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.

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

           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 reasonable
           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 investigating 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 log
           level parameter in the smb.conf file.

       -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.

       -l|--log-basename=logdirectory
           Base directory name for log/debug files. The extension ".progname"
           will be appended (e.g. log.smbclient, 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 password. This option is mainly
           provided for scripts where the admin does not wish to pass the
           credentials 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 running 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 developed.

       The smbtree man page was written by Jelmer Vernooij.

Samba 3.0                         05/28/2008                        SMBTREE(1)