constant>mary</constant> then you
+ will actually be connecting to \\server\mary and will need to
+ supply a password suitable for <constant>mary</constant> not
+ <constant>fred</constant>. The only exception to this is the
username passed to the <link linkend="PASSWORDSERVER"><parameter>
- password server</parameter></link> (if you have one). The password
- server will receive whatever username the client supplies without
+ password server</parameter></link> (if you have one). The password
+ server will receive whatever username the client supplies without
modification.</para>
- <para>Also note that no reverse mapping is done. The main effect
- this has is with printing. Users who have been mapped may have
- trouble deleting print jobs as PrintManager under WfWg will think
+ <para>Also note that no reverse mapping is done. The main effect
+ this has is with printing. Users who have been mapped may have
+ trouble deleting print jobs as PrintManager under WfWg will think
they don't own the print job.</para>
<para>Default: <emphasis>no username map</emphasis></para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><anchor id="USESENDFILE">use sendfile (S)</term>
+ <listitem><para>If this parameter is <constant>yes</constant>, and Samba
+ was built with the --with-sendfile-support option, and the underlying operating
+ system supports sendfile system call, then some SMB read calls (mainly ReadAndX
+ and ReadRaw) will use the more efficient sendfile system call for files that
+ are exclusively oplocked. This may make more efficient use of the system CPU's
+ and cause Samba to be faster. This is off by default as it's effects are unknown
+ as yet.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>Default: <command>use sendfile = no</command></para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
<varlistentry>
<term><anchor id="UTMP">utmp (G)</term>
- <listitem><para>This boolean parameter is only available if
+ <listitem><para>This boolean parameter is only available if
Samba has been configured and compiled with the option <command>
- --with-utmp</command>. If set to <constant>true</constant> then Samba will attempt
+ --with-utmp</command>. If set to <constant>yes</constant> then Samba will attempt
to add utmp or utmpx records (depending on the UNIX system) whenever a
connection is made to a Samba server. Sites may use this to record the
user connecting to a Samba share.</para>
<command>getpwent()</command> and
<command>endpwent()</command> group of system calls. If
the <parameter>winbind enum users</parameter> parameter is
- false, calls to the <command>getpwent</command> system call
+ <constant>no</constant>, calls to the <command>getpwent</command> system call
will not return any data. </para>
<para><emphasis>Warning:</emphasis> Turning off user
<command>getgrent()</command> and
<command>endgrent()</command> group of system calls. If
the <parameter>winbind enum groups</parameter> parameter is
- false, calls to the <command>getgrent()</command> system
+ <constant>no</constant>, calls to the <command>getgrent()</command> system
call will not return any data. </para>
<para><emphasis>Warning:</emphasis> Turning off group
own domain. While this does not benifit Windows users, it makes SSH, FTP and e-mail
function in a way much closer to the way they would in a native unix system.</para>
- <para>Default: <command>winbind use default domain = <falseg>
+ <para>Default: <command>winbind use default domain = <no>
</command></para>
- <para>Example: <command>winbind use default domain = true</command></para>
+ <para>Example: <command>winbind use default domain = yes</command></para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<term><anchor id="WINSSUPPORT">wins support (G)</term>
<listitem><para>This boolean controls if the <ulink url="nmbd.8.html">
nmbd(8)</ulink> process in Samba will act as a WINS server. You should
- not set this to <constant>true</constant> unless you have a multi-subnetted network and
+ not set this to <constant>yes</constant> unless you have a multi-subnetted network and
you wish a particular <command>nmbd</command> to be your WINS server.
