1 <html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>wbinfo</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="samba.css" type="text/css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.68.1"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="refentry" lang="en"><a name="wbinfo.1"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>wbinfo — Query information from winbind daemon</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command">wbinfo</code> [-a user%password] [-c username] [-C groupname] [--domain domain] [-I ip] [-s sid] [-u] [-U uid] [-g] [--get-auth-user] [-G gid] [-m] [-n name] [-N netbios-name] [-o user:group] [-O user:group] [-p] [-r user] [--set-auth-user user%password] [--sequence] [-S sid] [-t] [-x username] [-X groupname] [-Y sid]</p></div></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id2450732"></a><h2>DESCRIPTION</h2><p>This tool is part of the <a href="samba.7.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">samba</span>(7)</span></a> suite.</p><p>The <span><strong class="command">wbinfo</strong></span> program queries and returns information
2 created and used by the <a href="winbindd.8.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">winbindd</span>(8)</span></a> daemon. </p><p>The <a href="winbindd.8.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">winbindd</span>(8)</span></a> daemon must be configured
3 and running for the <span><strong class="command">wbinfo</strong></span> program to be able
4 to return information.</p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id2450856"></a><h2>OPTIONS</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">-a username%password</span></dt><dd><p>Attempt to authenticate a user via winbindd.
5 This checks both authenticaion methods and reports its results.
6 </p><div class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p>Do not be tempted to use this
7 functionality for authentication in third-party
8 applications. Instead use <a href="ntlm_auth.1.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">ntlm_auth</span>(1)</span></a>.</p></div></dd><dt><span class="term">-c user</span></dt><dd><p>Create a local winbind user.
9 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">-C group</span></dt><dd><p>Create a local winbindd group.
10 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">--domain name</span></dt><dd><p>This parameter sets the domain on which any specified
11 operations will performed. If special domain name '.' is used to represent
12 the current domain to which winbindd belongs. Currently only the
13 <code class="option">--sequence</code>,
14 <code class="option">-u</code>, and <code class="option">-g</code> options honor this parameter.
15 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">-g</span></dt><dd><p>This option will list all groups available
16 in the Windows NT domain for which the <a href="samba.7.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">samba</span>(7)</span></a> daemon is operating in. Groups in all trusted domains
17 will also be listed. Note that this operation does not assign
18 group ids to any groups that have not already been
19 seen by <a href="winbindd.8.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">winbindd</span>(8)</span></a>. </p></dd><dt><span class="term">--get-auth-user</span></dt><dd><p>Print username and password used by winbindd
20 during session setup to a domain controller. Username
21 and password can be set using '-A'. Only available for
22 root.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">-G gid</span></dt><dd><p>Try to convert a UNIX group id to a Windows
23 NT SID. If the gid specified does not refer to one within
24 the idmap gid range then the operation will fail. </p></dd><dt><span class="term">-I ip</span></dt><dd><p>The <em class="parameter"><code>-I</code></em> option
25 queries <a href="winbindd.8.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">winbindd</span>(8)</span></a> to send a node status
26 request to get the NetBIOS name associated with the IP address
27 specified by the <em class="parameter"><code>ip</code></em> parameter.
28 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">-m</span></dt><dd><p>Produce a list of domains trusted by the
29 Windows NT server <a href="winbindd.8.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">winbindd</span>(8)</span></a> contacts
30 when resolving names. This list does not include the Windows
31 NT domain the server is a Primary Domain Controller for.
32 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">-n name</span></dt><dd><p>The <em class="parameter"><code>-n</code></em> option
33 queries <a href="winbindd.8.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">winbindd</span>(8)</span></a> for the SID
34 associated with the name specified. Domain names can be specified
35 before the user name by using the winbind separator character.
36 For example CWDOM1/Administrator refers to the Administrator
37 user in the domain CWDOM1. If no domain is specified then the
38 domain used is the one specified in the <a href="smb.conf.5.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">smb.conf</span>(5)</span></a> <em class="parameter"><code>workgroup
39 </code></em> parameter. </p></dd><dt><span class="term">-N name</span></dt><dd><p>The <em class="parameter"><code>-N</code></em> option
40 queries <a href="winbindd.8.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">winbindd</span>(8)</span></a> to query the WINS
41 server for the IP address associated with the NetBIOS name
42 specified by the <em class="parameter"><code>name</code></em> parameter.
