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<refmeta>
	<refentrytitle>smbsh</refentrytitle>
	<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
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<refnamediv>
	<refname>smbsh</refname>
	<refpurpose>Allows access to Windows NT filesystem 
	using UNIX commands</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>

<refsynopsisdiv>
	<cmdsynopsis>
		<command>smbsh</command>
	</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>

<refsect1>
	<title>DESCRIPTION</title>

	<para>This tool is part of the <ulink url="samba.7.html">
	Samba</ulink> suite.</para>

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

	<para>To use the <command>smbsh</command> command, execute <command>
	smbsh</command> from the prompt and enter the username and password 
	that authenticate you to the machine running the Windows NT 
	operating system.</para>

	<para><programlisting>
	<prompt>system% </prompt><userinput>smbsh</userinput>
	<prompt>Username: </prompt><userinput>user</userinput>
	<prompt>Password: </prompt><userinput>XXXXXXX</userinput>
	</programlisting></para>


	<para>Any dynamically linked command you execute from 
	this shell will access the <filename>/smb</filename> directory 
	using the smb protocol. For example, the command <command>ls /smb
	</command> will show all the machines in your workgroup. The command 
	<command>ls /smb/&lt;machine-name&gt;</command> will show the share 
	names for that machine. You could then, for example, use the <command>
	cd</command> command to change directories, <command>vi</command> to 
	edit files, and <command>rcp</command>  to copy files.</para>
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<refsect1>
	<title>VERSION</title>

	<para>This man page is correct for version 2.2 of 
	the Samba suite.</para>
</refsect1>

<refsect1>
	<title>BUGS</title>
	
	<para><command>smbsh</command> works by intercepting the standard 
	libc calls with the dynamically loaded versions in <filename>
	smbwrapper.o</filename>. Not all calls have been "wrapped", so 
	some programs may not function correctly under <command>smbsh
	</command>.</para>

	<para>Programs which are not dynamically linked cannot make 
	use of <command>smbsh</command>'s functionality. Most versions 
	of UNIX have a <command>file</command> command that will 
	describe how a program was linked.</para>
</refsect1>


<refsect1>
	<title>SEE ALSO</title>
	<para><ulink url="smbd.8.html"><command>smbd(8)</command></ulink>, 
	<ulink url="smb.conf.5.html">smb.conf(5)</ulink>
	</para>
</refsect1>

<refsect1>
	<title>AUTHOR</title>
	
	<para>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.</para>
	
	<para>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
	<ulink url="ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/">
	ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/</ulink>) and updated for the Samba 2.0 
	release by Jeremy Allison.  The conversion to DocBook for 
	Samba 2.2 was done by Gerald Carter</para>
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