- Note that you should <emphasis>NEVER</emphasis> set this to <constant>true</constant>
+ Note that you should <emphasis>NEVER</emphasis> set this to <constant>yes</constant>
on more than one machine in your network.</para>
<para>Default: <command>wins support = no</command></para>
<listitem><para>This is a list of users that are given read-write
access to a service. If the connecting user is in this list then
they will be given write access, no matter what the <link
- linkend="WRITEABLE"><parameter>writeable</parameter></link>
+ linkend="READONLY"><parameter>read only</parameter></link>
option is set to. The list can include group names using the
@group syntax.</para>
<varlistentry>
<term><anchor id="WRITEOK">write ok (S)</term>
- <listitem><para>
Synonym for <link linkend="WRITEABLE"><parameter>
- writeable</parameter></link>.</para>
+ <listitem><para>
Inverted synonym for <link linkend="READONLY"><parameter>
+ read only</parameter></link>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><anchor id="WRITEABLE">writeable (S)</term>
- <listitem><para>An inverted synonym is <link linkend="READONLY">
- <parameter>read only</parameter></link>.</para>
-
- <para>If this parameter is <constant>no</constant>, then users
- of a service may not create or modify files in the service's
- directory.</para>
-
- <para>Note that a printable service (<command>printable = yes</command>)
- will <emphasis>ALWAYS</emphasis> allow writing to the directory
- (user privileges permitting), but only via spooling operations.</para>
-
- <para>Default: <command>writeable = no</command></para>
+ <listitem><para>Inverted synonym for <link linkend="READONLY"><parameter>
+ read only</parameter></link>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
.\" <http://shell.ipoline.com/~elmert/comp/docbook2X/>
.\" Please send any bug reports, improvements, comments, patches,
.\" etc. to Steve Cheng <steve@ggi-project.org>.
-.TH "NET" "8" "01 October 2002" "" ""
+.TH "NET" "8" "03 October 2002" "" ""
.SH NAME
net \- Tool for administration of Samba and remote CIFS servers.
.SH SYNOPSIS
-\fBnet\fR \fB<ads|rap|rpc>\fR
+\fBnet\fR \fB<ads|rap|rpc>\fR [ \fB-h\fR ] [ \fB-w workgroup\fR ] [ \fB-W myworkgroup\fR ] [ \fB-U user\fR ] [ \fB-I ip-address\fR ] [ \fB-p port\fR ] [ \fB-n myname\fR ] [ \fB-s conffile\fR ] [ \fB-S server\fR ] [ \fB-C comment\fR ] [ \fB-M maxusers\fR ] [ \fB-F flags\fR ] [ \fB-j jobid\fR ] [ \fB-l\fR ] [ \fB-r\fR ] [ \fB-f\fR ] [ \fB-t timeout\fR ] [ \fB-P\fR ] [ \fB-D debuglevel\fR ]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
This tool is part of the Samba suite.
-.SH "OPTIONS"
-.PP
-.SH "COMMANDS"
.PP
-.SH "VERSION"
-.PP
-This man page is incomplete for version 3.0 of the Samba
-suite.
-.SH "AUTHOR"
+The samba net utility is meant to work just like the net utility
+available for windows and DOS.
+FIXME
+.SH "OPTIONS"
+.TP
+\fB-h\fR
+Display summary of all available options.
+.TP
+\fB-w target-workgroup\fR
+Sets target workgroup or domain. You have to specify either this option or the IP address or the name of a server.
+.TP
+\fB-W workgroup\fR
+Sets client workgroup or domain
+.TP
+\fB-U user\fR
+User name to use
+.TP
+\fB-I ip-address\fR
+IP address of target server to use. You have to specify either this option or a target workgroup or a target server.
+.TP
+\fB-p port\fR
+Port on the target server to connect to.
+.TP
+\fB-n myname\fR
+Sets name of the client.
+.TP
+\fB-s conffile\fR
+Specify alternative configuration file that should be loaded.
+.TP
+\fB-S server\fR
+Name of target server. You should specify either this option or a target workgroup or a target IP address.
+.TP
+\fB-C comment\fR
+FIXME
+.TP
+\fB-M maxusers\fR
+FIXME
+.TP
+\fB-F flags\fR
+FIXME
+.TP
+\fB-j jobid\fR
+FIXME
+.TP
+\fB-l\fR
+FIXME
+.TP
+\fB-r\fR
+FIXME
+.TP
+\fB-f\fR
+FIXME
+.TP
+\fB-t timeout\fR
+FIXME
+.TP
+\fB-P\fR
+Make queries to the external server using the machine account of the local server.
