smbsh 1 Samba User Commands 3.0
smbsh Allows access to remote SMB shares using UNIX commands
`smbsh` -W workgroup -U username -P prefix -R <name resolve order> -d <debug level> -l logdir -L libdir

## DESCRIPTION

This tool is part of the samba 7 suite.

`smbsh` allows you to access an NT filesystem using UNIX commands such as `ls`, `egrep`, and `rcp`. You must use a shell that is dynamically linked in order for `smbsh` to work correctly.

## OPTIONS

-W WORKGROUP

  Override the default workgroup specified in the workgroup parameter of the smb.conf 5 file for this session. This may be needed to connect to some servers.

-U username[%pass]

  Sets the SMB username or username and password. If this option is not specified, the user will be prompted for both the username and the password. If %pass is not specified, the user will be prompted for the password.

-P prefix

  This option allows the user to set the directory prefix for SMB access. The default value if this option is not specified is smb.

&stdarg.configfile; &stdarg.server.debug; &stdarg.resolve.order;
-L libdir

  This parameter specifies the location of the shared libraries used by `smbsh`. The default value is specified at compile time.

## EXAMPLES

To use the `smbsh` command, execute `smbsh` from the prompt and enter the username and password that authenticates you to the machine running the Windows NT operating system.

    system% smbsh
    Username: user
    Password: XXXXXXX

Any dynamically linked command you execute from this shell will access the `/smb` directory using the smb protocol. For example, the command `ls /smb` will show a list of workgroups. The command `ls /smb/MYGROUP` will show all the machines in the workgroup MYGROUP. The command `ls /smb/MYGROUP/<machine-name>` will show the share names for that machine. You could then, for example, use the `cd` command to change directories, `vi` to edit files, and `rcp` to copy files.

## VERSION

This man page is correct for version 3.0 of the Samba suite.

## BUGS

`smbsh` works by intercepting the standard libc calls with the dynamically loaded versions in `smbwrapper.o`. Not all calls have been "wrapped", so some programs may not function correctly under `smbsh` .

Programs which are not dynamically linked cannot make use of `smbsh`'s functionality. Most versions of UNIX have a `file` command that will describe how a program was linked.

## SEE ALSO

smbd 8, smb.conf 5

## 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 original Samba man pages were written by Karl Auer. The man page sources were converted to YODL format (another excellent piece of Open Source software, available at ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/) and updated for the Samba 2.0 release by Jeremy Allison. The conversion to DocBook for Samba 2.2 was done by Gerald Carter. The conversion to DocBook XML 4.2 for Samba 3.0 was done by Alexander Bokovoy.