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Move Samba utilities into Appendix
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Aug 24, 2018
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Tim Beale
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domain member) can be used to make or accept Kerberised network
requests.
### [ntlm_auth](https://www.samba.org/samba/docs/current/man-html/ntlm_auth.1.html)
The
`ntlm_auth`
tool allows for external projects like FreeRadius (for
802.
1x authentication), Squid and Apache (for NTLM over HTTP) to
authenticate users against the joined domain.
*
[
source3/utils/ntlm_auth.c
](
https://git.samba.org/?p=samba.git;a=blob;f=source3/utils/ntlm_auth.c
)
### [pam_winbindd](https://www.samba.org/samba/docs/current/man-html/pam_winbind.8.html)
`pam_winbind`
allows local logins to be authenticated against the
joined domain using UNIX pluggable authentication modules (PAM).
*
[
nsswitch/pam_winbind.c
](
https://git.samba.org/?p=samba.git;a=blob;f=nsswitch/pam_winbind.c
)
### nss_winbind
`nss_winbind`
is a key part of running Samba as a domain member as it
provides local user and group entries to the Name Service Switch (NSS)
subsystem. It can also be used on systems that provide local desktop
logins.
*
[
nsswitch
](
https://git.samba.org/?p=samba.git;a=tree;f=nsswitch
)
### libwbclient
Modern FreeRadius versions actually link directly to the winbind
client library
`libwbclient`
and so avoid the
`fork()`
/
`exec()`
cost of
calling
`ntlm_auth`
.
*
[
FreeRadius
](
http://freeradius.org/
)
*
[
nsswitch
](
https://git.samba.org/?p=samba.git;a=tree;f=nsswitch
)
## [Netbios Name server](https://www.samba.org/samba/docs/current/man-html/nmbd.8.html)
Samba can announce its name and accept name resolution requests via
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## Client
### [smbclient](https://www.samba.org/samba/docs/current/man-html/smbclient.1.html)
The command line
`smbclient`
tool is described as
*ftp like*
in
reference to the early command-like ftp client. It allows
`get`
,
`put`
,
`mkdir`
and many similar commands againt an SMB server.
*
[
source3/client
](
https://git.samba.org/?p=samba.git;a=tree;f=source3/client
)
### [net](https://www.samba.org/samba/docs/current/man-html/net.8.html)
The command line
`net`
tool provides are more extensive set of
administrative functionality for Samba. The most notable function is
`net ads join`
used to join new members servers to an AD domain.
Samba provides a wide range of client utilities.
These are documented in more detail in Appendix I.
The focus of this tool is on aspects of the file server .
*
[
source3/utils
](
https://git.samba.org/?p=samba.git;a=tree;f=source3/utils
)
### [rpcclient](https://www.samba.org/samba/docs/current/man-html/rpcclient.1.html)
The command line
`rpcclient`
tool provides access to some low-level
RPC operations and can be useful during development. It is not
normally used for administration.
*
[
source3/rpcclient
](
https://git.samba.org/?p=samba.git;a=tree;f=source3/rpcclient
)
### [samba-tool](https://www.samba.org/samba/docs/current/man-html/samba-tool.8.html)
The command line
`samba-tool`
tool provides an extensive set of
One of the most important Samba command-line tools is
[
samba-tool
](
https://www.samba.org/samba/docs/current/man-html/samba-tool.8.html
)
.
`samba-tool`
provides an extensive set of
administrative functionality for Samba. The most notable functions
are
`samba-tool domain provision`
used to create a new AD Domain,
`samba-tool domain join`
used to join a new DC to an AD Domain and
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*
[
python/samba/netcmd
](
https://git.samba.org/?p=samba.git;a=tree;f=python/samba/netcmd
)
### [libsmbclient](https://www.samba.org/samba/docs/current/man-html/libsmbclient.7.html)
`libsmbclient`
allows client applications like Gnome to browse and
view files on a remote SMB server.
*
[
source3/libsmb
](
https://git.samba.org/?p=samba.git;a=tree;f=source3/libsmb
)
### Python API
The python API used by Samba to build tools like samba-tool is
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*
[
python
](
https://git.samba.org/?p=samba.git;a=tree;f=python
)
## Other
### [smbstatus](https://www.samba.org/samba/docs/current/man-html/smbstatus.1.html)
The command line
`smbstatus`
tool gives information on which files are
open and which locks are held by Samba clients.
*
[
source3/utils/status.c
](
https://git.samba.org/?p=samba.git;a=blob;f=source3/utils/status.c
)
### [smbcontrol](https://www.samba.org/samba/docs/current/man-html/smbcontrol.1.html)
The command line
`smbcontrol`
tool gives (diagnostic) information on and allows
control of the Unix processes that Samba creates.
*
[
source3/utils/smbcontrol.c
](
https://git.samba.org/?p=samba.git;a=blob;f=source3/utils/smbcontrol.c
)