+.TP
+\fB-D debuglevel\fR
+set the debuglevel. Debug level 0 is the lowest
+and 100 being the highest. This should be set to 100 if you are
+planning on submitting a bug report to the Samba team (see
+\fIBUGS.txt\fR).
+.SH "TIME"
.PP
-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 \fBNET TIME\fR command allows you to view the time on a remote server
+or synchronise the time on the local server with the time on the remote server.
+.TP
+\fB\fR
+Without any options, the \fBNET TIME\fR command
+displays the time on the remote server.
+.TP
+\fBSYSTEM\fR
+Displays the time on the remote server in a format ready for /bin/date
+.TP
+\fBSET\fR
+Tries to set the date and time of the local server to that on
+the remote server using /bin/date.
+.TP
+\fBZONE\fR
+Displays the timezone in hours from GMT on the remote computer.
+.SH "RPC"
.PP
-The original Samba man pages were written by Karl Auer.
-The current set of manpages and documentation is maintained
-by the Samba Team in the same fashion as the Samba source code.
+The \fBNET RPC\fR command allows you to do various
+NT4 operations.
+.TP
+\fBJOIN -U username[%password] [options]\fR
+Join a domain with specified username and password. Password
+will be prompted if none is specified.
+.TP
+\fBJOIN [options except -U]\fR
+to join a domain created in server manager
+.TP
+\fBUSER [misc. options] [targets]\fR
+List users
+.TP
+\fBUSER DELETE <name> [misc options]\fR
+delete specified user
+.TP
+\fBUSER INFO <name> [misc options]\fR
+list the domain groups of the specified user
+.TP
+\fBUSER ADD <name> [password] [-F user flags] [misc. options\fR
+Add specified user
+.TP
+\fBGROUP [misc options] [targets]\fR
+List user groups
+.TP
+\fBGROUP DELETE <name> [misc. options] [targets]\fR
+Delete specified group
+.TP
+\fBGROUP ADD <name> [-C comment]\fR
+Create specified group
+.TP
+\fBSHARE [misc. options] [targets]\fR
+enumerates all exported resources (network shares) on target server
+.TP
+\fBSHARE ADD <name=serverpath> [misc. options] [targets]\fR
+Adds a share from a server (makes the export active)
+.TP
+\fBSHARE DELETE <sharenam .SH "VERSION" .PP This man page is incomplete for version 3.0 of the Samba suite. .SH "AUTHOR" .PP 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. .PP The original Samba man pages were written by Karl Auer. The current set of manpages and documentation is maintained by the Samba Team in the same fashion as the Samba source code. \fR
.\" <http://shell.ipoline.com/~elmert/comp/docbook2X/>
.\" Please send any bug reports, improvements, comments, patches,
.\" etc. to Steve Cheng <steve@ggi-project.org>.
-.TH "SMB.CONF" "5" "03 oktober 2002" "" ""
+.TH "SMB.CONF" "5" "03 October 2002" "" ""
.SH NAME
smb.conf \- The configuration file for the Samba suite
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.nf
[foo]
path = /home/bar
- writeable = true
+ read only = no
.fi
.nf
[aprinter]
path = /usr/spool/public
- writeable = false
- printable = true
- guest ok = true
+ read only = yes
+ printable = yes
+ guest ok = yes
.fi
.nf
[homes]
- writeable = yes
+ read only = no
.fi
\fIuse mmap\fR
.TP 0.2i
\(bu
+\fIuse rhosts\fR
+.TP 0.2i
+\(bu
+\fIuse sendfile\fR
+.TP 0.2i
+\(bu
\fIusername level\fR
.TP 0.2i
\(bu
queue the lock request, and periodically attempt to obtain
the lock until the timeout period expires.
