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<refmeta>
        <refentrytitle>smbclient</refentrytitle>
        <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
</refmeta>


<refnamediv>
        <refname>smbclient</refname>
        <refpurpose>ftp-like client to access SMB/CIFS resources 
        on servers</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>

<refsynopsisdiv>
        <cmdsynopsis>
                <command>smbclient</command>
                <arg choice="opt">-b &lt;buffer size&gt;</arg>
                <arg choice="opt">-d debuglevel</arg>
                <arg choice="opt">-L &lt;netbios name&gt;</arg>
                <arg choice="opt">-U username</arg>
                <arg choice="opt">-I destinationIP</arg>
                <arg choice="opt">-M &lt;netbios name&gt;</arg>
                <arg choice="opt">-m maxprotocol</arg>
                <arg choice="opt">-A authfile</arg>
                <arg choice="opt">-N</arg>
                <arg choice="opt">-i scope</arg>
                <arg choice="opt">-O &lt;socket options&gt;</arg>
                <arg choice="opt">-p port</arg>
                <arg choice="opt">-R &lt;name resolve order&gt;</arg>
                <arg choice="opt">-s &lt;smb config file&gt;</arg>
                <arg choice="opt">-k</arg>
                <arg choice="opt">-P</arg>
                <arg choice="opt">-c &lt;command&gt;</arg>
        </cmdsynopsis>
                
        <cmdsynopsis>
                <command>smbclient</command>
                <arg choice="req">servicename</arg>
                <arg choice="opt">password</arg>
                <arg choice="opt">-b &lt;buffer size&gt;</arg>
                <arg choice="opt">-d debuglevel</arg>
                <arg choice="opt">-D Directory</arg>
                <arg choice="opt">-U username</arg>
                <arg choice="opt">-W workgroup</arg>
                <arg choice="opt">-M &lt;netbios name&gt;</arg>
                <arg choice="opt">-m maxprotocol</arg>
                <arg choice="opt">-A authfile</arg>
                <arg choice="opt">-N</arg>
                <arg choice="opt">-l log-basename</arg>
                <arg choice="opt">-I destinationIP</arg>
                <arg choice="opt">-E</arg>
                <arg choice="opt">-c &lt;command string&gt;</arg>
                <arg choice="opt">-i scope</arg>
                <arg choice="opt">-O &lt;socket options&gt;</arg>
                <arg choice="opt">-p port</arg>
                <arg choice="opt">-R &lt;name resolve order&gt;</arg>
                <arg choice="opt">-s &lt;smb config file&gt;</arg>
                <arg choice="opt">-T&lt;c|x&gt;IXFqgbNan</arg>
                <arg choice="opt">-k</arg>
        </cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>

<refsect1>
        <title>DESCRIPTION</title>

        <para>This tool is part of the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>samba</refentrytitle>
        <manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry> suite.</para>

        <para><command>smbclient</command> is a client that can 
        'talk' to an SMB/CIFS server. It offers an interface
        similar to that of the ftp program (see <citerefentry><refentrytitle>ftp</refentrytitle>
        <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>).  
        Operations include things like getting files from the server 
        to the local machine, putting files from the local machine to 
        the server, retrieving directory information from the server 
        and so on. </para>
</refsect1>


<refsect1>
        <title>OPTIONS</title>
        
        <variablelist>
                <varlistentry>
                <term>servicename</term>
                <listitem><para>servicename is the name of the service 
                you want to use on the server. A service name takes the form
                <filename>//server/service</filename> where <parameter>server
                </parameter> is the NetBIOS name of the SMB/CIFS server 
                offering the desired service and <parameter>service</parameter> 
                is the name of the service offered.  Thus to connect to 
                the service "printer" on the SMB/CIFS server "smbserver",
                you would use the servicename <filename>//smbserver/printer
                </filename></para>

                <para>Note that the server name required is NOT necessarily 
                the IP (DNS) host name of the server !  The name required is 
                a NetBIOS server name, which may or may not be the
                same as the IP hostname of the machine running the server.
                </para>

                <para>The server name is looked up according to either 
                the <parameter>-R</parameter> parameter to <command>smbclient</command> or 
                using the name resolve order parameter in 
                the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smb.conf</refentrytitle>
                <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> file, 
                allowing an administrator to change the order and methods 
                by which server names are looked up. </para></listitem>
                </varlistentry>

                <varlistentry>
                <term>password</term>
                <listitem><para>The password required to access the specified 
                service on the specified server. If this parameter is 
                supplied, the <parameter>-N</parameter> option (suppress 
                password prompt) is assumed. </para>

                <para>There is no default password. If no password is supplied 
                on the command line (either by using this parameter or adding 
                a password to the <parameter>-U</parameter> option (see 
                below)) and the <parameter>-N</parameter> option is not 
                specified, the client will prompt for a password, even if 
                the desired service does not require one. (If no password is 
                required, simply press ENTER to provide a null password.)
                </para>

                <para>Note: Some servers (including OS/2 and Windows for 
                Workgroups) insist on an uppercase password. Lowercase 
                or mixed case passwords may be rejected by these servers.               
                </para>

