NAME

       gentest - Run random generic SMB operations against two SMB servers and show the differences in behavior

SYNOPSIS

       gentest {//server1/share1} {//server2/share2} {-U user%pass} {-U user%pass} [-s seed] [-o numops] [-a]
               [-A] [-i FILE] [-O] [-S FILE] [-L] [-F] [-C] [-X]

DESCRIPTION

       gentest is a utility for detecting differences in behaviour between SMB servers. It will run a random set
       of generic operations against //server1/share1 and then the same random set against //server2/share2 and
       display the differences in the responses it gets.

       This utility is used by the Samba team to find differences in behaviour between Samba and Windows
       servers.

OPTIONS

       -U user%pass
           Specify the user and password to use when logging on on the shares. This parameter is mandatory and
           has to be specified twice.

       -s seed
           Seed the random number generator with the specified value.

       -o numops
           Set the number of operations to perform.

       -a
           Print the operations that are performed.

       -A
           Backtrack to find minimal number of operations required to make the response to a certain call
           differ.

       -i FILE
           Specify a file containing the names of fields that have to be ignored (such as time fields). See
           below for a description of the file format.

       -O
           Enable oplocks.

       -S FILE
           Set preset seeds file. The default is gentest_seeds.dat.

       -L
           Use preset seeds

       -F
           Fast reconnect (just close files)

       -C
           Continuous analysis mode

       -X
           Analyse even when the test succeeded.

VERSION

       This man page is correct for version 4.0 of the Samba suite.

SEE ALSO

       Samba

AUTHOR

       This utility is part of the Samba[1] suite, which is developed by the global Samba Team[2].

       gentest was written by Andrew Tridgell.

       This manpage was written by Jelmer Vernooij.

NOTES

        1. Samba
           http://www.samba.org/

        2. Samba Team
           http://www.samba.org/samba/team/

Samba 4.0                                          10/09/2025                                         GENTEST(1)