-If this parameter is set to false, then
+If this parameter is set to no, then
Samba 2.2 will behave as previous versions of Samba would and
will fail the lock request immediately if the lock range
cannot be obtained.
\fBbrowse list (G)\fR
This controls whether \fBsmbd(8)\fR will serve a browse list to
a client doing a \fBNetServerEnum\fR call. Normally
-set to true. You should never need to change
+set to yes. You should never need to change
this.
Default: \fBbrowse list = yes\fR
This option is used when Samba is attempting to
delete a directory that contains one or more vetoed directories
(see the \fIveto files\fR
-option). If this option is set to false (the default) then if a vetoed
+option). If this option is set to no (the default) then if a vetoed
directory contains any non-vetoed files or directories then the
directory delete will fail. This is usually what you want.
-If this option is set to true, then Samba
+If this option is set to yes, then Samba
will attempt to recursively delete any files and directories within
the vetoed directory. This can be useful for integration with file
serving systems such as NetAtalk which create meta-files within
Default: \fBdns proxy = yes\fR
.TP
\fBdomain logons (G)\fR
-If set to true, the Samba server will serve
+If set to yes, the Samba server will serve
Windows 95/98 Domain logons for the \fIworkgroup\fR it is in. Samba 2.2 also
has limited capability to act as a domain controller for Windows
NT 4 Domains. For more details on setting up this feature see
only the owner of the file or root may change the timestamp. By
default, Samba runs with POSIX semantics and refuses to change the
timestamp on a file if the user \fBsmbd\fR is acting
-on behalf of is not the file owner. Setting this option to true allows DOS semantics and smbd will change the file
+on behalf of is not the file owner. Setting this option to yes allows DOS semantics and smbd will change the file
timestamp as DOS requires.
Default: \fBdos filetimes = no\fR
caching algorithm will be used to reduce the time taken for getwd()
calls. This can have a significant impact on performance, especially
when the \fIwide links\fR
-parameter is set to false.
+parameter is set to no.
Default: \fBgetwd cache = yes\fR
.TP
.TP
\fBhomedir map (G)\fR
If\fInis homedir
-\fR is true, and \fBsmbd(8)\fR is also acting
+\fR is yes, and \fBsmbd(8)\fR is also acting
as a Win95/98 \fIlogon server\fR then this parameter
specifies the NIS (or YP) map from which the server for the user's
home directory should be extracted. At present, only the Sun
oplocks\fR are supported then level2 oplocks are
not granted (even if this parameter is set to yes).
Note also, the \fIoplocks\fR
-parameter must be set to true on this share in order for
+parameter must be set to yes on this share in order for
this parameter to have any effect.
See also the \fIoplocks\fR
This parameter determines if \fBnmbd(8)\fR will produce Lanman announce
broadcasts that are needed by OS/2 clients in order for them to see
the Samba server in their browse list. This parameter can have three
-values, true, false, or
+values, yes, no, or
auto. The default is auto.
-If set to false Samba will never produce these
-broadcasts. If set to true Samba will produce
+If set to no Samba will never produce these
+broadcasts. If set to yes Samba will produce
Lanman announce broadcasts at a frequency set by the parameter
\fIlm interval\fR. If set to auto
Samba will not send Lanman announce broadcasts by default but will
.TP
\fBlocal master (G)\fR
This option allows \fB nmbd(8)\fR to try and become a local master browser
-on a subnet. If set to false then \fB nmbd\fR will not attempt to become a local master browser
+on a subnet. If set to no then \fB nmbd\fR will not attempt to become a local master browser
on a subnet and will also lose in all browsing elections. By
-default this value is set to true. Setting this value to true doesn't
+default this value is set to yes. Setting this value to yes doesn't
mean that Samba will \fBbecome\fR the local master
browser on a subnet, just that \fBnmbd\fR will \fB participate\fR in elections for local master browser.
-Setting this value to false will cause \fBnmbd\fR
+Setting this value to no will cause \fBnmbd\fR
\fBnever\fR to become a local master browser.