                <para>Be cautious about including passwords in scripts.
                </para></listitem>
                </varlistentry>
                
                <varlistentry>
                <term>-R &lt;name resolve order&gt;</term> 
                <listitem><para>This option is used by the programs in the Samba 
                suite to determine what naming services and in what order to resolve 
                host names to IP addresses. The option takes a space-separated 
                string of different name resolution options.</para>

                <para>The options are :"lmhosts", "host", "wins" and "bcast". They 
                cause names to be resolved as follows:</para>

                <itemizedlist>
                        <listitem><para><constant>lmhosts</constant>: Lookup an IP 
                        address in the Samba lmhosts file. If the line in lmhosts has 
                        no name type attached to the NetBIOS name (see 
                        the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>lmhosts</refentrytitle>
                        <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> for details) then
                        any name type matches for lookup.</para>
                        </listitem>
                        
                        <listitem><para><constant>host</constant>: Do a standard host 
                        name to IP address resolution, using the system <filename>/etc/hosts
                        </filename>, NIS, or DNS lookups. This method of name resolution 
                        is operating system dependent, for instance on IRIX or Solaris this 
                        may be controlled by the <filename>/etc/nsswitch.conf</filename> 
                        file).  Note that this method is only used if the NetBIOS name 
                        type being queried is the 0x20 (server) name type, otherwise 
                        it is ignored.</para>
                        </listitem>
                        
                        <listitem><para><constant>wins</constant>: Query a name with 
                        the IP address listed in the <parameter>wins server</parameter>
                        parameter.  If no WINS server has
                        been specified this method will be ignored.</para>
                        </listitem>
                        
                        <listitem><para><constant>bcast</constant>: Do a broadcast on 
                        each of the known local interfaces listed in the 
                        <parameter>interfaces</parameter>
                        parameter. This is the least reliable of the name resolution 
                        methods as it depends on the target host being on a locally 
                        connected subnet.</para>
                        </listitem>
                </itemizedlist>

                <para>If this parameter is not set then the name resolve order 
                defined in the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smb.conf</refentrytitle>
                <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> file parameter  
                (name resolve order) will be used. </para>

                <para>The default order is lmhosts, host, wins, bcast and without 
                this parameter or any entry in the <parameter>name resolve order
                </parameter> parameter of the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smb.conf</refentrytitle>
                <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> file the name resolution
                methods will be attempted in this order. </para></listitem>
                </varlistentry>
                
                
                <varlistentry>
                <term>-M NetBIOS name</term>
                <listitem><para>This options allows you to send messages, using 
                the "WinPopup" protocol, to another computer. Once a connection is 
                established you then type your message, pressing ^D (control-D) to 
                end. </para>

                <para>If the receiving computer is running WinPopup the user will 
                receive the message and probably a beep. If they are not running 
                WinPopup the message will be lost, and no error message will 
                occur. </para>

                <para>The message is also automatically truncated if the message 
                is over 1600 bytes, as this is the limit of the protocol. 
                </para>

                <para>
                One useful trick is to cat the message through <command>smbclient</command>. For example:
<programlisting>
<command>cat mymessage.txt | smbclient -M FRED </command>
</programlisting>
                will send the message in the file <filename>mymessage.txt</filename> to the machine FRED.
                </para>

                <para>You may also find the <parameter>-U</parameter> and 
                <parameter>-I</parameter> options useful, as they allow you to 
                control the FROM and TO parts of the message. </para>

                <para>See the <parameter>message command</parameter> parameter in the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smb.conf</refentrytitle>
                <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> for a description of how to handle incoming 
                WinPopup messages in Samba. </para>

                <para><emphasis>Note</emphasis>: Copy WinPopup into the startup group 
                on your WfWg PCs if you want them to always be able to receive 
                messages. </para></listitem>
                </varlistentry>
                
                <varlistentry>
                <term>-p port</term>
                <listitem><para>This number is the TCP port number that will be used 
                when making connections to the server. The standard (well-known)
                TCP port number for an SMB/CIFS server is 139, which is the 
                default. </para></listitem>
                </varlistentry>
                
                <varlistentry>
                <term>-P</term>
                <listitem><para>
                Make queries to the external server using the machine account of the local server.
                </para></listitem>
                </varlistentry>
                
                &stdarg.help;
                
                <varlistentry>
                <term>-I IP-address</term>
                <listitem><para><replaceable>IP address</replaceable> is the address of the server to connect to. 
                It should be specified in standard "a.b.c.d" notation. </para>

                <para>Normally the client would attempt to locate a named 
                SMB/CIFS server by looking it up via the NetBIOS name resolution 
                mechanism described above in the <parameter>name resolve order</parameter> 
                parameter above. Using this parameter will force the client
                to assume that the server is on the machine with the specified IP 
                address and the NetBIOS name component of the resource being 
                connected to will be ignored. </para>

                <para>There is no default for this parameter. If not supplied, 
                it will be determined automatically by the client as described 
                above. </para></listitem>
                </varlistentry>
                
