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<refnamediv>
	<refname>smbclient</refname>
	<refpurpose>ftp-like client to access SMB/CIFS resources 
	on servers</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>

<refsynopsisdiv>
	<cmdsynopsis>
		<command>smbclient</command>
		<arg choice="req">servicename</arg>
		<arg choice="opt">password</arg>
		<arg choice="opt">-b &lt;buffer size&gt;</arg>
		<arg choice="opt">-d debuglevel</arg>
		<arg choice="opt">-D Directory</arg>
		<arg choice="opt">-U username</arg>
		<arg choice="opt">-W workgroup</arg>
		<arg choice="opt">-M &lt;netbios name&gt;</arg>
		<arg choice="opt">-m maxprotocol</arg>
		<arg choice="opt">-A authfile</arg>
		<arg choice="opt">-N</arg>
		<arg choice="opt">-l logfile</arg>
		<arg choice="opt">-L &lt;netbios name&gt;</arg>
		<arg choice="opt">-I destinationIP</arg>
		<arg choice="opt">-E</arg>
		<arg choice="opt">-c &lt;command string&gt;</arg>
		<arg choice="opt">-i scope</arg>
		<arg choice="opt">-O &lt;socket options&gt;</arg>
		<arg choice="opt">-p port</arg>
		<arg choice="opt">-R &lt;name resolve order&gt;</arg>
		<arg choice="opt">-s &lt;smb config file&gt;</arg>
		<arg choice="opt">-T&lt;c|x&gt;IXFqgbNan</arg>
	</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>

<refsect1>
	<title>DESCRIPTION</title>

	<para>This tool is part of the <ulink url="samba.7.html">
	Samba</ulink> suite.</para>

	<para><command>smbclient</command> is a client that can 
	'talk' to an SMB/CIFS server. It offers an interface
	similar to that of the ftp program (see <command>ftp(1)</command>).  
	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. </para>
</refsect1>


<refsect1>
	<title>OPTIONS</title>
	
	<variablelist>
		<varlistentry>
		<term>servicename</term>
		<listitem><para>servicename is the name of the service 
		you want to use on the server. A service name takes the form
		<filename>//server/service</filename> where <parameter>server
		</parameter> is the NetBIOS name of the SMB/CIFS server 
		offering the desired service and <parameter>service</parameter> 
		is the name of the service offered.  Thus to connect to 
		the service "printer" on the SMB/CIFS server "smbserver",
		you would use the servicename <filename>//smbserver/printer
		</filename></para>

		<para>Note that the server name required is NOT necessarily 
		the IP (DNS) host name of the server !  The name required is 
		a NetBIOS server name, which may or may not be the
		same as the IP hostname of the machine running the server.
		</para>

		<para>The server name is looked up according to either 
		the <parameter>-R</parameter> parameter to <command>smbclient</command> or 
		using the name resolve order parameter in the <filename>smb.conf</filename> file, 
		allowing an administrator to change the order and methods 
		by which server names are looked up. </para></listitem>
		</varlistentry>

		<varlistentry>
		<term>password</term>
		<listitem><para>The password required to access the specified 
		service on the specified server. If this parameter is 
		supplied, the <parameter>-N</parameter> option (suppress 
		password prompt) is assumed. </para>

		<para>There is no default password. If no password is supplied 
		on the command line (either by using this parameter or adding 
		a password to the <parameter>-U</parameter> option (see 
		below)) and the <parameter>-N</parameter> option is not 
		specified, the client will prompt for a password, even if 
		the desired service does not require one. (If no password is 
		required, simply press ENTER to provide a null password.)
		</para>

		<para>Note: Some servers (including OS/2 and Windows for 
		Workgroups) insist on an uppercase password. Lowercase 
		or mixed case passwords may be rejected by these servers. 		
		</para>

		<para>Be cautious about including passwords in scripts.
		</para></listitem>
		</varlistentry>
		
		<varlistentry>
		<term>-s smb.conf</term>
		<listitem><para>Specifies the location of the all important 
		<filename>smb.conf</filename> file. </para></listitem>
		</varlistentry>
		
		<varlistentry>
		<term>-O socket options</term>
		<listitem><para>TCP socket options to set on the client 
		socket. See the socket options parameter in the <filename>
		smb.conf (5)</filename> manpage for the list of valid 
		options. </para></listitem>
		</varlistentry>


		<varlistentry>
		<term>-R &lt;name resolve order&gt;</term> 
		<listitem><para>This option is used by the programs in the Samba 
		suite to determine what naming services and in what order to resolve 
		host names to IP addresses. The option takes a space-separated 
		string of different name resolution options.</para>

