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NAME
smbd - server to provide SMB/CIFS services to clients
SYNOPSIS
smbd [-D|--daemon] [-F|--foreground] [-S|--log-stdout] [-i|--interactive] [-V]
[-b|--build-options] [-d <debug level>] [-l|--log-basename <log directory>]
[-p <port number(s)>] [-P <profiling level>] [-s <configuration file>]
[--no-process-group]
DESCRIPTION
This program is part of the samba(7) suite.
smbd is the server daemon that provides filesharing and printing services to Windows
clients. The server provides filespace and printer services to clients using the SMB (or
CIFS) protocol. This is compatible with the LanManager protocol, and can service
LanManager clients. These include MSCLIENT 3.0 for DOS, Windows for Workgroups, Windows
95/98/ME, Windows NT, Windows 2000, OS/2, DAVE for Macintosh, and smbfs for Linux.
An extensive description of the services that the server can provide is given in the man
page for the configuration file controlling the attributes of those services (see
smb.conf(5). This man page will not describe the services, but will concentrate on the
administrative aspects of running the server.
Please note that there are significant security implications to running this server, and
the smb.conf(5) manual page should be regarded as mandatory reading before proceeding with
installation.
A session is created whenever a client requests one. Each client gets a copy of the server
for each session. This copy then services all connections made by the client during that
session. When all connections from its client are closed, the copy of the server for that
client terminates.
The configuration file, and any files that it includes, are automatically reloaded every
minute, if they change. You can force a reload by sending a SIGHUP to the server.
Reloading the configuration file will not affect connections to any service that is
already established. Either the user will have to disconnect from the service, or smbd
killed and restarted.
OPTIONS
-D|--daemon
If specified, this parameter causes the server to operate as a daemon. That is, it
detaches itself and runs in the background, fielding requests on the appropriate port.
Operating the server as a daemon is the recommended way of running smbd for servers
that provide more than casual use file and print services. This switch is assumed if
smbd is executed on the command line of a shell.
-F|--foreground
If specified, this parameter causes the main smbd process to not daemonize, i.e.
double-fork and disassociate with the terminal. Child processes are still created as
normal to service each connection request, but the main process does not exit. This
operation mode is suitable for running smbd under process supervisors such as
supervise and svscan from Daniel J. Bernstein's daemontools package, or the AIX
process monitor.
-S|--log-stdout
If specified, this parameter causes smbd to log to standard output rather than a file.
-i|--interactive
If this parameter is specified it causes the server to run "interactively", not as a
daemon, even if the server is executed on the command line of a shell. Setting this
parameter negates the implicit daemon mode when run from the command line. smbd will
only accept one connection and terminate. It will also log to standard output, as if
the -S parameter had been given.
-d|--debuglevel=level
level is an integer from 0 to 10. The default value if this parameter is not specified
is 0.
The higher this value, the more detail will be logged to the log files about the
activities of the server. 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.
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.
Note that specifying this parameter here will override the log level parameter in the
smb.conf file.
-V|--version
Prints the program version number.
-s|--configfile=<configuration file>
The file specified contains the configuration details required by the server. The
information in this file includes server-specific information such as what printcap
file to use, as well as descriptions of all the services that the server is to
provide. See smb.conf for more information. The default configuration file name is
determined at compile time.
-l|--log-basename=logdirectory
Base directory name for log/debug files. The extension ".progname" will be appended
(e.g. log.smbclient, log.smbd, etc...). The log file is never removed by the client.
--option=<name>=<value>
Set the smb.conf(5) option "<name>" to value "<value>" from the command line. This
overrides compiled-in defaults and options read from the configuration file.
-?|--help
Print a summary of command line options.
--usage
Display brief usage message.
--no-process-group
Do not create a new process group for smbd.
-b|--build-options
Prints information about how Samba was built.
-p|--port<port number(s)>
port number(s) is a space or comma-separated list of TCP ports smbd should listen on.
The default value is taken from the ports parameter in smb.conf
The default ports are 139 (used for SMB over NetBIOS over TCP) and port 445 (used for
plain SMB over TCP).
-P|--profiling-level<profiling level>
profiling level is a number specifying the level of profiling data to be collected. 0
turns off profiling, 1 turns on counter profiling only, 2 turns on complete profiling,
and 3 resets all profiling data.
FILES
/etc/inetd.conf
If the server is to be run by the inetd meta-daemon, this file must contain suitable
startup information for the meta-daemon.
/etc/rc
or whatever initialization script your system uses).
If running the server as a daemon at startup, this file will need to contain an
appropriate startup sequence for the server.
/etc/services
If running the server via the meta-daemon inetd, this file must contain a mapping of
service name (e.g., netbios-ssn) to service port (e.g., 139) and protocol type (e.g.,
tcp).
/usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf
This is the default location of the smb.conf(5) server configuration file. Other
common places that systems install this file are /usr/samba/lib/smb.conf and
/etc/samba/smb.conf.
This file describes all the services the server is to make available to clients. See
smb.conf(5) for more information.
LIMITATIONS
On some systems smbd cannot change uid back to root after a setuid() call. Such systems
are called trapdoor uid systems. If you have such a system, you will be unable to connect
from a client (such as a PC) as two different users at once. Attempts to connect the
second user will result in access denied or similar.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
PRINTER
If no printer name is specified to printable services, most systems will use the value
of this variable (or lp if this variable is not defined) as the name of the printer to
use. This is not specific to the server, however.
PAM INTERACTION
Samba uses PAM for authentication (when presented with a plaintext password), for account
checking (is this account disabled?) and for session management. The degree too which
samba supports PAM is restricted by the limitations of the SMB protocol and the obey pam
restrictions smb.conf(5) parameter. When this is set, the following restrictions apply:
• Account Validation: All accesses to a samba server are checked against PAM to
see if the account is valid, not disabled and is permitted to login at this
time. This also applies to encrypted logins.
• Session Management: When not using share level security, users must pass PAM's
session checks before access is granted. Note however, that this is bypassed in
share level security. Note also that some older pam configuration files may
need a line added for session support.
VERSION
This man page is correct for version 3 of the Samba suite.
DIAGNOSTICS
Most diagnostics issued by the server 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
server. If you have problems, set the debug level to 3 and peruse the log files.
Most messages are reasonably self-explanatory. Unfortunately, at the time this man page
was created, there are too many diagnostics available in the source code to warrant
describing each and every diagnostic. At this stage your best bet is still to grep the
source code and inspect the conditions that gave rise to the diagnostics you are seeing.
TDB FILES
Samba stores it's data in several TDB (Trivial Database) files, usually located in
/var/lib/samba.
(*) information persistent across restarts (but not necessarily important to backup).
account_policy.tdb*
NT account policy settings such as pw expiration, etc...
brlock.tdb
byte range locks
browse.dat
browse lists
gencache.tdb
generic caching db
group_mapping.tdb*
group mapping information
locking.tdb
share modes & oplocks
login_cache.tdb*
bad pw attempts
messages.tdb
Samba messaging system
netsamlogon_cache.tdb*
cache of user net_info_3 struct from net_samlogon() request (as a domain member)
ntdrivers.tdb*
installed printer drivers
ntforms.tdb*
installed printer forms
ntprinters.tdb*
installed printer information
printing/
directory containing tdb per print queue of cached lpq output
registry.tdb
Windows registry skeleton (connect via regedit.exe)
smbXsrv_session_global.tdb
session information (e.g. support for 'utmp = yes')
smbXsrv_tcon_global.tdb
share connections (used to enforce max connections, etc...)
smbXsrv_open_global.tdb
open file handles (used durable handles, etc...)
share_info.tdb*
share acls
winbindd_cache.tdb
winbindd's cache of user lists, etc...
winbindd_idmap.tdb*
winbindd's local idmap db
wins.dat*
wins database when 'wins support = yes'
SIGNALS
Sending the smbd a SIGHUP will cause it to reload its smb.conf configuration file within a
short period of time.
To shut down a user's smbd process it is recommended that SIGKILL (-9) NOT be used, except
as a last resort, as this may leave the shared memory area in an inconsistent state. The
safe way to terminate an smbd is to send it a SIGTERM (-15) signal and wait for it to die
on its own.
The debug log level of smbd may be raised or lowered using smbcontrol(1) program
(SIGUSR[1|2] signals are no longer used since Samba 2.2). This is to allow transient
problems to be diagnosed, whilst still running at a normally low log level.
Note that as the signal handlers send a debug write, they are not re-entrant in smbd. This
you should wait until smbd is in a state of waiting for an incoming SMB before issuing
them. It is possible to make the signal handlers safe by un-blocking the signals before
the select call and re-blocking them after, however this would affect performance.
SEE ALSO
hosts_access(5), inetd(8), nmbd(8), smb.conf(5), smbclient(1), testparm(1), and the
Internet RFC's rfc1001.txt, rfc1002.txt. In addition the CIFS (formerly SMB) specification
is available as a link from the Web page https://www.samba.org/cifs/.
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 man page sources were
converted to YODL format (another excellent piece of Open Source software, available at
ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/) and updated for the Samba 2.0 release by Jeremy Allison.
The conversion to DocBook for Samba 2.2 was done by Gerald Carter. The conversion to
DocBook XML 4.2 for Samba 3.0 was done by Alexander Bokovoy.