.\" Title: libsmbclient .\" Author: [see the "AUTHOR" section] .\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.74.0 .\" Date: 09/30/2009 .\" Manual: 7 .\" Source: Samba 3.0 .\" Language: English .\" .TH "LIBSMBCLIENT" "7" "09/30/2009" "Samba 3\&.0" "7" .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * (re)Define some macros .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .\" toupper - uppercase a string (locale-aware) .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .de toupper .tr aAbBcCdDeEfFgGhHiIjJkKlLmMnNoOpPqQrRsStTuUvVwWxXyYzZ \\$* .tr aabbccddeeffgghhiijjkkllmmnnooppqqrrssttuuvvwwxxyyzz .. .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .\" SH-xref - format a cross-reference to an SH section .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .de SH-xref .ie n \{\ .\} .toupper \\$* .el \{\ \\$* .\} .. .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .\" SH - level-one heading that works better for non-TTY output .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .de1 SH .\" put an extra blank line of space above the head in non-TTY output .if t \{\ .sp 1 .\} .sp \\n[PD]u .nr an-level 1 .set-an-margin .nr an-prevailing-indent \\n[IN] .fi .in \\n[an-margin]u .ti 0 .HTML-TAG ".NH \\n[an-level]" .it 1 an-trap .nr an-no-space-flag 1 .nr an-break-flag 1 \." make the size of the head bigger .ps +3 .ft B .ne (2v + 1u) .ie n \{\ .\" if n (TTY output), use uppercase .toupper \\$* .\} .el \{\ .nr an-break-flag 0 .\" if not n (not TTY), use normal case (not uppercase) \\$1 .in \\n[an-margin]u .ti 0 .\" if not n (not TTY), put a border/line under subheading .sp -.6 \l'\n(.lu' .\} .. .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .\" SS - level-two heading that works better for non-TTY output .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .de1 SS .sp \\n[PD]u .nr an-level 1 .set-an-margin .nr an-prevailing-indent \\n[IN] .fi .in \\n[IN]u .ti \\n[SN]u .it 1 an-trap .nr an-no-space-flag 1 .nr an-break-flag 1 .ps \\n[PS-SS]u \." make the size of the head bigger .ps +2 .ft B .ne (2v + 1u) .if \\n[.$] \&\\$* .. .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .\" BB/BE - put background/screen (filled box) around block of text .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .de BB .if t \{\ .sp -.5 .br .in +2n .ll -2n .gcolor red .di BX .\} .. .de EB .if t \{\ .if "\\$2"adjust-for-leading-newline" \{\ .sp -1 .\} .br .di .in .ll .gcolor .nr BW \\n(.lu-\\n(.i .nr BH \\n(dn+.5v .ne \\n(BHu+.5v .ie "\\$2"adjust-for-leading-newline" \{\ \M[\\$1]\h'1n'\v'+.5v'\D'P \\n(BWu 0 0 \\n(BHu -\\n(BWu 0 0 -\\n(BHu'\M[] .\} .el \{\ \M[\\$1]\h'1n'\v'-.5v'\D'P \\n(BWu 0 0 \\n(BHu -\\n(BWu 0 0 -\\n(BHu'\M[] .\} .in 0 .sp -.5v .nf .BX .in .sp .5v .fi .\} .. .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .\" BM/EM - put colored marker in margin next to block of text .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .de BM .if t \{\ .br .ll -2n .gcolor red .di BX .\} .. .de EM .if t \{\ .br .di .ll .gcolor .nr BH \\n(dn .ne \\n(BHu \M[\\$1]\D'P -.75n 0 0 \\n(BHu -(\\n[.i]u - \\n(INu - .75n) 0 0 -\\n(BHu'\M[] .in 0 .nf .BX .in .fi .\} .. .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * set default formatting .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" disable hyphenation .nh .\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only) .ad l .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE * .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .SH "Name" libsmbclient \- An extension library for browsers and that can be used as a generic browsing API\&. .SH "Synopsis" .fam C .HP \w'\ 'u .PP Browser URL: \FCsmb://[[[domain:]user[:password@]]server[/share[/path[/file]]]] [?options] \F[] .fam .SH "DESCRIPTION" .PP This tool is part of the \fBsamba\fR(7) suite\&. .PP \FClibsmbclient\F[] is a library toolset that permits applications to manipulate CIFS/SMB network resources using many of the standards POSIX functions available for manipulating local UNIX/Linux files\&. It permits much more than just browsing, files can be opened and read or written, permissions changed, file times modified, attributes and ACL\'s can be manipulated, and so on\&. Of course, its functionality includes all the capabilities commonly called browsing\&. .PP \FClibsmbclient\F[] can not be used directly from the command line, instead it provides an extension of the capabilities of tools such as file managers and browsers\&. This man page describes the configuration options for this tool so that the user may obtain greatest utility of use\&. .SH "OPTIONS" .PP What the URLs mean: .PP smb:// .RS 4 Shows all workgroups or domains that are visible in the network\&. The behavior matches that of the Microsoft Windows Explorer\&. .sp The method of locating the list of workgroups (domains also) varies depending on the setting of the context variable \FC(context\->options\&.browse_max_lmb_count)\F[]\&. It is the responsibility of the application that calls this library to set this to a sensible value\&. This is a compile\-time option\&. This value determines the maximum number of local master browsers to query for the list of workgroups\&. In order to ensure that the list is complete for those present on the network, all master browsers must be querried\&. If there are a large number of workgroups on the network, the time spent querying will be significant\&. For small networks (just a few workgroups), it is suggested to set this value to 0, instructing libsmbclient to query all local master browsers\&. In an environment that has many workgroups a more reasonable setting may be around 3\&. .RE .PP smb://name/ .RS 4 This command causes libsmbclient to perform a name look\-up\&. If the NAME<1D> or NAME<1B> exists (workgroup name), libsmbclient will list all servers in the workgroup (or domain)\&. Otherwise, a name look\-up for the NAME<20> (machine name) will be performed, and the list of shared resources on the server will be displayed\&. .RE .PP When libsmbclient is invoked by an application it searches for a directory called \FC\&.smb\F[] in the $HOME directory that is specified in the users shell environment\&. It then searches for a file called \FCsmb\&.conf\F[] which, if present, will fully over\-ride the system \FC/etc/samba/smb\&.conf\F[] file\&. If instead libsmbclient finds a file called \FC~/\&.smb/smb\&.conf\&.append\F[], it will read the system \FC/etc/samba/smb\&.conf\F[] and then append the contents of the \FC~/\&.smb/smb\&.conf\&.append\F[] to it\&. .PP \FClibsmbclient\F[] will check the users shell environment for the \FCUSER\F[] parameter and will use its value when if the \FCuser\F[] parameter was not included in the URL\&. .SH "PROGRAMMERS GUIDE" .PP Watch this space for future updates\&. .SH "VERSION" .PP This man page is correct for version 3\&.0 of the Samba suite\&. .SH "AUTHOR" .PP 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\&. .PP The libsmbclient manpage page was written by John H Terpstra\&.