Samba is a particularly well-documented service. You will find a great deal of Samba information on the web, as well as in various files installed by default with the Samba package. Table 15-1 provides links to helpful sites and files, as well as a list of useful utilities and diagnostic commands that you can use with your Samba installation.
Table 15-1: Samba Resources
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General Samba Information |
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Samba project |
www.samba.org |
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Samba documentation |
http://us1.samba.org/samba/docs |
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Samba support |
http://us1.samba.org/samba/support |
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Samba mailing lists |
http://us1.samba.org/samba/archivesl |
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Samba documentation in Fedora |
/usr/share/doc/samba*/docs |
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Samba Configuration and Log Files |
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/etc/samba/smb.conf |
Primary configuration file for Samba servers |
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/etc/samba/smbpasswords |
Stores Samba user passwords |
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/etc/samba/smbusers |
A/laps SMB usernames into Linux usernames |
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/etc/samba/lmhosts |
Used to identify hosts Samba will communicate with that can't be obtained through broadcast, DNS, or other methods (similar to the TCP/IP /etc/hosts file) |
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/var/log/samba |
Contains individual log files for nmbd (NetBios name server daemon), smbd (Samba server daemon), and each client that connect to the Samba server |
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Samba Daemons |
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smbd |
The main Samba daemon |
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nmbd |
The NetBIOS nameserver |
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winbindd |
The winbind daemon |
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Samba Administrative Utilities |
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smbcontrol |
Sends control messages to Samba daemons |
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smbpasswd |
Manages SMB passwords |
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SWAT |
Samba web configuration tool |
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net |
Administers Samba and remote CIFS servers |
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pdbedit |
Samba user account management tool |
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tdbbackup |
Tool for backing up TDB databases |
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Samba Client Tools |
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rpcclient |
Command-line MS-RPC client |
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smbtar |
SMB back-up tool |
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smbclient |
Command-line SMB client |
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smbmnt |
Helper utility for mounting SMB file systems on Linux hosts |
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smbmount |
User space tool for mounting SMB file systems under Linux |
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smbspool |
Command-line SMB print client |
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smbumount |
Userspace tool for unmounting SMB file systems under Linux |
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ntlm_auth |
Allows external programs to use NTLM authentication |
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smbcquotas |
Gets or sets quotas on NTFS5 shares |
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smbsh |
Allows access to remote SMB shares with a UNIX shell |
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smbtree |
Text-based SMB network browsing |
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smbspool |
Sends a print job to an SMB printer |
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Samba Utilities |
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smbstatus |
Monitors the Samba service |
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testparm |
Validates the smb.conf configuration file |
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testprns |
Tests printer configuration |
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nmblookup |
NetBIOS name query tool |
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wbinfo |
Obtains winbind information |
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profiles |
Migrates profiles from one domain to another |
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log2pcap |
Generates pcap files from Samba log files |
| Tip |
Most of the commands shown in Table 15-1 have man pages that explain the command in further detail and describe optional flags. |