1<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>smbtree</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../samba.css" type="text/css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.74.0"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="refentry" lang="en"><a name="smbtree.1"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>smbtree — A text based smb network browser 2 </p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="literal">smbtree</code> [-b] [-D] [-S]</p></div></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id2522934"></a><h2>DESCRIPTION</h2><p>This tool is part of the <a class="citerefentry" href="samba.7.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">samba</span>(7)</span></a> suite.</p><p><code class="literal">smbtree</code> is a smb browser program 3 in text mode. It is similar to the "Network Neighborhood" found 4 on Windows computers. It prints a tree with all 5 the known domains, the servers in those domains and 6 the shares on the servers. 7 </p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id2483330"></a><h2>OPTIONS</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">-b|--broadcast</span></dt><dd><p>Query network nodes by sending requests 8 as broadcasts instead of querying the local master browser. 9 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">-D|--domains</span></dt><dd><p>Only print a list of all 10 the domains known on broadcast or by the 11 master browser</p></dd><dt><span class="term">-S|--servers</span></dt><dd><p>Only print a list of 12 all the domains and servers responding on broadcast or 13 known by the master browser. 14 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">-d|--debuglevel=level</span></dt><dd><p><em class="replaceable"><code>level</code></em> is an integer 15from 0 to 10. The default value if this parameter is 16not specified is 0.</p><p>The higher this value, the more detail will be 17logged to the log files about the activities of the 18server. At level 0, only critical errors and serious 19warnings will be logged. Level 1 is a reasonable level for 20day-to-day running - it generates a small amount of 21information about operations carried out.</p><p>Levels above 1 will generate considerable 22amounts of log data, and should only be used when 23investigating a problem. Levels above 3 are designed for 24use only by developers and generate HUGE amounts of log 25data, most of which is extremely cryptic.</p><p>Note that specifying this parameter here will 26override the <a class="link" href="smb.conf.5.html#" target="_top"></a> parameter 27in the <code class="filename">smb.conf</code> file.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">-V|--version</span></dt><dd><p>Prints the program version number. 28</p></dd><dt><span class="term">-s|--configfile <configuration file></span></dt><dd><p>The file specified contains the 29configuration details required by the server. The 30information in this file includes server-specific 31information such as what printcap file to use, as well 32as descriptions of all the services that the server is 33to provide. See <code class="filename">smb.conf</code> for more information. 34The default configuration file name is determined at 35compile time.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">-l|--log-basename=logdirectory</span></dt><dd><p>Base directory name for log/debug files. The extension 36<code class="constant">".progname"</code> will be appended (e.g. log.smbclient, 37log.smbd, etc...). The log file is never removed by the client. 38</p></dd><dt><span class="term">-N|--no-pass</span></dt><dd><p>If specified, this parameter suppresses the normal 39password prompt from the client to the user. This is useful when 40accessing a service that does not require a password. </p><p>Unless a password is specified on the command line or 41this parameter is specified, the client will request a 42password.</p><p>If a password is specified on the command line and this 43option is also defined the password on the command line will 44be silently ingnored and no password will be used.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">-k|--kerberos</span></dt><dd><p> 45Try to authenticate with kerberos. Only useful in 46an Active Directory environment. 47</p></dd><dt><span class="term">-C|--use-ccache</span></dt><dd><p> 48Try to use the credentials cached by winbind. 49</p></dd><dt><span class="term">-A|--authentication-file=filename</span></dt><dd><p>This option allows 50you to specify a file from which to read the username and 51password used in the connection. The format of the file is 52</p><pre class="programlisting"> 53username = <value> 54password = <value> 55domain = <value> 56</pre><p>Make certain that the permissions on the file restrict 57access from unwanted users. </p></dd><dt><span class="term">-U|--user=username[%password]</span></dt><dd><p>Sets the SMB username or username and password. </p><p>If %password is not specified, the user will be prompted. The 58client will first check the <code class="envar">USER</code> environment variable, then the 59<code class="envar">LOGNAME</code> variable and if either exists, the 60string is uppercased. If these environmental variables are not 61found, the username <code class="constant">GUEST</code> is used. </p><p>A third option is to use a credentials file which 62contains the plaintext of the username and password. This 63option is mainly provided for scripts where the admin does not 64wish to pass the credentials on the command line or via environment 65variables. If this method is used, make certain that the permissions 66on the file restrict access from unwanted users. See the 67<em class="parameter"><code>-A</code></em> for more details. </p><p>Be cautious about including passwords in scripts. Also, on 68many systems the command line of a running process may be seen 69via the <code class="literal">ps</code> command. To be safe always allow 70<code class="literal">rpcclient</code> to prompt for a password and type 71it in directly. </p></dd><dt><span class="term">-h|--help</span></dt><dd><p>Print a summary of command line options. 72</p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id2481528"></a><h2>VERSION</h2><p>This man page is correct for version 3 of the Samba 73 suite.</p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id2481539"></a><h2>AUTHOR</h2><p>The original Samba software and related utilities 74 were created by Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed 75 by the Samba Team as an Open Source project similar 76 to the way the Linux kernel is developed.</p><p>The smbtree man page was written by Jelmer Vernooij. </p></div></div></body></html> 77