Default: \fBlocal master = yes\fR
if the expect string is a full stop then no string is expected.
If the \fIpam
-password change\fR parameter is set to true, the chat pairs
+password change\fR parameter is set to yes, the chat pairs
may be matched in any order, and success is determined by the PAM result,
not any particular output. The \\n macro is ignored for PAM conversions.
it.
\fBNote\fR that if the \fIunix
-password sync\fR parameter is set to true
+password sync\fR parameter is set to yes
then this program is called \fBAS ROOT\fR
before the SMB password in the smbpasswd(5)
file is changed. If this UNIX password change fails, then
is set this parameter \fBMUST USE ABSOLUTE PATHS\fR
for \fBALL\fR programs called, and must be examined
for security implications. Note that by default \fIunix
-password sync\fR is set to false.
+password sync\fR is set to no.
See also \fIunix
password sync\fR.
This boolean parameter controls if nmbd(8) is a preferred master browser
for its workgroup.
-If this is set to true, on startup, \fBnmbd\fR
+If this is set to yes, on startup, \fBnmbd\fR
will force an election, and it will have a slight advantage in
winning the election. It is recommended that this parameter is
used in conjunction with \fB\fI domain master\fB = yes\fR, so that \fB nmbd\fR can guarantee becoming a domain master.
Note that a printable service will ALWAYS allow writing
to the service path (user privileges permitting) via the spooling
-of print data. The \fIwriteable
+of print data. The \fIread only
\fR parameter controls only non-printing access to
the resource.
\fBread list (S)\fR
This is a list of users that are given read-only
access to a service. If the connecting user is in this list then
-they will not be given write access, no matter what the \fIwriteable\fR
+they will not be given write access, no matter what the \fIread only\fR
option is set to. The list can include group names using the
syntax described in the \fI invalid users\fR parameter.
Example: \fBread list = mary, @students\fR
.TP
\fBread only (S)\fR
-Note that this is an inverted synonym for \fIwriteable\fR.
+An inverted synonym is \fIwriteable\fR.
+
+If this parameter is yes, then users
+of a service may not create or modify files in the service's
+directory.
+
+Note that a printable service (\fBprintable = yes\fR)
+will \fBALWAYS\fR allow writing to the directory
+(user privileges permitting), but only via spooling operations.
+
+Default: \fBread only = yes\fR
.TP
\fBread raw (G)\fR
This parameter controls whether or not the server
\fR
.TP
\fBrestrict anonymous (G)\fR
-This is a boolean parameter. If it is true, then
+This is a boolean parameter. If it is yes, then
anonymous access to the server will be restricted, namely in the
case where the server is expecting the client to send a username,
-but it doesn't. Setting it to true will force these anonymous
+but it doesn't. Setting it to yes will force these anonymous
connections to be denied, and the client will be required to always
supply a username and password when connecting. Use of this parameter
is only recommended for homogeneous NT client environments.
likes to use anonymous connections when refreshing the share list,
and this is a way to work around that.
-When restrict anonymous is true, all anonymous connections
+When restrict anonymous is yes, all anonymous connections
are denied no matter what they are for. This can effect the ability
of a machine to access the Samba Primary Domain Controller to revalidate
its machine account after someone else has logged on the client
This mode will only work correctly if smbpasswd(8) has been used to add this
machine into a Windows NT Domain. It expects the \fIencrypted passwords\fR
-parameter to be set to true. In this
+parameter to be set to yes. In this
mode Samba will try to validate the username/password by passing
it to a Windows NT Primary or Backup Domain Controller, in exactly
the same way that a Windows NT Server would do.
\fBsync always (S)\fR
This is a boolean parameter that controls
whether writes will always be written to stable storage before
-the write call returns. If this is false then the server will be
+the write call returns. If this is no then the server will be
guided by the client's request in each write call (clients can
set a bit indicating that a particular write should be synchronous).