43 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">-o user:group</span></dt><dd><p>Add a winbindd local group as a secondary group
44 for the specified winbindd local user.
45 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">-O user:group</span></dt><dd><p>Remove a winbindd local group as a secondary group
46 for the specified winbindd local user.
47 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">-p</span></dt><dd><p>Check whether winbindd is still alive.
48 Prints out either 'succeeded' or 'failed'.
49 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">-r username</span></dt><dd><p>Try to obtain the list of UNIX group ids
50 to which the user belongs. This only works for users
51 defined on a Domain Controller.
52 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">-s sid</span></dt><dd><p>Use <em class="parameter"><code>-s</code></em> to resolve
53 a SID to a name. This is the inverse of the <em class="parameter"><code>-n
54 </code></em> option above. SIDs must be specified as ASCII strings
55 in the traditional Microsoft format. For example,
56 S-1-5-21-1455342024-3071081365-2475485837-500. </p></dd><dt><span class="term">--set-auth-user username%password</span></dt><dd><p>Store username and password used by winbindd
57 during session setup to a domain controller. This enables
58 winbindd to operate in a Windows 2000 domain with Restrict
59 Anonymous turned on (a.k.a. Permissions compatiable with
60 Windows 2000 servers only).
61 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">--sequence</span></dt><dd><p>Show sequence numbers of
62 all known domains</p></dd><dt><span class="term">-S sid</span></dt><dd><p>Convert a SID to a UNIX user id. If the SID
63 does not correspond to a UNIX user mapped by <a href="winbindd.8.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">winbindd</span>(8)</span></a> then the operation will fail. </p></dd><dt><span class="term">-t</span></dt><dd><p>Verify that the workstation trust account
64 created when the Samba server is added to the Windows NT
65 domain is working. </p></dd><dt><span class="term">-u</span></dt><dd><p>This option will list all users available
66 in the Windows NT domain for which the <a href="winbindd.8.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">winbindd</span>(8)</span></a> daemon is operating in. Users in all trusted domains
67 will also be listed. Note that this operation does not assign
68 user ids to any users that have not already been seen by <a href="winbindd.8.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">winbindd</span>(8)</span></a>
69 .</p></dd><dt><span class="term">-U uid</span></dt><dd><p>Try to convert a UNIX user id to a Windows NT
70 SID. If the uid specified does not refer to one within
71 the idmap uid range then the operation will fail. </p></dd><dt><span class="term">-x user</span></dt><dd><p>Delete an existing local winbind user.
72 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">-X group</span></dt><dd><p>Delete an existing local winbindd group.
73 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">-Y sid</span></dt><dd><p>Convert a SID to a UNIX group id. If the SID
74 does not correspond to a UNIX group mapped by <a href="winbindd.8.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">winbindd</span>(8)</span></a> then
75 the operation will fail. </p></dd><dt><span class="term">-V</span></dt><dd><p>Prints the program version number.
76 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">-h|--help</span></dt><dd><p>Print a summary of command line options.
77 </p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id2451597"></a><h2>EXIT STATUS</h2><p>The wbinfo program returns 0 if the operation
78 succeeded, or 1 if the operation failed. If the <a href="winbindd.8.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">winbindd</span>(8)</span></a> daemon is not working <span><strong class="command">wbinfo</strong></span> will always return
79 failure. </p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id2451624"></a><h2>VERSION</h2><p>This man page is correct for version 3.0 of
80 the Samba suite.</p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id2451635"></a><h2>SEE ALSO</h2><p><a href="winbindd.8.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">winbindd</span>(8)</span></a> and <a href="ntlm_auth.1.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">ntlm_auth</span>(1)</span></a></p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id2451659"></a><h2>AUTHOR</h2><p>The original Samba software and related utilities
81 were created by Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed
82 by the Samba Team as an Open Source project similar
83 to the way the Linux kernel is developed.</p><p><span><strong class="command">wbinfo</strong></span> and <span><strong class="command">winbindd</strong></span>
84 were written by Tim Potter.</p><p>The conversion to DocBook for Samba 2.2 was done
85 by Gerald Carter. The conversion to DocBook XML 4.2 for Samba
86 3.0 was done by Alexander Bokovoy.</p></div></div></body></html>
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