smbclient

Name

smbclient — ftp-like client to access SMB/CIFS resources - on servers

Synopsis

smbclient [-b <buffer size>] [-d debuglevel] [-e] [-L <netbios name>] [-U username] [-I destinationIP] [-M <netbios name>] [-m maxprotocol] [-A authfile] [-N] [-i scope] [-O <socket options>] [-p port] [-R <name resolve order>] [-s <smb config file>] [-k] [-P] [-c <command>]

smbclient {servicename} [password] [-b <buffer size>] [-d debuglevel] [-e] [-D Directory] [-U username] [-W workgroup] [-M <netbios name>] [-m maxprotocol] [-A authfile] [-N] [-l log-basename] [-I destinationIP] [-E] [-c <command string>] [-i scope] [-O <socket options>] [-p port] [-R <name resolve order>] [-s <smb config file>] [-T<c|x>IXFqgbNan] [-k]

DESCRIPTION

This tool is part of the samba(7) suite.

smbclient is a client that can +smbclient

Name

smbclient — ftp-like client to access SMB/CIFS resources + on servers

Synopsis

smbclient [-b <buffer size>] [-d debuglevel] [-e] [-L <netbios name>] [-U username] [-I destinationIP] [-M <netbios name>] [-m maxprotocol] [-A authfile] [-N] [-g] [-i scope] [-O <socket options>] [-p port] [-R <name resolve order>] [-s <smb config file>] [-k] [-P] [-c <command>]

smbclient {servicename} [password] [-b <buffer size>] [-d debuglevel] [-e] [-D Directory] [-U username] [-W workgroup] [-M <netbios name>] [-m maxprotocol] [-A authfile] [-N] [-g] [-l log-basename] [-I destinationIP] [-E] [-c <command string>] [-i scope] [-O <socket options>] [-p port] [-R <name resolve order>] [-s <smb config file>] [-T<c|x>IXFqgbNan] [-k]

DESCRIPTION

This tool is part of the samba(7) suite.

smbclient is a client that can 'talk' to an SMB/CIFS server. It offers an interface similar to that of the ftp program (see ftp(1)). Operations include things like getting files from the server to the local machine, putting files from the local machine to the server, retrieving directory information from the server - and so on.

OPTIONS

servicename: servicename is the name of the service + and so on.

OPTIONS

servicename

servicename is the name of the service you want to use on the server. A service name takes the form //server/service where server is the NetBIOS name of the SMB/CIFS server @@ -85,10 +85,13 @@ messages.

-p port

This number is the TCP port number that will be used when making connections to the server. The standard (well-known) TCP port number for an SMB/CIFS server is 139, which is the - default.

-P

+ default.

-g

This parameter provides combined with + -L easy parseable output that allows processing + with utilities such as grep and cut. +

-P

Make queries to the external server using the machine account of the local server.

-h|--help

Print a summary of command line options. -

-I IP-address

IP address is the address of the server to connect to. +

-I IP-address

IP address is the address of the server to connect to. It should be specified in standard "a.b.c.d" notation.

Normally the client would attempt to locate a named SMB/CIFS server by looking it up via the NetBIOS name resolution mechanism described above in the name resolve order @@ -137,7 +140,7 @@ amounts of log data, and should only be used when investigating a problem. Levels above 3 are designed for use only by developers and generate HUGE amounts of log data, most of which is extremely cryptic.

Note that specifying this parameter here will -override the log level parameter +override the log level parameter in the smb.conf file.

-V

Prints the program version number.

-s <configuration file>

The file specified contains the configuration details required by the server. The @@ -182,7 +185,7 @@ via the ps command. To be safe always allow rpcclient to prompt for a password and type it in directly.

-n <primary NetBIOS name>

This option allows you to override the NetBIOS name that Samba uses for itself. This is identical -to setting the netbios name parameter in the smb.conf file. +to setting the netbios name parameter in the smb.conf file. However, a command line setting will take precedence over settings in smb.conf.

-i <scope>

This specifies a NetBIOS scope that @@ -267,7 +270,7 @@ options.

-T tar options

smbcli only of any use with the tar -T option.

-c command string

command string is a semicolon-separated list of commands to be executed instead of prompting from stdin. -N is implied by -c.

This is particularly useful in scripts and for printing stdin - to the server, e.g. -c 'print -'.

OPERATIONS

Once the client is running, the user is presented with + to the server, e.g. -c 'print -'.

OPERATIONS

Once the client is running, the user is presented with a prompt :

smb:\>

The backslash ("\\") indicates the current working directory on the server, and will change if the current working directory is changed.

The prompt indicates that the client is ready and waiting to @@ -465,14 +468,14 @@ options.

-T tar options

smbcli

vuid <number>

Changes the currently used vuid in the protocol to the given arbitrary number. Without an argument prints out the current vuid being used. Used for internal Samba testing purposes. -

NOTES

Some servers are fussy about the case of supplied usernames, +

NOTES

Some servers are fussy about the case of supplied usernames, passwords, share names (AKA service names) and machine names. If you fail to connect try giving all parameters in uppercase.

It is often necessary to use the -n option when connecting to some types of servers. For example OS/2 LanManager insists on a valid NetBIOS name being used, so you need to supply a valid name that would be known to the server.

smbclient supports long file names where the server - supports the LANMAN2 protocol or above.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

The variable USER may contain the + supports the LANMAN2 protocol or above.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

The variable USER may contain the username of the person using the client. This information is used only if the protocol level is high enough to support session-level passwords.

The variable PASSWD may contain @@ -482,7 +485,7 @@ options.

-T tar options

smbcli the path, executed with system(), which the client should connect to instead of connecting to a server. This functionality is primarily intended as a development aid, and works best when using a LMHOSTS - file

INSTALLATION

The location of the client program is a matter for + file

INSTALLATION

The location of the client program is a matter for individual system administrators. The following are thus suggestions only.

It is recommended that the smbclient software be installed in the /usr/local/samba/bin/ or @@ -493,11 +496,11 @@ options.

-T tar options

smbcli and writeable only by the user.

To test the client, you will need to know the name of a running SMB/CIFS server. It is possible to run smbd(8) as an ordinary user - running that server as a daemon on a user-accessible port (typically any port number over 1024) - would provide a suitable test server.

DIAGNOSTICS
Most diagnostics issued by the client are logged in a 
+	would provide a suitable test server.

DIAGNOSTICS
Most diagnostics issued by the client are logged in a 
 	specified log file. The log file name is specified at compile time, 
 	but may be overridden on the command line. 
The number and nature of diagnostics available depends 
 	on the debug level used by the client. If you have problems, 
-	set the debug level to 3 and peruse the log files.

VERSION
This man page is correct for version 3.2 of the Samba suite.

AUTHOR
The original Samba software and related utilities 
+	set the debug level to 3 and peruse the log files.

VERSION
This man page is correct for version 3.2 of the Samba suite.

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.
The original Samba man pages were written by Karl Auer. 
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