                <varlistentry>
                <term>-E</term>
                <listitem><para>This parameter causes the client to write messages 
                to the standard error stream (stderr) rather than to the standard 
                output stream. </para>
                
                <para>By default, the client writes messages to standard output 
                - typically the user's tty. </para></listitem>
                </varlistentry>
                
                <varlistentry>
                <term>-L</term>
                <listitem><para>This option allows you to look at what services 
                are available on a server. You use it as <command>smbclient -L 
                host</command> and a list should appear.  The <parameter>-I
                </parameter> option may be useful if your NetBIOS names don't 
                match your TCP/IP DNS host names or if you are trying to reach a 
                host on another network. </para></listitem>
                </varlistentry>
                
                <varlistentry>
                <term>-t terminal code</term>
                <listitem><para>This option tells <command>smbclient</command> how to interpret 
                filenames coming from the remote server. Usually Asian language 
                multibyte UNIX implementations use different character sets than 
                SMB/CIFS servers (<emphasis>EUC</emphasis> instead of <emphasis>
                SJIS</emphasis> for example). Setting this parameter will let 
                <command>smbclient</command> convert between the UNIX filenames and 
                the SMB filenames correctly. This option has not been seriously tested 
                and may have some problems. </para>

                <para>The terminal codes include CWsjis, CWeuc, CWjis7, CWjis8,
                CWjunet, CWhex, CWcap. This is not a complete list, check the Samba 
                source code for the complete list. </para></listitem>
                </varlistentry>
                        
                <varlistentry>  
                <term>-b buffersize</term>
                <listitem><para>This option changes the transmit/send buffer 
                size when getting or putting a file from/to the server. The default 
                is 65520 bytes. Setting this value smaller (to 1200 bytes) has been 
                observed to speed up file transfers to and from a Win9x server. 
                </para></listitem>
                </varlistentry>
                
                &popt.common.samba;
                &popt.common.credentials;
                &popt.common.connection;
                
                <varlistentry>
                <term>-T tar options</term>
                <listitem><para>smbclient may be used to create <command>tar(1)
                </command> compatible backups of all the files on an SMB/CIFS
                share. The secondary tar flags that can be given to this option 
                are : </para>
                
                <itemizedlist>
                        <listitem><para><parameter>c</parameter> - Create a tar file on UNIX. 
                        Must be followed by the name of a tar file, tape device
                        or "-" for standard output. If using standard output you must 
                        turn the log level to its lowest value -d0 to avoid corrupting 
                        your tar file. This flag is mutually exclusive with the 
                        <parameter>x</parameter> flag. </para></listitem>
                        
                        <listitem><para><parameter>x</parameter> - Extract (restore) a local 
                        tar file back to a share. Unless the -D option is given, the tar 
                        files will be restored from the top level of the share. Must be 
                        followed by the name of the tar file, device or "-" for standard 
                        input. Mutually exclusive with the <parameter>c</parameter> flag. 
                        Restored files have their creation times (mtime) set to the
                        date saved in the tar file. Directories currently do not get 
                        their creation dates restored properly. </para></listitem>
                        
                        <listitem><para><parameter>I</parameter> - Include files and directories. 
                        Is the default behavior when filenames are specified above. Causes 
                        files to be included in an extract or create (and therefore 
                        everything else to be excluded). See example below.  Filename globbing 
                        works  in one of two ways.  See <parameter>r</parameter> below. </para></listitem>
                        
                        <listitem><para><parameter>X</parameter> - Exclude files and directories. 
                        Causes files to be excluded from an extract or create. See 
                        example below.  Filename globbing works in one of two ways now. 
                        See <parameter>r</parameter> below. </para></listitem>
                        
                        <listitem><para><parameter>F</parameter> - File containing a list of files and directories.
                        The <parameter>F</parameter> causes the name following the tarfile to
                        create to be read as a filename that contains a list of files and directories to 
                        be included in an extract or create (and therefore everything else to be excluded).
                        See example below. Filename globbing works in one of two ways.
                        See <parameter>r</parameter> below.
                        </para></listitem>
                        
                        <listitem><para><parameter>b</parameter> - Blocksize. Must be followed 
                        by a valid (greater than zero) blocksize.  Causes tar file to be 
                        written out in blocksize*TBLOCK (usually 512 byte) blocks. 
                        </para></listitem>
                        
                        <listitem><para><parameter>g</parameter> - Incremental. Only back up 
                        files that have the archive bit set. Useful only with the 
                        <parameter>c</parameter> flag. </para></listitem>

                        <listitem><para><parameter>q</parameter> - Quiet. Keeps tar from printing 
                        diagnostics as it works.  This is the same as tarmode quiet. 
                        </para></listitem>
                        
                        <listitem><para><parameter>r</parameter> - Regular expression include
                        or exclude.  Uses regular  expression matching for 
                        excluding or excluding files if  compiled with HAVE_REGEX_H. 
                        However this mode can be very slow. If  not compiled with 
                        HAVE_REGEX_H, does a limited wildcard match on '*' and  '?'. 
                        </para></listitem>
                        