		<para>The options are :"lmhosts", "host", "wins" and "bcast". They 
		cause names to be resolved as follows :</para>

		<itemizedlist>
			<listitem><para><constant>lmhosts</constant> : Lookup an IP 
			address in the Samba lmhosts file. If the line in lmhosts has 
			no name type attached to the NetBIOS name (see the <ulink 
			url="lmhosts.5.html">lmhosts(5)</ulink> for details) then
			any name type matches for lookup.</para></listitem>

			<listitem><para><constant>host</constant> : Do a standard host 
			name to IP address resolution, using the system <filename>/etc/hosts
			</filename>, NIS, or DNS lookups. This method of name resolution 
			is operating system dependent, for instance on IRIX or Solaris this 
			may be controlled by the <filename>/etc/nsswitch.conf</filename> 
			file).  Note that this method is only used if the NetBIOS name 
			type being queried is the 0x20 (server) name type, otherwise 
			it is ignored.</para></listitem>

			<listitem><para><constant>wins</constant> : Query a name with 
			the IP address listed in the <parameter>wins server</parameter>
			parameter.  If no WINS server has
			been specified this method will be ignored.</para></listitem>

			<listitem><para><constant>bcast</constant> : Do a broadcast on 
			each of the known local interfaces listed in the 
			<parameter>interfaces</parameter>
			parameter. This is the least reliable of the name resolution 
			methods as it depends on the target host being on a locally 
			connected subnet.</para></listitem>
		</itemizedlist>

		<para>If this parameter is not set then the name resolve order 
		defined in the <filename>smb.conf</filename> file parameter  
		(name resolve order) will be used. </para>

		<para>The default order is lmhosts, host, wins, bcast and without 
		this parameter or any entry in the <parameter>name resolve order
		</parameter> parameter of the <filename>smb.conf</filename> file the name resolution
		methods will be attempted in this order. </para></listitem>
		</varlistentry>
		
		
		<varlistentry>
		<term>-M NetBIOS name</term>
		<listitem><para>This options allows you to send messages, using 
		the "WinPopup" protocol, to another computer. Once a connection is 
		established you then type your message, pressing ^D (control-D) to 
		end. </para>

		<para>If the receiving computer is running WinPopup the user will 
		receive the message and probably a beep. If they are not running 
		WinPopup the message will be lost, and no error message will 
		occur. </para>

		<para>The message is also automatically truncated if the message 
		is over 1600 bytes, as this is the limit of the protocol. 
		</para>

		<para>One useful trick is to cat the message through
		<command>smbclient</command>. For example: <command>
		cat mymessage.txt | smbclient -M FRED </command> will 
		send the message in the file <filename>mymessage.txt</filename> 
		to the machine FRED. </para>

		<para>You may also find the <parameter>-U</parameter> and 
		<parameter>-I</parameter> options useful, as they allow you to 
		control the FROM and TO parts of the message. </para>

		<para>See the message command parameter in the <filename>
		smb.conf(5)</filename> for a description of how to handle incoming 
		WinPopup messages in Samba. </para>

		<para><emphasis>Note</emphasis>: Copy WinPopup into the startup group 
		on your WfWg PCs if you want them to always be able to receive 
		messages. </para></listitem>
		</varlistentry>
		
		<varlistentry>
		<term>-i scope</term>
		<listitem><para>This specifies a NetBIOS scope that smbclient will 
		use to communicate with when generating NetBIOS names. For details 
		on the use of NetBIOS scopes, see <filename>rfc1001.txt</filename> 
		and <filename>rfc1002.txt</filename>.
		NetBIOS scopes are <emphasis>very</emphasis> rarely used, only set 
		this parameter if you are the system administrator in charge of all 
		the NetBIOS systems you communicate with. </para></listitem>
		</varlistentry>
		
		
		<varlistentry>
		<term>-N</term>
		<listitem><para>If specified, this parameter suppresses the normal 
		password prompt from the client to the user. This is useful when 
		accessing a service that does not require a password. </para>

		<para>Unless a password is specified on the command line or 
		this parameter is specified, the client will request a 
		password.</para></listitem>
		</varlistentry>
		
		
		
		<varlistentry>
		<term>-n NetBIOS name</term>
		<listitem><para>By default, the client will use the local 
		machine's hostname (in uppercase) as its NetBIOS name. This parameter 
		allows you to override the host name and use whatever NetBIOS 
		name you wish. </para></listitem>
		</varlistentry>
		
