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15<h1>smbrun (1)</h1>
16<h2>Samba</h2>
17<h2>23 Oct 1998</h2>
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21<p><a name="NAME"></a>
22<h2>NAME</h2>
23    smbrun - interface program between smbd and external programs
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25<h2>SYNOPSIS</h2>
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27<p><strong>smbrun</strong> <a href="smbrun.1.html#shellcommand">shell-command</a>
28<p><a name="DESCRIPTION"></a>
29<h2>DESCRIPTION</h2>
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31<p>This program is part of the <strong>Samba</strong> suite.
32<p><strong>smbrun</strong> is a very small 'glue' program, which runs shell commands
33for the <a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd</strong></a> daemon <a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd
34(8)</strong></a>.
35<p>It first changes to the highest effective user and group ID that it
36can, then runs the command line provided using the system() call. This
37program is necessary to allow some operating systems to run external
38programs as non-root.
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40<h2>OPTIONS</h2>
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43<p><a name="shellcommand"></a>
44<p></p><dt><strong><strong>shell-command</strong></strong><dd> The shell command to execute.  The command
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48<h2>ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES</h2>
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50<p>The <em>PATH</em> variable set for the environment in which <strong>smbrun</strong> is
51executed will affect what executables are located and executed if a
52fully-qualified path is not given in the command.
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54<h2>DIAGNOSTICS</h2>
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56<p>If <strong>smbrun</strong> cannot be located or cannot be executed by
57<a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd</strong></a> then appropriate messages will be found in
58the <a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd</strong></a> logs. Other diagnostics are dependent
59on the shell-command being run. It is advisable for your shell
60commands to issue suitable diagnostics to aid trouble-shooting.
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62<h2>VERSION</h2>
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64<p>This man page is correct for version 2.0 of the Samba suite.
65<p><a name="SEEALSO"></a>
66<h2>SEE ALSO</h2>
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68<p><a href="smb.conf.5.html"><strong>smb.conf (5)</strong></a>, <a href="smbd.8.html"><strong>smbd (8)</strong></a>
69<p><a name="AUTHOR"></a>
70<h2>AUTHOR</h2>
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72<p>The original Samba software and related utilities were created by
73Andrew Tridgell <a href="mailto:samba@samba.org"><em>samba@samba.org</em></a>. Samba is now developed
74by the Samba Team as an Open Source project similar to the way the
75Linux kernel is developed.
76<p>The original Samba man pages were written by Karl Auer. The man page
77sources were converted to YODL format (another excellent piece of Open
78Source software, available at
79<a href="ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/"><strong>ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/</strong></a>)
80and updated for the Samba2.0 release by Jeremy Allison.
81<a href="mailto:samba@samba.org"><em>samba@samba.org</em></a>.
82<p>See <a href="samba.7.html"><strong>samba (7)</strong></a> to find out how to get a full
83list of contributors and details on how to submit bug reports,
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