                        <listitem><para><parameter>N</parameter> - Newer than. Must be followed 
                        by the name of a file whose date is compared against files found 
                        on the share during a create. Only files newer than the file 
                        specified are backed up to the tar file. Useful only with the 
                        <parameter>c</parameter> flag. </para></listitem>
                        
                        <listitem><para><parameter>a</parameter> - Set archive bit. Causes the 
                        archive bit to be reset when a file is backed up. Useful with the 
                        <parameter>g</parameter> and <parameter>c</parameter> flags. 
                        </para></listitem>
                </itemizedlist>
                        
                <para><emphasis>Tar Long File Names</emphasis></para>
                        
                <para><command>smbclient</command>'s tar option now supports long 
                file names both on backup and restore. However, the full path 
                name of the file must be less than 1024 bytes.  Also, when
                a tar archive is created, <command>smbclient</command>'s tar option places all 
                files in the archive with relative names, not absolute names. 
                </para>

                <para><emphasis>Tar Filenames</emphasis></para>
                        
                <para>All file names can be given as DOS path names (with '\\' 
                as the component separator) or as UNIX path names (with '/' as 
                the component separator). </para>
                        
                <para><emphasis>Examples</emphasis></para>
                
                <para>Restore from tar file <filename>backup.tar</filename> into myshare on mypc 
                (no password on share). </para>
                
                <para><command>smbclient //mypc/yshare "" -N -Tx backup.tar
                </command></para>
                
                <para>Restore everything except <filename>users/docs</filename>
                </para>
                
                <para><command>smbclient //mypc/myshare "" -N -TXx backup.tar 
                users/docs</command></para>
                
                <para>Create a tar file of the files beneath <filename>
                users/docs</filename>. </para>
                
                <para><command>smbclient //mypc/myshare "" -N -Tc
                backup.tar users/docs </command></para>
                
                <para>Create the same tar file as above, but now use 
                a DOS path name. </para>
                
                <para><command>smbclient //mypc/myshare "" -N -tc backup.tar 
                users\edocs </command></para>
                
                <para>Create a tar file of the files listed in the file <filename>tarlist</filename>.</para>
                
                <para><command>smbclient //mypc/myshare "" -N -TcF
                backup.tar tarlist</command></para>
                
                <para>Create a tar file of all the files and directories in 
                the share. </para>
                
                <para><command>smbclient //mypc/myshare "" -N -Tc backup.tar *
                </command></para>
                </listitem>
                </varlistentry>
                
                <varlistentry>
                <term>-D initial directory</term>
                <listitem><para>Change to initial directory before starting. Probably 
                only of any use with the tar -T option. </para></listitem>
                </varlistentry>
                
                <varlistentry>
                <term>-c command string</term>
                <listitem><para>command string is a semicolon-separated list of 
                commands to be executed instead of prompting from stdin. <parameter>
                -N</parameter> is implied by <parameter>-c</parameter>.</para>

                <para>This is particularly useful in scripts and for printing stdin 
                to the server, e.g. <command>-c 'print -'</command>. </para></listitem>
                </varlistentry>

        </variablelist>
</refsect1>


<refsect1>
        <title>OPERATIONS</title>

        <para>Once the client is running, the user is presented with 
        a prompt : </para>

        <para><prompt>smb:\&gt; </prompt></para>

        <para>The backslash ("\\") indicates the current working directory 
        on the server, and will change if the current working directory 
        is changed. </para>

        <para>The prompt indicates that the client is ready and waiting to 
        carry out a user command. Each command is a single word, optionally 
        followed by parameters specific to that command. Command and parameters 
        are space-delimited unless these notes specifically
        state otherwise. All commands are case-insensitive.  Parameters to 
        commands may or may not be case sensitive, depending on the command. 
        </para>

        <para>You can specify file names which have spaces in them by quoting 
        the name with double quotes, for example "a long file name". </para>

        <para>Parameters shown in square brackets (e.g., "[parameter]") are 
        optional.  If not given, the command will use suitable defaults. Parameters 
        shown in angle brackets (e.g., "&lt;parameter&gt;") are required.
        </para>


        <para>Note that all commands operating on the server are actually 
        performed by issuing a request to the server. Thus the behavior may 
        vary from server to server, depending on how the server was implemented. 
        </para>

        <para>The commands available are given here in alphabetical order. </para>

        <variablelist>
                <varlistentry>
                <term>? [command]</term>
                <listitem><para>If <replaceable>command</replaceable> is specified, the ? command will display
                a brief informative message about the specified command.  If no
                command is specified, a list of available commands will
                be displayed. </para></listitem>
                </varlistentry>

                <varlistentry>
                <term>! [shell command]</term>
                <listitem><para>If <replaceable>shell command</replaceable> is specified, the !
                command will execute a shell locally and run the specified shell
                command. If no command is specified, a local shell will be run.
                </para></listitem>
                </varlistentry>

                <varlistentry>
                <term>altname file</term>
                <listitem><para>The client will request that the server return
                the "alternate" name (the 8.3 name) for a file or directory.
                </para></listitem>
                </varlistentry>