		
		<varlistentry>
		<term>-d debuglevel</term>
		<listitem><para><replaceable>debuglevel</replaceable> is an integer from 0 to 10, or 
		the letter 'A'. </para>
		
		<para>The default value if this parameter is not specified 
		is zero. </para>

		<para>The higher this value, the more detail will be logged to 
		the log files about the activities of the 
		client. At level 0, only critical errors and serious warnings will 
		be logged. Level 1 is a reasonable level for day to day running - 
		it generates a small amount of information about operations 
		carried out. </para>
		
		<para>Levels above 1 will generate considerable 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. If <replaceable>debuglevel</replaceable> is set to the letter 'A', then <emphasis>all
		</emphasis>  debug messages will be printed. This setting
		is for developers only (and people who <emphasis>really</emphasis> want 
		to know how the code works internally). </para>

		<para>Note that specifying this parameter here will override
		the log level parameter in the <filename>smb.conf (5)</filename> 
		file. </para></listitem>
		</varlistentry>
		
		
		<varlistentry>
		<term>-p port</term>
		<listitem><para>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. </para></listitem>
		</varlistentry>
		
		
		<varlistentry>
		<term>-l logfilename</term>
		<listitem><para>If specified, <replaceable>logfilename</replaceable> specifies a base filename 
		into which operational data from the running client will be 
		logged. </para>

		<para>The default base name is specified at compile time.</para>

		<para>The base name is used to generate actual log file names.
		For example, if the name specified was "log", the debug file 
		would be <filename>log.client</filename>.</para>
		
		<para>The log file generated is never removed by the client. 		
		</para></listitem>
		</varlistentry>
		
		
		
		<varlistentry>
		<term>-h</term><listitem>
		<para>Print the usage message for the client. </para></listitem>
		</varlistentry>
		
		
		
		<varlistentry>
		<term>-I IP-address</term>
		<listitem><para><replaceable>IP address</replaceable> is the address of the server to connect to. 
		It should be specified in standard "a.b.c.d" notation. </para>

		<para>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 <parameter>name resolve order</parameter> 
		parameter above. Using this parameter will force the client
		to assume that the server is on the machine with the specified IP 
		address and the NetBIOS name component of the resource being 
		connected to will be ignored. </para>

		<para>There is no default for this parameter. If not supplied, 
		it will be determined automatically by the client as described 
		above. </para></listitem>
		</varlistentry>
		
		
		
		<varlistentry>
		<term>-E</term>
		<listitem><para>This parameter causes the client to write messages 
		to the standard error stream (stderr) rather than to the standard 
		output stream. </para>
		
		<para>By default, the client writes messages to standard output 
		- typically the user's tty. </para></listitem>
		</varlistentry>
		
		
		<varlistentry>
		<term>-U username[%pass]</term>
		<listitem><para>Sets the SMB username or username and password. 
		If %pass is not specified, The user will be prompted. The client 
		will first check the <envar>USER</envar> environment variable, then the 
		<envar>LOGNAME</envar> variable and if either exists, the 
		string is uppercased. Anything in these variables following a '%' 
		sign will be treated as the password. If these environment 
		variables are not found, the username <constant>GUEST</constant> 
		is used. </para>

		<para>If the password is not included in these environment
		variables (using the %pass syntax), <command>smbclient</command> will look for 
		a <envar>PASSWD</envar> environment variable from which 
		to read the password. </para>
		
		<para>A third option is to use a credentials file which 
		contains the plaintext of the domain name, username and password.  This 
		option is mainly provided for scripts where the admin doesn't 
		wish to pass the credentials on the command line or via environment 
		variables. If this method is used, make certain that the permissions 
		on the file restrict access from unwanted users.  See the 
		<parameter>-A</parameter> for more details. </para>
		
		<para>Be cautious about including passwords in scripts or in 
		the <envar>PASSWD</envar> environment variable. Also, on 
		many systems the command line of a running process may be seen 
		via the <command>ps</command> command to be safe always allow 
		<command>smbclient</command> to prompt for a password and type 
		it in directly. </para></listitem>
		</varlistentry>
		
		
		<varlistentry>
		<term>-A filename</term><listitem><para>This option allows 
		you to specify a file from which to read the username, domain name, and 
		password used in the connection.  The format of the file is 
		</para>
		
		<para><programlisting>
username = &lt;value&gt; 
password = &lt;value&gt;
domain = &lt;value&gt;
		</programlisting></para>
	