-If this is true then every write will be followed by a \fBfsync()
+If this is yes then every write will be followed by a \fBfsync()
\fR call to ensure the data is written to disk. Note that
the \fIstrict sync\fR parameter must be set to
yes in order for this parameter to have
This boolean parameter controls whether Samba
attempts to synchronize the UNIX password with the SMB password
when the encrypted SMB password in the smbpasswd file is changed.
-If this is set to true the program specified in the \fIpasswd
+If this is set to yes the program specified in the \fIpasswd
program\fRparameter is called \fBAS ROOT\fR -
to allow the new UNIX password to be set without access to the
old UNIX password (as the SMB password change code has no
This global parameter determines if the tdb internals of Samba can
depend on mmap working correctly on the running system. Samba requires a coherent
mmap/read-write system memory cache. Currently only HPUX does not have such a
-coherent cache, and so this parameter is set to false by
+coherent cache, and so this parameter is set to no by
default on HPUX. On all other systems this parameter should be left alone. This
parameter is provided to help the Samba developers track down problems with
the tdb internal code.
Default: \fBuse mmap = yes\fR
.TP
+\fBuse rhosts (G)\fR
+If this global parameter is yes, it specifies
+that the UNIX user's \fI.rhosts\fR file in their home directory
+will be read to find the names of hosts and users who will be allowed
+access without specifying a password.
+
+\fBNOTE:\fR The use of \fIuse rhosts
+\fR can be a major security hole. This is because you are
+trusting the PC to supply the correct username. It is very easy to
+get a PC to supply a false username. I recommend that the \fI use rhosts\fR option be only used if you really know what
+you are doing.
+
+Default: \fBuse rhosts = no\fR
+.TP
\fBuser (S)\fR
Synonym for \fI username\fR.
.TP
If any line begins with a '#' or a ';' then it is
ignored
-If any line begins with an '!' then the processing
-will stop after that line if a mapping was done by the line.
-Otherwise mapping continues with every line being processed.
-Using '!' is most useful when you have a wildcard mapping line
+If any line begins with an '!' then the processing
+will stop after that line if a mapping was done by the line.
+Otherwise mapping continues with every line being processed.
+Using '!' is most useful when you have a wildcard mapping line
later in the file.
-For example to map from the name admin
+For example to map from the name admin
or administrator to the UNIX name root you would use:
\fBroot = admin administrator\fR
-Or to map anyone in the UNIX group system
+Or to map anyone in the UNIX group system
to the UNIX name sys you would use:
\fBsys = @system\fR
-You can have as many mappings as you like in a username
+You can have as many mappings as you like in a username
map file.
-If your system supports the NIS NETGROUP option then
+If your system supports the NIS NETGROUP option then
the netgroup database is checked before the \fI/etc/group
\fR database for matching groups.
\fBtridge = "Andrew Tridgell"\fR
-would map the windows username "Andrew Tridgell" to the
+would map the windows username "Andrew Tridgell" to the
unix username "tridge".
-The following example would map mary and fred to the
-unix user sys, and map the rest to guest. Note the use of the
-\&'!' to tell Samba to stop processing if it gets a match on
+The following example would map mary and fred to the
+unix user sys, and map the rest to guest. Note the use of the
+\&'!' to tell Samba to stop processing if it gets a match on
that line.
.fi
-Note that the remapping is applied to all occurrences
-of usernames. Thus if you connect to \\\\server\\fred and fred is remapped to mary then you
-will actually be connecting to \\\\server\\mary and will need to
-supply a password suitable for mary not
-fred. The only exception to this is the
-username passed to the \fI password server\fR (if you have one). The password
-server will receive whatever username the client supplies without
+Note that the remapping is applied to all occurrences
+of usernames. Thus if you connect to \\\\server\\fred and fred is remapped to mary then you
+will actually be connecting to \\\\server\\mary and will need to
+supply a password suitable for mary not
+fred. The only exception to this is the
+username passed to the \fI password server\fR (if you have one). The password
+server will receive whatever username the client supplies without
modification.
