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LIBSMBCLIENT(7) LIBSMBCLIENT(7)
NAME
libsmbclient - An extension library for browsers and that can be used as a generic
browsing API.
SYNOPSIS
Browser URL:
smb://[[[domain:]user[:password@]]server[/share[/path[/file]]]] [?options]
DESCRIPTION
This tool is part of the samba(7) suite.
libsmbclient is a library toolset that permits applications to manipulate CIFS/SMB
network resources using many of the standards POSIX functions available for manipu-
lating 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.
libsmbclient 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.
OPTIONS
What the URLs mean:
smb:// Shows all workgroups or domains that are visible in the network. The behav-
ior matches that of the Microsoft Windows Explorer.
The method of locating the list of workgroups (domains also) varies depend-
ing on the setting of the context variable (context->op-
tions.browse_max_lmb_count). It is the responsibility of the application
that calls this library to set this to a sensible value. This is a com-
pile-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 libsmb-
client to query all local master browsers. In an environment that has many
workgroups a more reasonable setting may be around 3.
smb://name/
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> (ma-
chine name) will be performed, and the list of shared resources on the serv-
er will be displayed.
When libsmbclient is invoked by an application it searches for a directory
called.smb in the $HOME directory that is specified in the users shell environment.
It then searches for a file called smb.conf which, if present, will fully over-ride
the system /etc/samba/smb.conf file. If instead libsmbclient finds a file called
~/.smb/smb.conf.append, it will read the system /etc/samba/smb.conf and then append
the contents of the ~/.smb/smb.conf.append to it.
libsmbclient will check the users shell environment for the USER parameter and will
use its value when if the user parameter was not included in the URL.
PROGRAMMERS GUIDE
Watch this space for future updates.
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 developed.
The libsmbclient manpage page was written by John H Terpstra.
LIBSMBCLIENT(7)
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