Samba Resources

Samba is a particularly well-documented service. You will find a great deal of Samba information on the web, as well as in various files installed by default with the Samba package. Table 15-1 provides links to helpful sites and files, as well as a list of useful utilities and diagnostic commands that you can use with your Samba installation.

Table 15-1: Samba Resources

*General Samba Information*
Samba project	www.samba.org
Samba documentation	http://us1.samba.org/samba/docs
Samba support	http://us1.samba.org/samba/support
Samba mailing lists	http://us1.samba.org/samba/archives.html
Samba documentation in Fedora	/usr/share/doc/samba*/docs

*Samba Configuration and Log Files*
/etc/samba/smb.conf	Primary configuration file for Samba servers
/etc/samba/smbpasswords	Stores Samba user passwords
/etc/samba/smbusers	A/laps SMB usernames into Linux usernames
/etc/samba/lmhosts	Used to identify hosts Samba will communicate with that can't be obtained through broadcast, DNS, or other methods (similar to the TCP/IP /etc/hosts file)
/var/log/samba	Contains individual log files for nmbd (NetBios name server daemon), smbd (Samba server daemon), and each client that connect to the Samba server

*Samba Daemons*
smbd	The main Samba daemon
nmbd	The NetBIOS nameserver
winbindd	The winbind daemon

*Samba Administrative Utilities*
smbcontrol	Sends control messages to Samba daemons
smbpasswd	Manages SMB passwords
SWAT	Samba web configuration tool
net	Administers Samba and remote CIFS servers
pdbedit	Samba user account management tool
tdbbackup	Tool for backing up TDB databases

*Samba Client Tools*
rpcclient	Command-line MS-RPC client
smbtar	SMB back-up tool
smbclient	Command-line SMB client
smbmnt	Helper utility for mounting SMB file systems on Linux hosts
smbmount	User space tool for mounting SMB file systems under Linux
smbspool	Command-line SMB print client
smbumount	Userspace tool for unmounting SMB file systems under Linux
ntlm_auth	Allows external programs to use NTLM authentication
smbcquotas	Gets or sets quotas on NTFS5 shares
smbsh	Allows access to remote SMB shares with a UNIX shell
smbtree	Text-based SMB network browsing
smbspool	Sends a print job to an SMB printer

*Samba Utilities*
smbstatus	Monitors the Samba service
testparm	Validates the smb.conf configuration file
testprns	Tests printer configuration
nmblookup	NetBIOS name query tool
wbinfo	Obtains winbind information
profiles	Migrates profiles from one domain to another
log2pcap	Generates pcap files from Samba log files

Tip

Most of the commands shown in Table 15-1 have man pages that explain the command in further detail and describe optional flags.