-Also note that no reverse mapping is done. The main effect
-this has is with printing. Users who have been mapped may have
-trouble deleting print jobs as PrintManager under WfWg will think
+Also note that no reverse mapping is done. The main effect
+this has is with printing. Users who have been mapped may have
+trouble deleting print jobs as PrintManager under WfWg will think
they don't own the print job.
Default: \fBno username map\fR
Example: \fBusername map = /usr/local/samba/lib/users.map
\fR
.TP
+\fBuse sendfile (S)\fR
+If this parameter is yes, and Samba
+was built with the --with-sendfile-support option, and the underlying operating
+system supports sendfile system call, then some SMB read calls (mainly ReadAndX
+and ReadRaw) will use the more efficient sendfile system call for files that
+are exclusively oplocked. This may make more efficient use of the system CPU's
+and cause Samba to be faster. This is off by default as it's effects are unknown
+as yet.
+
+Default: \fBuse sendfile = no\fR
+.TP
\fButmp (G)\fR
-This boolean parameter is only available if
-Samba has been configured and compiled with the option \fB --with-utmp\fR. If set to true then Samba will attempt
+This boolean parameter is only available if
+Samba has been configured and compiled with the option \fB --with-utmp\fR. If set to yes then Samba will attempt
to add utmp or utmpx records (depending on the UNIX system) whenever a
connection is made to a Samba server. Sites may use this to record the
user connecting to a Samba share.
\fBgetpwent()\fR and
\fBendpwent()\fR group of system calls. If
the \fIwinbind enum users\fR parameter is
-false, calls to the \fBgetpwent\fR system call
+no, calls to the \fBgetpwent\fR system call
will not return any data.
\fBWarning:\fR Turning off user
\fBgetgrent()\fR and
\fBendgrent()\fR group of system calls. If
the \fIwinbind enum groups\fR parameter is
-false, calls to the \fBgetgrent()\fR system
+no, calls to the \fBgetgrent()\fR system
call will not return any data.
\fBWarning:\fR Turning off group
own domain. While this does not benifit Windows users, it makes SSH, FTP and e-mail
function in a way much closer to the way they would in a native unix system.
-Default: \fBwinbind use default domain = <falseg>
+Default: \fBwinbind use default domain = <no>
\fR
-Example: \fBwinbind use default domain = true\fR
+Example: \fBwinbind use default domain = yes\fR
.TP
\fBwins hook (G)\fR
When Samba is running as a WINS server this
\fBwins support (G)\fR
This boolean controls if the
nmbd(8) process in Samba will act as a WINS server. You should
-not set this to true unless you have a multi-subnetted network and
+not set this to yes unless you have a multi-subnetted network and
you wish a particular \fBnmbd\fR to be your WINS server.
-Note that you should \fBNEVER\fR set this to true
+Note that you should \fBNEVER\fR set this to yes
on more than one machine in your network.
Default: \fBwins support = no\fR
\fBwrite list (S)\fR
This is a list of users that are given read-write
access to a service. If the connecting user is in this list then
-they will be given write access, no matter what the \fIwriteable\fR
+they will be given write access, no matter what the \fIread only\fR
option is set to. The list can include group names using the
@group syntax.
Example: \fBwins partners = 192.168.0.1 172.16.1.2\fR
.TP
\fBwrite ok (S)\fR
-Synonym for \fI writeable\fR.
+Inverted synonym for \fI read only\fR.
.TP
\fBwrite raw (G)\fR
This parameter controls whether or not the server
Default: \fBwrite raw = yes\fR
.TP
\fBwriteable (S)\fR
-An inverted synonym is \fIread only\fR.
-
-If this parameter is no, then users
-of a service may not create or modify files in the service's
-directory.
-
-Note that a printable service (\fBprintable = yes\fR)
-will \fBALWAYS\fR allow writing to the directory
-(user privileges permitting), but only via spooling operations.
-
-Default: \fBwriteable = no\fR
+Inverted synonym for \fI read only\fR.
.SH "WARNINGS"
.PP
Although the configuration file permits service names
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