                <varlistentry>
                <term>archive &lt;number&gt;</term>
                <listitem><para>Sets the archive level when operating on files.
                0 means ignore the archive bit, 1 means only operate on files with this bit set,
                2 means only operate on files with this bit set and reset it after operation,
                3 means operate on all files and reset it after operation. The default is 0.
                </para></listitem>
                </varlistentry>

                <varlistentry>
                <term>blocksize &lt;number&gt;</term>
                <listitem><para>Sets the blocksize parameter for a tar operation. The default is 20.
                Causes tar file to be written out in blocksize*TBLOCK (normally 512 byte) units.
                </para></listitem>
                </varlistentry>

                <varlistentry>
                <term>cancel jobid0 [jobid1] ... [jobidN]</term>
                <listitem><para>The client will request that the server cancel
                the printjobs identified by the given numeric print job ids.
                </para></listitem>
                </varlistentry>

                <varlistentry>
                <term>case_sensitive</term>
                <listitem><para>Toggles the setting of the flag in SMB packets that
                tells the server to treat filenames as case sensitive. Set to OFF by
                default (tells file server to treat filenames as case insensitive). Only
                currently affects Samba 3.0.5 and above file servers with the case sensitive
                parameter set to auto in the smb.conf.
                </para></listitem>
                </varlistentry>

                <varlistentry>
                <term>cd &lt;directory name&gt;</term>
                <listitem><para>If "directory name" is specified, the current
                working directory on the server will be changed to the directory
                specified. This operation will fail if for any reason the specified
                directory is inaccessible. </para>

                <para>If no directory name is specified, the current working
                directory on the server will be reported. </para></listitem>
                </varlistentry>

                <varlistentry>
                <term>chmod file mode in octal</term>
                <listitem><para>This command depends on the server supporting the CIFS
                UNIX extensions and will fail if the server does not. The client requests that the server
                change the UNIX permissions to the given octal mode, in standard UNIX format.
                </para></listitem>
                </varlistentry>

                <varlistentry>
                <term>chown file uid gid</term>
                <listitem><para>This command depends on the server supporting the CIFS
                UNIX extensions and will fail if the server does not. The client requests that the server
                change the UNIX user and group ownership to the given decimal values. Note there is
                currently no way to remotely look up the UNIX uid and gid values for a given name.
                This may be addressed in future versions of the CIFS UNIX extensions.
                </para></listitem>
                </varlistentry>

                <varlistentry>
                <term>close &lt;fileid&gt;</term>
                <listitem><para>Closes a file explicitly opened by the open command. Used for
                internal Samba testing purposes.
                </para></listitem>
                </varlistentry>

                <varlistentry>
                <term>del &lt;mask&gt;</term>
                <listitem><para>The client will request that the server attempt
                to delete all files matching <replaceable>mask</replaceable> from the current working
                directory on the server. </para></listitem>
                </varlistentry>

                <varlistentry>
                <term>dir &lt;mask&gt;</term>
                <listitem><para>A list of the files matching <replaceable>mask</replaceable> in the current
                working directory on the server will be retrieved from the server
                and displayed. </para></listitem>
                </varlistentry>

                <varlistentry>
                <term>du &lt;filename&gt;</term>
                <listitem><para>Does a directory listing and then prints out the current disk useage and free space on a share.
                </para></listitem>
                </varlistentry>

                <varlistentry>
                <term>echo &lt;number&gt; &lt;data&gt;</term>
                <listitem><para>Does an SMBecho request to ping the server. Used for internal Samba testing purposes.
                </para></listitem>
                </varlistentry>

                <varlistentry>
                <term>exit</term>
                <listitem><para>Terminate the connection with the server and exit
                from the program. </para></listitem>
                </varlistentry>

                <varlistentry>
                <term>get &lt;remote file name&gt; [local file name]</term>
                <listitem><para>Copy the file called <filename>remote file name</filename> from
                the server to the machine running the client. If specified, name
                the local copy <filename>local file name</filename>.  Note that all transfers in
                <command>smbclient</command> are binary. See also the
                lowercase command. </para></listitem>
                </varlistentry>

                <varlistentry>
                <term>getfacl &lt;filename&gt;</term>
                <listitem><para>Requires the server support the UNIX extensions. Requests and prints
                the POSIX ACL on a file.
                </para></listitem>
                </varlistentry>

                <varlistentry>
                <term>hardlink &lt;src&gt; &lt;dest&lt;</term>
                <listitem><para>Creates a hardlink on the server using Windows CIFS semantics.
                the POSIX ACL on a file.
                </para></listitem>
                </varlistentry>

                <varlistentry>
                <term>help [command]</term>
                <listitem><para>See the ? command above. </para></listitem>
                </varlistentry>

                <varlistentry>
                <term>history</term> <listitem><para>Displays the command history.</para></listitem>
                </varlistentry>

