NAME

       ntdbtool - manipulate the contents NTDB files

SYNOPSIS

       ntdbtool

       ntdbtool NTDBFILE [COMMANDS...]

DESCRIPTION

       This tool is part of the samba(1) suite.

       ntdbtool a tool for displaying and altering the contents of Samba NTDB (New Trivial
       DataBase) files. Each of the commands listed below can be entered interactively or
       provided on the command line.

COMMANDS

       create NTDBFILE
           Create a new database named NTDBFILE.

       open NTDBFILE
           Open an existing database named NTDBFILE.

       erase
           Erase the current database.

       dump
           Dump the current database as strings.

       cdump
           Dump the current database as connection records.

       keys
           Dump the current database keys as strings.

       hexkeys
           Dump the current database keys as hex values.

       info
           Print summary information about the current database.

       insert KEY DATA
           Insert a record into the current database.

       move KEY NTDBFILE
           Move a record from the current database into NTDBFILE.

       store KEY DATA
           Store (replace) a record in the current database.

       show KEY
           Show a record by key.

       delete KEY
           Delete a record by key.

       list
           Print the current database hash table and free list.

       free
           Print the current database and free list.

       ! COMMAND
           Execute the given system command.

       first
           Print the first record in the current database.

       next
           Print the next record in the current database.

       check
           Check the integrity of the current database.

       repack
           Repack a database using a temporary file to remove fragmentation.

       quit
           Exit ntdbtool.

SEE ALSO

       tdbtool(8)

CAVEATS

       The contents of the Samba NTDB files are private to the implementation and should not be
       altered with ntdbtool.

VERSION

       This man page is correct for version 4.0 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.