		<para>If the domain parameter is missing the current workgroup name
		is used instead. Make certain that the permissions on the file restrict 
		access from unwanted users. </para></listitem>
		</varlistentry>



		<varlistentry>
		<term>-L</term>
		<listitem><para>This option allows you to look at what services 
		are available on a server. You use it as <command>smbclient -L 
		host</command> and a list should appear.  The <parameter>-I
		</parameter> option may be useful if your NetBIOS names don't 
		match your TCP/IP DNS host names or if you are trying to reach a 
		host on another network. </para></listitem>
		</varlistentry>
		
		
		<varlistentry>
		<term>-t terminal code</term>
		<listitem><para>This option tells <command>smbclient</command> how to interpret 
		filenames coming from the remote server. Usually Asian language 
		multibyte UNIX implementations use different character sets than 
		SMB/CIFS servers (<emphasis>EUC</emphasis> instead of <emphasis>
		SJIS</emphasis> for example). Setting this parameter will let 
		<command>smbclient</command> convert between the UNIX filenames and 
		the SMB filenames correctly. This option has not been seriously tested 
		and may have some problems. </para>

		<para>The terminal codes include CWsjis, CWeuc, CWjis7, CWjis8,
		CWjunet, CWhex, CWcap. This is not a complete list, check the Samba 
		source code for the complete list. </para></listitem>
		</varlistentry>
		
			
		<varlistentry>	
		<term>-b buffersize</term>
		<listitem><para>This option changes the transmit/send buffer 
		size when getting or putting a file from/to the server. The default 
		is 65520 bytes. Setting this value smaller (to 1200 bytes) has been 
		observed to speed up file transfers to and from a Win9x server. 
		</para></listitem>
		</varlistentry>
		
		
		
		<varlistentry>
		<term>-W WORKGROUP</term>
		<listitem><para>Override the default workgroup (domain) specified
		in the workgroup parameter of the <filename>smb.conf</filename>
		file for this connection. This may be needed to connect to some
		servers. </para></listitem>
		</varlistentry>
		
		
		<varlistentry>
		<term>-T tar options</term>
		<listitem><para>smbclient may be used to create <command>tar(1)
		</command> compatible backups of all the files on an SMB/CIFS
		share. The secondary tar flags that can be given to this option 
		are : </para>
		
		<itemizedlist>
			<listitem><para><parameter>c</parameter> - Create a tar file on UNIX. 
			Must be followed by the name of a tar file, tape device
			or "-" for standard output. If using standard output you must 
			turn the log level to its lowest value -d0 to avoid corrupting 
			your tar file. This flag is mutually exclusive with the 
			<parameter>x</parameter> flag. </para></listitem>
			
			<listitem><para><parameter>x</parameter> - Extract (restore) a local 
			tar file back to a share. Unless the -D option is given, the tar 
			files will be restored from the top level of the share. Must be 
			followed by the name of the tar file, device or "-" for standard 
			input. Mutually exclusive with the <parameter>c</parameter> flag. 
			Restored files have their creation times (mtime) set to the
			date saved in the tar file. Directories currently do not get 
			their creation dates restored properly. </para></listitem>
			
			<listitem><para><parameter>I</parameter> - Include files and directories. 
			Is the default behavior when filenames are specified above. Causes 
			tar files to be included in an extract or create (and therefore 
			everything else to be excluded). See example below.  Filename globbing 
			works  in one of two ways.  See r below. </para></listitem>
			
			<listitem><para><parameter>X</parameter> - Exclude files and directories. 
			Causes tar files to be excluded from an extract or create. See 
			example below.  Filename globbing works in one of two ways now. 
			See <parameter>r</parameter> below. </para></listitem>
			
			<listitem><para><parameter>b</parameter> - Blocksize. Must be followed 
			by a valid (greater than zero) blocksize.  Causes tar file to be 
			written out in blocksize*TBLOCK (usually 512 byte) blocks. 
			</para></listitem>
			
			<listitem><para><parameter>g</parameter> - Incremental. Only back up 
			files that have the archive bit set. Useful only with the 
			<parameter>c</parameter> flag. </para></listitem>

			<listitem><para><parameter>q</parameter> - Quiet. Keeps tar from printing 
			diagnostics as it works.  This is the same as tarmode quiet. 
			</para></listitem>
			