                <varlistentry>
                <term>iosize &lt;bytes&gt;</term>
                <listitem><para>When sending or receiving files, smbclient uses an
                internal memory buffer by default of size 64512 bytes. This command
                allows this size to be set to any range between 16384 (0x4000) bytes
                and 16776960 (0xFFFF00) bytes. Larger sizes may mean more efficient
                data transfer as smbclient will try and use the most efficient
                read and write calls for the connected server.
                </para></listitem>
                </varlistentry>

                <varlistentry>
                <term>lcd [directory name]</term>
                <listitem><para>If <replaceable>directory name</replaceable> is specified, the current
                working directory on the local machine will be changed to
                the directory specified. This operation will fail if for any
                reason the specified directory is inaccessible. </para>

                <para>If no directory name is specified, the name of the
                current working directory on the local machine will be reported.
                </para></listitem>
                </varlistentry>

                <varlistentry>
                <term>link target linkname</term>
                <listitem><para>This command depends on the server supporting the CIFS
                UNIX extensions and will fail if the server does not. The client requests that the server
                create a hard link between the linkname and target files. The linkname file
                must not exist.
                </para></listitem>
                </varlistentry>

                <varlistentry>
                <term>listconnect</term>
                <listitem><para>Show the current connections held for DFS purposes.
                </para></listitem>
                </varlistentry>

                <varlistentry>
                <term>lock &lt;filenum&gt; &lt;r|w&gt; &lt;hex-start&gt; &lt;hex-len&gt;</term>
                <listitem><para>This command depends on the server supporting the CIFS
                UNIX extensions and will fail if the server does not. Tries to set a POSIX
                fcntl lock of the given type on the given range. Used for internal Samba testing purposes.
                </para></listitem>
                </varlistentry>

                <varlistentry>
                <term>logon &lt;username&gt; &lt;password&gt;</term>
                <listitem><para>Establishes a new vuid for this session by logging on again.
                Replaces the current vuid. Prints out the new vuid. Used for internal Samba testing purposes.
                </para></listitem>
                </varlistentry>

                <varlistentry>
                <term>lowercase</term>
                <listitem><para>Toggle lowercasing of filenames for the get and
                <term>link target linkname</term>
                </para> 

                <para>When lowercasing is toggled ON, local filenames are converted
                to lowercase when using the get and mget commands. This is
                often useful when copying (say) MSDOS files from a server, because
                lowercase filenames are the norm on UNIX systems. </para></listitem>
                </varlistentry>

                <varlistentry>
                <term>ls &lt;mask&gt;</term>
                <listitem><para>See the dir command above. </para></listitem>
                </varlistentry>

                <varlistentry>
                <term>mask &lt;mask&gt;</term>
                <listitem><para>This command allows the user to set up a mask
                which will be used during recursive operation of the mget and
                mput commands. </para>

                <para>The masks specified to the mget and mput commands act as
                filters for directories rather than files when recursion is
                toggled ON. </para>

                <para>The mask specified with the mask command is necessary
                to filter files within those directories. For example, if the
                mask specified in an mget command is "source*" and the mask
                specified with the mask command is "*.c" and recursion is
                toggled ON, the mget command will retrieve all files matching
                "*.c" in all directories below and including all directories
                matching "source*" in the current working directory. </para>

                <para>Note that the value for mask defaults to blank (equivalent
                to "*") and remains so until the mask command is used to change it.
                It retains the most recently specified value indefinitely. To
                avoid unexpected results it would be wise to change the value of
                mask back to "*" after using the mget or mput commands. </para></listitem>
                </varlistentry>

                <varlistentry>
                <term>md &lt;directory name&gt;</term>
                <listitem><para>See the mkdir command. </para></listitem>
                </varlistentry>

                <varlistentry>
                <term>mget &lt;mask&gt;</term>
                <listitem><para>Copy all files matching <replaceable>mask</replaceable> from the server to
                the machine running the client. </para>

                <para>Note that <replaceable>mask</replaceable> is interpreted differently during recursive
                operation and non-recursive operation - refer to the recurse and
                mask commands for more information. Note that all transfers in
                <command>smbclient</command> are binary. See also the lowercase command. </para></listitem>
                </varlistentry>

                <varlistentry>
                <term>mkdir &lt;directory name&gt;</term>
                <listitem><para>Create a new directory on the server (user access
                privileges permitting) with the specified name. </para></listitem>
                </varlistentry>

                <varlistentry>
                <term>more &lt;file name&gt;</term>
                <listitem><para>Fetch a remote file and view it with the contents
                of your PAGER environment variable.
                </para></listitem>
                </varlistentry>

                <varlistentry>
                <term>mput &lt;mask&gt;</term>
                <listitem><para>Copy all files matching <replaceable>mask</replaceable> in the current working
                directory on the local machine to the current working directory on
                the server. </para>

                <para>Note that <replaceable>mask</replaceable> is interpreted differently during recursive
                operation and non-recursive operation - refer to the recurse and mask
                commands for more information. Note that all transfers in <command>smbclient</command>
                are binary. </para></listitem>
                </varlistentry>

                <varlistentry>
                <term>posix</term>
                <listitem><para>Query the remote server to see if it supports the CIFS UNIX
                extensions and prints out the list of capabilities supported. If so, turn
                on POSIX pathname processing and large file read/writes (if available),.
                </para></listitem>
                </varlistentry>

