<refnamediv>
<refname>samba</refname>
- <refpurpose>A Windows SMB/CIFS fileserver for UNIX</refpurpose>
+ <refpurpose>A Windows AD and SMB/CIFS fileserver for UNIX</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>DESCRIPTION</title>
-
- <para>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 <ulink url="http://www.ubiqx.org/cifs/">
+
+ <para>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. This protocol is sometimes also referred to as the
+ Common Internet File System (CIFS). For a more thorough description,
+ see <ulink url="http://www.ubiqx.org/cifs/">
http://www.ubiqx.org/cifs/</ulink>. Samba also implements the NetBIOS
protocol in nmbd.</para>
-
+
<variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><citerefentry><refentrytitle>samba</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry></term>
+ <listitem><para>The <command>samba</command> daemon provides the
+ Active Directory services and file and print services to
+ SMB clients. The configuration file
+ for this daemon is described in <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smb.conf</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
<varlistentry>
<term><citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry></term>
- <listitem><para>The <command>smbd</command> 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
+ <listitem><para>The <command>smbd</command> 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 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smb.conf</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
-
+
<varlistentry>
<term><citerefentry><refentrytitle>nmbd</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry></term>
<listitem><para>The <command>nmbd</command>
daemon provides NetBIOS nameservice and browsing
- support. The configuration file for this daemon
+ support. The configuration file for this daemon
is described in <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smb.conf</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry></para>
+ <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><citerefentry><refentrytitle>winbindd</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry></term>
+ <listitem><para><command>winbindd</command> is a daemon
+ that is used for integrating authentication and
+ the user database into unix.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
<varlistentry>
<term><citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbclient</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry></term>
<listitem><para>The <command>smbclient</command>
- program implements a simple ftp-like client. This
+ 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
+ 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).</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><citerefentry><refentrytitle>samba-tool</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry></term>
+ <listitem><para>The <command>samba-tool</command>
+ is the main Samba Administration tool regarding
+ Acitive Directory services.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
<varlistentry>
<term><citerefentry><refentrytitle>testparm</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry></term>
<term><citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbstatus</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry></term>
<listitem><para>The <command>smbstatus</command>
- tool provides access to information about the
+ tool provides access to information about the
current connections to <command>smbd</command>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<term><citerefentry><refentrytitle>nmblookup</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry></term>
<listitem><para>The <command>nmblookup</command>
- tools allows NetBIOS name queries to be made
+ tools allows NetBIOS name queries to be made
from a UNIX host.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<term><citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbpasswd</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry></term>
<listitem><para>The <command>smbpasswd</command>
- command is a tool for changing LanMan and Windows NT
+ command is a tool for changing LanMan and Windows NT
password hashes on Samba and Windows NT servers.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbcacls</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry></term>
- <listitem><para>The <command>smbcacls</command> command is
+ <listitem><para>The <command>smbcacls</command> command is
a tool to set ACL's on remote CIFS servers. </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbtree</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry></term>
- <listitem><para>The <command>smbtree</command> command
+ <listitem><para>The <command>smbtree</command> command
is a text-based network neighborhood tool.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbtar</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry></term>
- <listitem><para>The <command>smbtar</command> can make
+ <listitem><para>The <command>smbtar</command> can make
backups of data on CIFS/SMB servers.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbspool</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry></term>
- <listitem><para><command>smbspool</command> is a
- helper utility for printing on printers connected
+ <listitem><para><command>smbspool</command> is a
+ helper utility for printing on printers connected
to CIFS servers. </para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<term><citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbcontrol</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry></term>
<listitem><para><command>smbcontrol</command> is a utility
- that can change the behaviour of running samba daemons.