			<listitem><para><parameter>r</parameter> - Regular expression include
			or exclude.  Uses regular  expression matching for 
			excluding or excluding files if  compiled with HAVE_REGEX_H. 
			However this mode can be very slow. If  not compiled with 
			HAVE_REGEX_H, does a limited wildcard match on '*' and  '?'. 
			</para></listitem>
			
			<listitem><para><parameter>N</parameter> - Newer than. Must be followed 
			by the name of a file whose date is compared against files found 
			on the share during a create. Only files newer than the file 
			specified are backed up to the tar file. Useful only with the 
			<parameter>c</parameter> flag. </para></listitem>
			
			<listitem><para><parameter>a</parameter> - Set archive bit. Causes the 
			archive bit to be reset when a file is backed up. Useful with the 
			<parameter>g</parameter> and <parameter>c</parameter> flags. 
			</para></listitem>
		</itemizedlist>
			
		<para><emphasis>Tar Long File Names</emphasis></para>
			
		<para><command>smbclient</command>'s tar option now supports long 
		file names both on backup and restore. However, the full path 
		name of the file must be less than 1024 bytes.  Also, when
		a tar archive is created, <command>smbclient</command>'s tar option places all 
		files in the archive with relative names, not absolute names. 
		</para>
			
		<para><emphasis>Tar Filenames</emphasis></para>
			
		<para>All file names can be given as DOS path names (with '\' 
		as the component separator) or as UNIX path names (with '/' as 
		the component separator). </para>
			
		<para><emphasis>Examples</emphasis></para>
		
		<para>Restore from tar file <filename>backup.tar</filename> into myshare on mypc 
		(no password on share). </para>
		
		<para><command>smbclient //mypc/yshare "" -N -Tx backup.tar
		</command></para>
		
		<para>Restore everything except <filename>users/docs</filename>
		</para>
		
		<para><command>smbclient //mypc/myshare "" -N -TXx backup.tar 
		users/docs</command></para>
		
		<para>Create a tar file of the files beneath <filename>
		users/docs</filename>. </para>
		
		<para><command>smbclient //mypc/myshare "" -N -Tc
		backup.tar users/docs </command></para>
		
		<para>Create the same tar file as above, but now use 
		a DOS path name. </para>
		
		<para><command>smbclient //mypc/myshare "" -N -tc backup.tar 
		users\edocs </command></para>
		
		<para>Create a tar file of all the files and directories in 
		the share. </para>
		
		<para><command>smbclient //mypc/myshare "" -N -Tc backup.tar *
		</command></para>
		</listitem>
		</varlistentry>
		
		
		<varlistentry>
		<term>-D initial directory</term>
		<listitem><para>Change to initial directory before starting. Probably 
		only of any use with the tar -T option. </para></listitem>
		</varlistentry>
		
		
		
		<varlistentry>
		<term>-c command string</term>
		<listitem><para>command string is a semicolon-separated list of 
		commands to be executed instead of prompting from stdin. <parameter>
		-N</parameter> is implied by <parameter>-c</parameter>.</para>

		<para>This is particularly useful in scripts and for printing stdin 
		to the server, e.g. <command>-c 'print -'</command>. </para></listitem>
		</varlistentry>
	</variablelist>
</refsect1>


<refsect1>
	<title>OPERATIONS</title>

	<para>Once the client is running, the user is presented with 
	a prompt : </para>

	<para><prompt>smb:\&gt; </prompt></para>

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

	<para>The prompt indicates that the client is ready and waiting to 
	carry out a user command. Each command is a single word, optionally 
	followed by parameters specific to that command. Command and parameters 
	are space-delimited unless these notes specifically
	state otherwise. All commands are case-insensitive.  Parameters to 
	commands may or may not be case sensitive, depending on the command. 
	</para>

	<para>You can specify file names which have spaces in them by quoting 
	the name with double quotes, for example "a long file name". </para>

	<para>Parameters shown in square brackets (e.g., "[parameter]") are 
	optional.  If not given, the command will use suitable defaults. Parameters 
	shown in angle brackets (e.g., "&lt;parameter&gt;") are required.
	</para>


	<para>Note that all commands operating on the server are actually 
	performed by issuing a request to the server. Thus the behavior may 
	vary from server to server, depending on how the server was implemented. 
	</para>

	<para>The commands available are given here in alphabetical order. </para>

	<variablelist>
		<varlistentry>
		<term>? [command]</term>
		<listitem><para>If <replaceable>command</replaceable> is specified, the ? command will display 
		a brief informative message about the specified command.  If no 
		command is specified, a list of available commands will
		be displayed. </para></listitem>
		</varlistentry>
		