                <varlistentry>
                <term>posix_open &lt;filename&gt; &lt;octal mode&gt;</term>
                <listitem><para>This command depends on the server supporting the CIFS
                UNIX extensions and will fail if the server does not. Opens a remote file
                using the CIFS UNIX extensions and prints a fileid. Used for internal Samba
                testing purposes.
                </para></listitem>
                </varlistentry>

                <varlistentry>
                <term>posix_mkdir &lt;directoryname&gt; &lt;octal mode&gt;</term>
                <listitem><para>This command depends on the server supporting the CIFS
                UNIX extensions and will fail if the server does not. Creates a remote directory
                using the CIFS UNIX extensions with the given mode.
                </para></listitem>
                </varlistentry>

                <varlistentry>
                <term>posix_rmdir &lt;directoryname&gt;</term>
                <listitem><para>This command depends on the server supporting the CIFS
                UNIX extensions and will fail if the server does not. Deletes a remote directory
                using the CIFS UNIX extensions.
                </para></listitem>
                </varlistentry>

                <varlistentry>
                <term>posix_unlink &lt;filename&gt;</term>
                <listitem><para>This command depends on the server supporting the CIFS
                UNIX extensions and will fail if the server does not. Deletes a remote file
                using the CIFS UNIX extensions.
                </para></listitem>
                </varlistentry>

                <varlistentry>
                <term>print &lt;file name&gt;</term>
                <listitem><para>Print the specified file from the local machine
                through a printable service on the server. </para></listitem>
                </varlistentry>

                <varlistentry>
                <term>prompt</term>
                <listitem><para>Toggle prompting for filenames during operation
                of the mget and mput commands. </para>

                <para>When toggled ON, the user will be prompted to confirm
                the transfer of each file during these commands. When toggled
                OFF, all specified files will be transferred without prompting.
                </para></listitem>
                </varlistentry>

                <varlistentry>
                <term>put &lt;local file name&gt; [remote file name]</term>
                <listitem><para>Copy the file called <filename>local file name</filename> from the
                machine running the client to the server. If specified,
                name the remote copy <filename>remote file name</filename>. Note that all transfers
                in <command>smbclient</command> are binary. See also the lowercase command.
                </para></listitem>
                </varlistentry>

                <varlistentry>
                <term>queue</term>
                <listitem><para>Displays the print queue, showing the job id,
                name, size and current status. </para></listitem>
                </varlistentry>

                <varlistentry>
                <term>quit</term>
                <listitem><para>See the exit command. </para></listitem>
                </varlistentry>

                <varlistentry>
                <term>rd &lt;directory name&gt;</term>
                <listitem><para>See the rmdir command. </para></listitem>
                </varlistentry>

                <varlistentry>
                <term>recurse</term>
                <listitem><para>Toggle directory recursion for the commands mget
                and mput. </para>

                <para>When toggled ON, these commands will process all directories
                in the source directory (i.e., the directory they are copying
                from ) and will recurse into any that match the mask specified
                to the command. Only files that match the mask specified using
                the mask command will be retrieved. See also the mask command.
                </para>

                <para>When recursion is toggled OFF, only files from the current
                working directory on the source machine that match the mask specified
                to the mget or mput commands will be copied, and any mask specified
                using the mask command will be ignored. </para></listitem>
                </varlistentry>

                <varlistentry>
                <term>rm &lt;mask&gt;</term>
                <listitem><para>Remove all files matching <replaceable>mask</replaceable> from the current
                working directory on the server. </para></listitem>
                </varlistentry>

                <varlistentry>
                <term>rmdir &lt;directory name&gt;</term>
                <listitem><para>Remove the specified directory (user access
                privileges permitting) from the server. </para></listitem>
                </varlistentry>

                <varlistentry>
                <term>setmode &lt;filename&gt; &lt;perm=[+|\-]rsha&gt;</term>
                <listitem><para>A version of the DOS attrib command to set
                file permissions. For example: </para>

                <para><command>setmode myfile +r </command></para>

                <para>would make myfile read only. </para></listitem>
                </varlistentry>

                <varlistentry>
                <term>showconnect</term>
                <listitem><para>Show the currently active connection held for DFS purposes.
                </para></listitem>
                </varlistentry>

                <varlistentry>
                <term>stat file</term>
                <listitem><para>This command depends on the server supporting the CIFS
                UNIX extensions and will fail if the server does not. The client requests the
                UNIX basic info level and prints out the same info that the Linux stat command
                would about the file. This includes the size, blocks used on disk, file type,
                permissions, inode number, number of links and finally the three timestamps
                (access, modify and change). If the file is a special file (symlink, character or
                block device, fifo or socket) then extra information may also be printed.
                </para></listitem>
                </varlistentry>