+ that can change the behaviour of running
+ <command>smbd</command>, <command>nmbd</command> and
+ <command>winbindd</command> daemons.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<term><citerefentry><refentrytitle>rpcclient</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry></term>
<listitem><para><command>rpcclient</command> is a utility
- that can be used to execute RPC commands on remote
+ that can be used to execute RPC commands on remote
CIFS servers.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><citerefentry><refentrytitle>pdbedit</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry></term>
- <listitem><para>The <command>pdbedit</command> command
- can be used to maintain the local user database on
+ <listitem><para>The <command>pdbedit</command> command
+ can be used to maintain the local user database on
a samba server.</para></listitem></varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><citerefentry><refentrytitle>findsmb</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry></term>
- <listitem><para>The <command>findsmb</command> command
+ <listitem><para>The <command>findsmb</command> command
can be used to find SMB servers on the local network.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><citerefentry><refentrytitle>net</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry></term>
- <listitem><para>The <command>net</command> command
+ <listitem><para>The <command>net</command> command
is supposed to work similar to the DOS/Windows
NET.EXE command.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><citerefentry><refentrytitle>winbindd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry></term>
- <listitem><para><command>winbindd</command> is a daemon
- that is used for integrating authentication and
- the user database into unix.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
<varlistentry>
<term><citerefentry><refentrytitle>wbinfo</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry></term>
- <listitem><para><command>wbinfo</command> is a utility
+ <listitem><para><command>wbinfo</command> is a utility
that retrieves and stores information related to winbind.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><citerefentry><refentrytitle>log2pcap</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry></term>
- <listitem><para><command>log2pcap</command> is a utility
- for generating pcap trace files from Samba log
+ <listitem><para><command>log2pcap</command> is a utility
+ for generating pcap trace files from Samba log
files.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbcquotas</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry></term>
- <listitem><para><command>smbcquotas</command> is a tool that
+ <listitem><para><command>smbcquotas</command> is a tool that
can set remote QUOTA's on server with NTFS 5. </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<refsect1>
<title>COMPONENTS</title>
-
- <para>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
+
+ <para>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
<ulink url="http://devel.samba.org/">http://devel.samba.org</ulink>
for information on how to file a bug report or submit a patch.</para>
<refsect1>
<title>AVAILABILITY</title>
-
- <para>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
+
+ <para>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.</para>
- <para>The latest version of the Samba suite can be
+ <para>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
+ directory pub/samba/. It is also available on several
mirror sites worldwide.</para>
-
- <para>You may also find useful information about Samba
+
+ <para>You may also find useful information about Samba
on the newsgroup <ulink url="news:comp.protocols.smb">
- comp.protocol.smb</ulink> and the Samba mailing
- list. Details on how to join the mailing list are given in
+ comp.protocol.smb</ulink> and the Samba mailing
+ list. Details on how to join the mailing list are given in
the README file that comes with Samba.</para>
-
+
<para>If you have access to a WWW viewer (such as Mozilla
- or Konqueror) then you will also find lots of useful information,
+ or Konqueror) then you will also find lots of useful information,
including back issues of the Samba mailing list, at
<ulink url="http://lists.samba.org/">http://lists.samba.org</ulink>.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>VERSION</title>
-
- <para>This man page is correct for version 3 of the
+
+ <para>This man page is correct for version 4 of the
Samba suite. </para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>CONTRIBUTIONS</title>
-
- <para>If you wish to contribute to the Samba project,
- then I suggest you join the Samba mailing list at
+
+ <para>If you wish to contribute to the Samba project,
+ then I suggest you join the Samba mailing list at
<ulink url="http://lists.samba.org/">http://lists.samba.org</ulink>.
</para>
<para>If you have patches to submit, visit
<ulink url="http://devel.samba.org/">http://devel.samba.org/</ulink>
- for information on how to do it properly. We prefer patches
- in <command>diff -u</command> format.</para>
+ for information on how to do it properly. We prefer patches
+ in <command>git format-patch</command> format.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>CONTRIBUTORS</title>
-
- <para>Contributors to the project are now too numerous
- to mention here but all deserve the thanks of all Samba
+
+ <para>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
- <filename>change-log</filename> in the source package
- for the pre-CVS changes and at <ulink
- url="http://cvs.samba.org/">
- http://cvs.samba.org/</ulink>
- for the contributors to Samba post-CVS. CVS is the Open Source
- source code control system used by the Samba Team to develop
+ <filename>change-log</filename> in the source package
+ for the pre-CVS changes and at <ulink
+ url="http://git.samba.org/">
+ http://git.samba.org/</ulink>
+ 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.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>AUTHOR</title>
-
- <para>The original Samba software and related utilities
+
+ <para>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
+ by the Samba Team as an Open Source project similar
to the way the Linux kernel is developed.</para>
-
- <para>The original Samba man pages were written by Karl Auer.
- The man page sources were converted to YODL format (another
+
+ <para>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 <ulink url="ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/">
- ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/</ulink>) and updated for the Samba 2.0
- release by Jeremy Allison. The conversion to DocBook for
+ ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/</ulink>) 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.</para>
</refsect1>
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