Command Reference

You can discover the correct location by executing from the directory that contains the smbd command file:

root#  smbd -b | grep smb.conf

Test your config file with testparm:

$ testparm /etc/samba/smb.conf

The smb.conf file is read constantly by the Samba daemons. For performance it is a good practice to keep this file as small as possible however this goes against principles of good documentation. The recommended solution is to use the testparm utility to generate a fully optimized smb.conf file from a documented configuration file:

$ testparm -s smb.conf.master > smb.conf

To list shares that are available from the configured Samba server, execute the following command:

$ smbclient -L yourhostname

EXAMPLE.COM\\rodriguez
smbclient -L localhost -U rodriguez
ssh EXAMPLE.COM\\rodriguez@localhost
$ smbclient -L localhost -U%

Make an authenticated connection to the server using the smbclient tool:

$ smbclient //server/share -U EXAMPLE.COM\\user -D users/user

Issuing commands in a non-interactive way:

smbclient //server/share -U EXAMPLE.COM\\administrator -N -c "get file.txt file.txt"

Sanity checks:

wbinfo -t
wbinfo -p
wbinfo -g
wbinfo -u | grep rodriguez
wbinfo -a EXAMPLE.COM\\rodriguez%enrique
id EXAMPLE.COM\\rodriguez
smbclient //rio/rodriguez -U EXAMPLE.COM\\rodriguez
smbclient -L rio -U rodriguez
ssh EXAMPLE.COM\\rodriguez@localhost