		
		<varlistentry>
		<term>! [shell command]</term>
		<listitem><para>If <replaceable>shell command</replaceable> is specified, the !  
		command will execute a shell locally and run the specified shell 
		command. If no command is specified, a local shell will be run. 
		</para></listitem>
		</varlistentry>
		
		
		<varlistentry>
		<term>altname file</term>
		<listitem><para>The client will request that the server return
		the "alternate" name (the 8.3 name) for a file or directory.
		</para></listitem>
		</varlistentry>
		
		
		<varlistentry>
		<term>cancel jobid0 [jobid1] ... [jobidN]</term>
		<listitem><para>The client will request that the server cancel
		the printjobs identified by the given numeric print job ids.
		</para></listitem>
		</varlistentry>
		
		
		
		<varlistentry>
		<term>chmod file mode in octal</term>
		<listitem><para>This command depends on the server supporting the CIFS
		UNIX extensions and will fail if the server does not. The client requests that the server
		change the UNIX permissions to the given octal mode, in standard UNIX format.
		</para></listitem>
		</varlistentry>
		
		
		
		<varlistentry>
		<term>chown file uid gid</term>
		<listitem><para>This command depends on the server supporting the CIFS
		UNIX extensions and will fail if the server does not. The client requests that the server
		change the UNIX user and group ownership to the given decimal values. Note there is
		currently no way to remotely look up the UNIX uid and gid values for a given name.
		This may be addressed in future versions of the CIFS UNIX extensions.
		</para></listitem>
		</varlistentry>
		
		
		
		<varlistentry>
		<term>cd [directory name]</term>
		<listitem><para>If "directory name" is specified, the current 
		working directory on the server will be changed to the directory 
		specified. This operation will fail if for any reason the specified 
		directory is inaccessible. </para>

		<para>If no directory name is specified, the current working 
		directory on the server will be reported. </para></listitem>
		</varlistentry>
		
		
		<varlistentry>
		<term>del &lt;mask&gt;</term>
		<listitem><para>The client will request that the server attempt 
		to delete all files matching <replaceable>mask</replaceable> from the current working 
		directory on the server. </para></listitem>
		</varlistentry>
		
		
		<varlistentry>
		<term>dir &lt;mask&gt;</term>
		<listitem><para>A list of the files matching <replaceable>mask</replaceable> in the current 
		working directory on the server will be retrieved from the server 
		and displayed. </para></listitem>
		</varlistentry>
		
		
		<varlistentry>
		<term>exit</term>
		<listitem><para>Terminate the connection with the server and exit 
		from the program. </para></listitem> 
		</varlistentry>
		
		
		<varlistentry>
		<term>get &lt;remote file name&gt; [local file name]</term>
		<listitem><para>Copy the file called <filename>remote file name</filename> from 
		the server to the machine running the client. If specified, name 
		the local copy <filename>local file name</filename>.  Note that all transfers in 
		<command>smbclient</command> are binary. See also the 
		lowercase command. </para></listitem>
		</varlistentry>
		
		
		
		<varlistentry>
		<term>help [command]</term>
		<listitem><para>See the ? command above. </para></listitem>
		</varlistentry>
		
		
		<varlistentry>
		<term>lcd [directory name]</term>
		<listitem><para>If <replaceable>directory name</replaceable> is specified, the current 
		working directory on the local machine will be changed to 
		the directory specified. This operation will fail if for any 
		reason the specified directory is inaccessible. </para>
		
		<para>If no directory name is specified, the name of the 
		current working directory on the local machine will be reported. 
		</para></listitem>
		</varlistentry>
		
		
		<varlistentry>
		<term>link source destination</term>
		<listitem><para>This command depends on the server supporting the CIFS
		UNIX extensions and will fail if the server does not. The client requests that the server
		create a hard link between the source and destination files. The source file
		must not exist.
		</para></listitem>
		</varlistentry>



		<varlistentry>
		<term>lowercase</term>
		<listitem><para>Toggle lowercasing of filenames for the get and 
		mget commands. </para>
				
		<para>When lowercasing is toggled ON, local filenames are converted 
		to lowercase when using the get and mget commands. This is
		often useful when copying (say) MSDOS files from a server, because 
		lowercase filenames are the norm on UNIX systems. </para></listitem>
		</varlistentry>
		
		
		
		<varlistentry>
		<term>ls &lt;mask&gt;</term>
		<listitem><para>See the dir command above. </para></listitem>
		</varlistentry>
		
