NET(8)

NAME
net - Tool for administration of Samba and remote CIFS servers.

SYNOPSIS
net <ads|rap|rpc> [ -h ] [ -w workgroup ] [ -W myworkgroup ] [ -U user ] [ -I ip-address ] [ -p port ] [ -n myname ] [ -s conffile ] [ -S server ] [ -C comment ] [ -M maxusers ] [ -F flags ] [ -j jobid ] [ -l ] [ -r ] [ -f ] [ -t timeout ] [ -P ] [ -D debuglevel ]

DESCRIPTION

This tool is part of the Samba suite.

The samba net utility is meant to work just like the net utility available for windows and DOS.

OPTIONS

-h  Display summary of all available options.

-w target-workgroup
    Sets target workgroup or domain. You have to specify either this option or the IP address or the name of a server.

-W workgroup
    Sets client workgroup or domain

-U user
    User name to use

-I ip-address
    IP address of target server to use. You have to specify either this option or a target workgroup or a target server.

-p port
    Port on the target server to connect to.

-n myname
    Sets name of the client.

-s conffile
    Specify alternative configuration file that should be loaded.

-S server
    Name of target server. You should specify either this option or a target workgroup or a target IP address.

-C comment
    FIXME

-M maxusers
    FIXME

-F flags
    FIXME

-j jobid
    FIXME

-l  FIXME

-r  FIXME

-f  FIXME

-t timeout
    FIXME

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

-D debuglevel
    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 BUGS.txt).

TIME

The NET TIME 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.

    Without any options, the NET TIME command displays the time on the remote server.

SYSTEM
    Displays the time on the remote server in a format ready for /bin/date

SET Tries to set the date and time of the local server to that on the remote server using /bin/date.

ZONE
    Displays the timezone in hours from GMT on the remote computer.

RPC

The NET RPC command allows you to do various NT4 operations.

JOIN -U username[%password] [options]
    Join a domain with specified username and password. Password will be prompted if none is specified.

JOIN [options except -U]
    to join a domain created in server manager

USER [misc. options] [targets]
    List users

USER DELETE <name> [misc options]
    delete specified user

USER INFO <name> [misc options]
    list the domain groups of the specified user

USER ADD <name> [password] [-F user flags] [misc. options
    Add specified user

GROUP [misc options] [targets]
    List user groups

GROUP DELETE <name> [misc. options] [targets]
    Delete specified group

GROUP ADD <name> [-C comment]
    Create specified group

SHARE [misc. options] [targets]
    enumerates all exported resources (network shares) on target server

SHARE ADD <name=serverpath> [misc. options] [targets]
    Adds a share from a server (makes the export active)

SHARE DELETE <sharenam

VERSION

This man page is incomplete for version 3.0 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. The current set of manpages and documentation is maintained by the Samba Team in the same fashion as the Samba source code.