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1.\" Title: smbcontrol
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4.\" Date: 08/25/2008
5.\" Manual: User Commands
6.\" Source: Samba 3.0
7.\"
8.TH "SMBCONTROL" "1" "08/25/2008" "Samba 3\.0" "User Commands"
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13.SH "NAME"
14smbcontrol - send messages to smbd, nmbd or winbindd processes
15.SH "SYNOPSIS"
16.HP 1
17smbcontrol [\-i] [\-s]
18.HP 1
19smbcontrol [destination] [message\-type] [parameter]
20.SH "DESCRIPTION"
21.PP
22This tool is part of the
23\fBsamba\fR(7)
24suite\.
25.PP
26smbcontrol
27is a very small program, which sends messages to a
28\fBsmbd\fR(8), a
29\fBnmbd\fR(8), or a
30\fBwinbindd\fR(8)
31daemon running on the system\.
32.SH "OPTIONS"
33.PP
34\-h|\-\-help
35.RS 4
36Print a summary of command line options\.
37.RE
38.PP
39\-s <configuration file>
40.RS 4
41The 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
42\fIsmb\.conf\fR
43for more information\. The default configuration file name is determined at compile time\.
44.RE
45.PP
46\-i
47.RS 4
48Run interactively\. Individual commands of the form destination message\-type parameters can be entered on STDIN\. An empty command line or a "q" will quit the program\.
49.RE
50.PP
51destination
52.RS 4
53One of
54\fInmbd\fR,
55\fIsmbd\fR
56or a process ID\.
57.sp
58The
59\fIsmbd\fR
60destination causes the message to "broadcast" to all smbd daemons\.
61.sp
62The
63\fInmbd\fR
64destination causes the message to be sent to the nmbd daemon specified in the
65\fInmbd\.pid\fR
66file\.
67.sp
68If a single process ID is given, the message is sent to only that process\.
69.RE
70.PP
71message\-type
72.RS 4
73Type of message to send\. See the section
74\fBMESSAGE\-TYPES\fR
75for details\.
76.RE
77.PP
78parameters