		
		<varlistentry>
		<term>mask &lt;mask&gt;</term>
		<listitem><para>This command allows the user to set up a mask 
		which will be used during recursive operation of the mget and 
		mput commands. </para>

		<para>The masks specified to the mget and mput commands act as 
		filters for directories rather than files when recursion is 
		toggled ON. </para>
		
		<para>The mask specified with the mask command is necessary 
		to filter files within those directories. For example, if the
		mask specified in an mget command is "source*" and the mask 
		specified with the mask command is "*.c" and recursion is 
		toggled ON, the mget command will retrieve all files matching 
		"*.c" in all directories below and including all directories 
		matching "source*" in the current working directory. </para>

		<para>Note that the value for mask defaults to blank (equivalent 
		to "*") and remains so until the mask command is used to change it. 
		It retains the most recently specified value indefinitely. To 
		avoid unexpected results it would be wise to change the value of 
		mask back to "*" after using the mget or mput commands. </para></listitem>
		</varlistentry>
		
		
		<varlistentry>
		<term>md &lt;directory name&gt;</term>
		<listitem><para>See the mkdir command. </para></listitem>
		</varlistentry>
		
		
		<varlistentry>
		<term>mget &lt;mask&gt;</term>
		<listitem><para>Copy all files matching <replaceable>mask</replaceable> from the server to 
		the machine running the client. </para>

		<para>Note that <replaceable>mask</replaceable> is interpreted differently during recursive 
		operation and non-recursive operation - refer to the recurse and 
		mask commands for more information. Note that all transfers in 
		<command>smbclient</command> are binary. See also the lowercase command. </para></listitem>
		</varlistentry>
		
		
		<varlistentry>
		<term>mkdir &lt;directory name&gt;</term>
		<listitem><para>Create a new directory on the server (user access 
		privileges permitting) with the specified name. </para></listitem>
		</varlistentry>
		
		
		<varlistentry>
		<term>mput &lt;mask&gt;</term>
		<listitem><para>Copy all files matching <replaceable>mask</replaceable> in the current working 
		directory on the local machine to the current working directory on 
		the server. </para>
		
		<para>Note that <replaceable>mask</replaceable> is interpreted differently during recursive 
		operation and non-recursive operation - refer to the recurse and mask 
		commands for more information. Note that all transfers in <command>smbclient</command> 
		are binary. </para></listitem>
		</varlistentry>
		
		
		<varlistentry>
		<term>print &lt;file name&gt;</term>
		<listitem><para>Print the specified file from the local machine 
		through a printable service on the server. </para>

		<para>See also the printmode command.</para></listitem>
		</varlistentry>
		
		
		
		<varlistentry>
		<term>printmode &lt;graphics or text&gt;</term>
		<listitem><para>Set the print mode to suit either binary data 
		(such as graphical information) or text. Subsequent print
		commands will use the currently set print mode. </para></listitem>
		</varlistentry>
		
		
		<varlistentry>
		<term>prompt</term>
		<listitem><para>Toggle prompting for filenames during operation 
		of the mget and mput commands. </para>

		<para>When toggled ON, the user will be prompted to confirm 
		the transfer of each file during these commands. When toggled 
		OFF, all specified files will be transferred without prompting. 
		</para></listitem>
		</varlistentry>
		
		
		<varlistentry>
		<term>put &lt;local file name&gt; [remote file name]</term>
		<listitem><para>Copy the file called <filename>local file name</filename> from the 
		machine running the client to the server. If specified,
		name the remote copy <filename>remote file name</filename>. Note that all transfers 
		in <command>smbclient</command> are binary. See also the lowercase command. 
		</para></listitem>
		</varlistentry>
		
		
		
		<varlistentry>
		<term>queue</term>
		<listitem><para>Displays the print queue, showing the job id, 
		name, size and current status. </para></listitem>
		</varlistentry>
		
		
		<varlistentry>
		<term>quit</term>
		<listitem><para>See the exit command. </para></listitem>
		</varlistentry>
		
		
		<varlistentry>
		<term>rd &lt;directory name&gt;</term>
		<listitem><para>See the rmdir command. </para></listitem>
		</varlistentry>
		
		
		<varlistentry>
		<term>recurse</term>
		<listitem><para>Toggle directory recursion for the commands mget 
		and mput. </para>
		
		<para>When toggled ON, these commands will process all directories 
		in the source directory (i.e., the directory they are copying
		from ) and will recurse into any that match the mask specified 
		to the command. Only files that match the mask specified using 
		the mask command will be retrieved. See also the mask command. 
		</para>

