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SMBTREE(1)                                                                                        SMBTREE(1)



NAME
       smbtree - A text based smb network browser

SYNOPSIS
       smbtree [-b] [-D] [-S]

DESCRIPTION
       This tool is part of the samba(7) suite.

       smbtree  is  a smb browser program in text mode. It is similar to the "Network Neighborhood" found on
       Windows computers. It prints a tree with all the known domains, the servers in those domains and  the
       shares on the servers.

OPTIONS
       -b
          Query  network  nodes  by  sending  requests  as  broadcasts  instead of querying the local master
          browser.

       -D
          Only print a list of all the domains known on broadcast or by the master browser

       -S
          Only print a list of all the domains and servers responding on broadcast or known  by  the  master
          browser.

       -V
          Prints the program version number.

       -s <configuration file>
          The  file  specified contains the configuration details required by the server. The information in
          this file includes server-specific information such as what printcap  file  to  use,  as  well  as
          descriptions of all the services that the server is to provide. See smb.conf for more information.
          The default configuration file name is determined at compile time.

       -d|--debuglevel=level
          level is an integer from 0 to 10. The default value if this parameter is not specified is zero.

          The higher this value, the more detail will be logged to the log files about the activities of the
          server. At level 0, only critical errors and serious warnings will be logged. Level 1 is a reason-able reasonable
          able level for day-to-day running - it generates a small amount of  information  about  operations
          carried out.

          Levels above 1 will generate considerable amounts of log data, and should only be used when inves-tigating investigating
          tigating a problem. Levels above 3 are designed for use  only  by  developers  and  generate  HUGE
          amounts of log data, most of which is extremely cryptic.

          Note that specifying this parameter here will override the

          parameter in the smb.conf file.

       -l|--logfile=logdirectory
          Base directory name for log/debug files. The extension ".progname" will be appended (e.g. log.smb-client, log.smbclient,
          client, log.smbd, etc...). The log file is never removed by the client.

       -N
          If specified, this parameter suppresses the normal password prompt from the client  to  the  user.
          This is useful when accessing a service that does not require a password.

          Unless a password is specified on the command line or this parameter is specified, the client will
          request a password.

          If a password is specified on the command line and this option is also defined the password on the
          command line will be silently ingnored and no password will be used.

       -k
          Try to authenticate with kerberos. Only useful in an Active Directory environment.

       -A|--authentication-file=filename
          This  option allows you to specify a file from which to read the username and password used in the
          connection. The format of the file is





          username = <value>
          password = <value>
          domain   = <value>



          Make certain that the permissions on the file restrict access from unwanted users.

       -U|--user=username[%password]
          Sets the SMB username or username and password.

          If %password is not specified, the user will be prompted. The client will  first  check  the  USER
          environment variable, then the LOGNAME variable and if either exists, the string is uppercased. If
          these environmental variables are not found, the username GUEST is used.

          A third option is to use a credentials file which contains the plaintext of the username and pass-word. password.
          word. This option is mainly provided for scripts where the admin does not wish to pass the creden-tials credentials
          tials on the command line or via environment variables. If this method is used, make certain  that
          the permissions on the file restrict access from unwanted users. See the -A for more details.

          Be cautious about including passwords in scripts. Also, on many systems the command line of a run-ning running
          ning process may be seen via the ps command. To be safe always allow rpcclient  to  prompt  for  a
          password and type it in directly.

       -h|--help
          Print a summary of command line options.

VERSION
       This man page is correct for version 3.0 of the Samba suite.

AUTHOR
       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  devel-oped. developed.
       oped.

       The smbtree man page was written by Jelmer Vernooij.




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