<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 V1.71.0"></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="literal">wbinfo</code> [-a user%password] [--all-domains] [--allocate-gid] [--allocate-uid] [-D domain] [--domain domain] [-g] [--getdcname domain] [--get-auth-user] [-G gid] [-h] [-i user] [-I ip] [-K user%password] [-m] [-n name] [-N netbios-name] [--own-domain] [-p] [-r user] [-s sid] [--separator] [--sequence] [--set-auth-user user%password] [-S sid] [-t] [-u] [--user-domgroups sid] [--user-sids sid] [-U uid] [-V] [-Y sid]</p></div></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id260416"></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 <code class="literal">wbinfo</code> program queries and returns information 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 and running for the <code class="literal">wbinfo</code> program to be able to return information.</p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id260110"></a><h2>OPTIONS</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">-a|--authenticate username%password</span></dt><dd><p>Attempt to authenticate a user via winbindd. This checks both authenticaion methods and reports its results. </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 functionality for authentication in third-party 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">--allocate-gid</span></dt><dd><p>Get a new GID out of idmap </p></dd><dt><span class="term">--allocate-uid</span></dt><dd><p>Get a new UID out of idmap </p></dd><dt><span class="term">--all-domains</span></dt><dd><p>List all domains (trusted and own domain). </p></dd><dt><span class="term">--domain name</span></dt><dd><p>This parameter sets the domain on which any specified operations will performed. If special domain name '.' is used to represent the current domain to which winbindd belongs. Currently only the <code class="option">--sequence</code>, <code class="option">-u</code>, and <code class="option">-g</code> options honor this parameter. </p></dd><dt><span class="term">-D|--domain-info domain</span></dt><dd><p>Show most of the info we have about the domain. </p></dd><dt><span class="term">-g|--domain-groups</span></dt><dd><p>This option will list all groups available 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 will also be listed. Note that this operation does not assign group ids to any groups that have not already been 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 during session setup to a domain controller. Username and password can be set using <code class="option">--set-auth-user</code>. Only available for root.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">--getdcname domain</span></dt><dd><p>Get the DC name for the specified domain. </p></dd><dt><span class="term">-G|--gid-to-sid gid</span></dt><dd><p>Try to convert a UNIX group id to a Windows NT SID. If the gid specified does not refer to one within the idmap gid range then the operation will fail. </p></dd><dt><span class="term">-i|--user-info user</span></dt><dd><p>Get user info. </p></dd><dt><span class="term">-I|--WINS-by-ip ip</span></dt><dd><p>The <em class="parameter"><code>-I</code></em> option queries <a href="winbindd.8.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">winbindd</span>(8)</span></a> to send a node status request to get the NetBIOS name associated with the IP address specified by the <em class="parameter"><code>ip</code></em> parameter. </p></dd><dt><span class="term">-K|--krb5auth username%password</span></dt><dd><p>Attempt to authenticate a user via Kerberos. </p></dd><dt><span class="term">-m|--trusted-domains</span></dt><dd><p>Produce a list of domains trusted by the Windows NT server <a href="winbindd.8.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">winbindd</span>(8)</span></a> contacts when resolving names. This list does not include the Windows NT domain the server is a Primary Domain Controller for. </p></dd><dt><span class="term">-n|--name-to-sid name</span></dt><dd><p>The <em class="parameter"><code>-n</code></em> option queries <a href="winbindd.8.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">winbindd</span>(8)</span></a> for the SID associated with the name specified. Domain names can be specified before the user name by using the winbind separator character. For example CWDOM1/Administrator refers to the Administrator user in the domain CWDOM1. If no domain is specified then the 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 </code></em> parameter. </p></dd><dt><span class="term">-N|--WINS-by-name name</span></dt><dd><p>The <em class="parameter"><code>-N</code></em> option queries <a href="winbindd.8.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">winbindd</span>(8)</span></a> to query the WINS server for the IP address associated with the NetBIOS name specified by the <em class="parameter"><code>name</code></em> parameter. </p></dd><dt><span class="term">--own-domain</span></dt><dd><p>List own domain. </p></dd><dt><span class="term">-p|--ping</span></dt><dd><p>Check whether winbindd is still alive. Prints out either 'succeeded' or 'failed'. </p></dd><dt><span class="term">-r|--user-groups username</span></dt><dd><p>Try to obtain the list of UNIX group ids to which the user belongs. This only works for users defined on a Domain Controller. </p></dd><dt><span class="term">-s|--sid-to-name sid</span></dt><dd><p>Use <em class="parameter"><code>-s</code></em> to resolve a SID to a name. This is the inverse of the <em class="parameter"><code>-n </code></em> option above. SIDs must be specified as ASCII strings in the traditional Microsoft format. For example, S-1-5-21-1455342024-3071081365-2475485837-500. </p></dd><dt><span class="term">--separator</span></dt><dd><p>Get the active winbind separator. </p></dd><dt><span class="term">--sequence</span></dt><dd><p>Show sequence numbers of all known domains</p></dd><dt><span class="term">--set-auth-user username%password</span></dt><dd><p>Store username and password used by winbindd during session setup to a domain controller. This enables winbindd to operate in a Windows 2000 domain with Restrict Anonymous turned on (a.k.a. Permissions compatiable with Windows 2000 servers only). </p></dd><dt><span class="term">-S|--sid-to-uid sid</span></dt><dd><p>Convert a SID to a UNIX user id. If the SID 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|--check-secret</span></dt><dd><p>Verify that the workstation trust account created when the Samba server is added to the Windows NT domain is working. </p></dd><dt><span class="term">-u|--domain-users</span></dt><dd><p>This option will list all users available 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 will also be listed. Note that this operation does not assign 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> .</p></dd><dt><span class="term">--user-domgroups SID</span></dt><dd><p>Get user domain groups. </p></dd><dt><span class="term">--user-sids SID</span></dt><dd><p>Get user group SIDs for user. </p></dd><dt><span class="term">-U|--uid-to-sid uid</span></dt><dd><p>Try to convert a UNIX user id to a Windows NT SID. If the uid specified does not refer to one within the idmap uid range then the operation will fail. </p></dd><dt><span class="term">-Y|--sid-to-gid sid</span></dt><dd><p>Convert a SID to a UNIX group id. If the SID 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 the operation will fail. </p></dd><dt><span class="term">-V</span></dt><dd><p>Prints the program version number. </p></dd><dt><span class="term">-h|--help</span></dt><dd><p>Print a summary of command line options. </p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id300884"></a><h2>EXIT STATUS</h2><p>The wbinfo program returns 0 if the operation 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 <code class="literal">wbinfo</code> will always return failure. </p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id300910"></a><h2>VERSION</h2><p>This man page is correct for version 3.0 of the Samba suite.</p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id300920"></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="id300944"></a><h2>AUTHOR</h2><p>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.</p><p><code class="literal">wbinfo</code> and <code class="literal">winbindd</code> were written by Tim Potter.</p><p>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.</p></div></div></body></html>