		<para>When recursion is toggled OFF, only files from the current 
		working directory on the source machine that match the mask specified 
		to the mget or mput commands will be copied, and any mask specified 
		using the mask command will be ignored. </para></listitem>
		</varlistentry>
		
		
		
		<varlistentry>
		<term>rm &lt;mask&gt;</term>
		<listitem><para>Remove all files matching <replaceable>mask</replaceable> from the current 
		working directory on the server. </para></listitem>
		</varlistentry>
		
		
		<varlistentry>
		<term>rmdir &lt;directory name&gt;</term>
 		<listitem><para>Remove the specified directory (user access 
		privileges permitting) from the server. </para></listitem>
		</varlistentry>
		
		
		<varlistentry>
		<term>setmode &lt;filename&gt; &lt;perm=[+|\-]rsha&gt;</term>
		<listitem><para>A version of the DOS attrib command to set 
		file permissions. For example: </para>

		<para><command>setmode myfile +r </command></para>
		
		<para>would make myfile read only. </para></listitem>
		</varlistentry>


		
		<varlistentry>
		<term>symlink source destination</term>
		<listitem><para>This command depends on the server supporting the CIFS
		UNIX extensions and will fail if the server does not. The client requests that the server
		create a symbolic hard link between the source and destination files. The source file
		must not exist. Note that the server will not create a link to any path that lies 
		outside the currently connected share. This is enforced by the Samba server.
		</para></listitem>
		</varlistentry>



		<varlistentry>
		<term>tar &lt;c|x&gt;[IXbgNa]</term>
		<listitem><para>Performs a tar operation - see the <parameter>-T
		</parameter> command line option above. Behavior may be affected 
		by the tarmode command (see below). Using g (incremental) and N 
		(newer) will affect tarmode settings. Note that using the "-" option 
		with tar x may not work - use the command line option instead. 
		</para></listitem>
		</varlistentry>
		
		
		<varlistentry>
		<term>blocksize &lt;blocksize&gt;</term>
		<listitem><para>Blocksize. Must be followed by a valid (greater 
		than zero) blocksize. Causes tar file to be written out in 
		<replaceable>blocksize</replaceable>*TBLOCK (usually 512 byte) blocks. </para></listitem>
		</varlistentry>
		
		
		<varlistentry>
		<term>tarmode &lt;full|inc|reset|noreset&gt;</term>
		<listitem><para>Changes tar's behavior with regard to archive 
		bits. In full mode, tar will back up everything regardless of the 
		archive bit setting (this is the default mode). In incremental mode, 
		tar will only back up files with the archive bit set. In reset mode, 
		tar will reset the archive bit on all files it backs up (implies 
		read/write share). </para></listitem>
		</varlistentry>
		
		
	</variablelist>
</refsect1>

<refsect1>
	<title>NOTES</title>

	<para>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. 
	</para>
	
	<para>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.</para>

	<para>smbclient supports long file names where the server 
	supports the LANMAN2 protocol or above. </para>
</refsect1>

<refsect1>
	<title>ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES</title>

	<para>The variable <envar>USER</envar> 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.</para>


	<para>The variable <envar>PASSWD</envar> may contain 
	the password of the person using the client.  This information is 
	used only if the protocol level is high enough to support 
	session-level passwords. </para>

	<para>The variable <envar>LIBSMB_PROG</envar> may contain 
	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</para>
</refsect1>


<refsect1>
	<title>INSTALLATION</title>

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

	<para>It is recommended that the smbclient software be installed
	in the <filename>/usr/local/samba/bin/</filename> or <filename>
	/usr/samba/bin/</filename> directory, this directory readable 
	by all, writeable only by root. The client program itself should 
	be executable by all. The client should <emphasis>NOT</emphasis> be 
	setuid or setgid! </para>

	<para>The client log files should be put in a directory readable 
	and writeable only by the user. </para>

	<para>To test the client, you will need to know the name of a 
	running SMB/CIFS server. It is possible to run <command>smbd(8)
	</command> 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. </para>
</refsect1>


<refsect1>
	<title>DIAGNOSTICS</title>

	<para>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. </para>

	<para>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. </para>
</refsect1>


<refsect1>
	<title>VERSION</title>

	<para>This man page is correct for version 2.2 of 
	the Samba suite.</para>
</refsect1>


<refsect1>
	<title>AUTHOR</title>
	
	<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 
	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 
	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 
	Samba 2.2 was done by Gerald Carter</para>
</refsect1>

</refentry>