                <varlistentry>
                <term>symlink target linkname</term>
                <listitem><para>This command depends on the server supporting the CIFS
                UNIX extensions and will fail if the server does not. The client requests that the server
                create a symbolic hard link between the target and linkname files. The linkname file
                must not exist. Note that the server will not create a link to any path that lies
                outside the currently connected share. This is enforced by the Samba server.
                </para></listitem>
                </varlistentry>

                <varlistentry>
                <term>tar &lt;c|x&gt;[IXbgNa]</term>
                <listitem><para>Performs a tar operation - see the <parameter>-T
                </parameter> command line option above. Behavior may be affected
                by the tarmode command (see below). Using g (incremental) and N
                (newer) will affect tarmode settings. Note that using the "-" option
                with tar x may not work - use the command line option instead.
                </para></listitem>
                </varlistentry>

                <varlistentry>
                <term>blocksize &lt;blocksize&gt;</term>
                <listitem><para>Blocksize. Must be followed by a valid (greater
                than zero) blocksize. Causes tar file to be written out in
                <replaceable>blocksize</replaceable>*TBLOCK (usually 512 byte) blocks. </para></listitem>
                </varlistentry>

                <varlistentry>
                <term>tarmode &lt;full|inc|reset|noreset&gt;</term>
                <listitem><para>Changes tar's behavior with regard to archive
                bits. In full mode, tar will back up everything regardless of the
                archive bit setting (this is the default mode). In incremental mode,
                tar will only back up files with the archive bit set. In reset mode,
                tar will reset the archive bit on all files it backs up (implies
                read/write share). </para></listitem>
                </varlistentry>

                <varlistentry>
                <term>unlock &lt;filenum&gt; &lt;hex-start&gt; &lt;hex-len&gt;</term>
                <listitem><para>This command depends on the server supporting the CIFS
                UNIX extensions and will fail if the server does not. Tries to unlock a POSIX
                fcntl lock on the given range. Used for internal Samba testing purposes.
                </para></listitem>
                </varlistentry>

                <varlistentry>
                <term>volume</term>
                <listitem><para>Prints the current volume name of the share.
                </para></listitem>
                </varlistentry>

                <varlistentry>
                <term>vuid &lt;number&gt;</term>
                <listitem><para>Changes the currently used vuid in the protocol to
                the given arbitrary number. Without an argument prints out the current
                vuid being used. Used for internal Samba testing purposes.
                </para></listitem>
                </varlistentry>

        </variablelist>
</refsect1>

<refsect1>
        <title>NOTES</title>

        <para>Some servers are fussy about the case of supplied usernames,
        passwords, share names (AKA service names) and machine names.
        If you fail to connect try giving all parameters in uppercase.
        </para>

        <para>It is often necessary to use the -n option when connecting
        to some types of servers. For example OS/2 LanManager insists
        on a valid NetBIOS name being used, so you need to supply a valid
        name that would be known to the server.</para>

        <para>smbclient supports long file names where the server 
        supports the LANMAN2 protocol or above. </para>
</refsect1>

<refsect1>
        <title>ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES</title>

        <para>The variable <envar>USER</envar> may contain the 
        username of the person  using the client. This information is 
        used only if the protocol  level is high enough to support 
        session-level passwords.</para>


        <para>The variable <envar>PASSWD</envar> may contain 
        the password of the person using the client.  This information is 
        used only if the protocol level is high enough to support 
        session-level passwords. </para>

        <para>The variable <envar>LIBSMB_PROG</envar> may contain 
        the path, executed with system(), which the client should connect 
        to instead of connecting to a server.  This functionality is primarily
        intended as a development aid, and works best when using a LMHOSTS 
        file</para>
</refsect1>


<refsect1>
        <title>INSTALLATION</title>

        <para>The location of the client program is a matter for 
        individual system administrators. The following are thus
        suggestions only. </para>

        <para>It is recommended that the smbclient software be installed
        in the <filename>/usr/local/samba/bin/</filename> or <filename>
        /usr/samba/bin/</filename> directory, this directory readable 
        by all, writeable only by root. The client program itself should 
        be executable by all. The client should <emphasis>NOT</emphasis> be 
        setuid or setgid! </para>

        <para>The client log files should be put in a directory readable 
        and writeable only by the user. </para>

        <para>To test the client, you will need to know the name of a 
        running SMB/CIFS server. It is possible to run <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle>
        <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> as an ordinary user - running that server as a daemon 
        on a user-accessible port (typically any port number over 1024)
        would provide a suitable test server. </para>
</refsect1>


<refsect1>
        <title>DIAGNOSTICS</title>

        <para>Most diagnostics issued by the client are logged in a 
        specified log file. The log file name is specified at compile time, 
        but may be overridden on the command line. </para>

        <para>The number and nature of diagnostics available depends 
        on the debug level used by the client. If you have problems, 
        set the debug level to 3 and peruse the log files. </para>
</refsect1>


<refsect1>
        <title>VERSION</title>

        <para>This man page is correct for version 3 of the Samba suite.</para>
</refsect1>


<refsect1>
        <title>AUTHOR</title>
        
        <para>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.</para>
        
        <para>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 <ulink url="ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/">
        ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/</ulink>) 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.</para>
</refsect1>

</refentry>