SMBUTIL(1)                  General Commands Manual                 SMBUTIL(1)

NAME
     smbutil – interface to the SMB requester

SYNOPSIS
     smbutil [-hv] command [-options] [args]

DESCRIPTION
     The smbutil command is used to control SMB requester and issue various
     commands.

     There are two types of options — global and local to the specified
     command.

     Global options are as follows:

     -h      Print a short help message.

     -v      Verbose output.

     The commands and local options are:

     help command
             Print usage information about command.

     lookup [-w host] [-t node_type] [-e] name
             Resolve the given name to an IP address.  The NetBIOS name server
             can be directly specified via the -w option. The NetBIOS name
             type can be specified via the -t, the default is to lookup file
             servers. For a complete list of name types please see
             "http://support.microsoft.com/kb/163409".  The NetBIOS names will
             be unpercent escaped out if the -e option is specified.

     status [-ae] hostname
             Resolve given hostname (IP address or DNS name) to NetBIOS
             workgroup and system name. All NetBIOS names will be displayed if
             the -a option is specified. All NetBIOS names will be percent
             escaped out if the -e option is specified.

     view [-options] //[domain;][user[:password]@]server
             List resources available on the specified server for the user.

             The options are as follows:

             -A      authorize only.

             -N      don't prompt for a password.

             -G      allow guest access.

             -g      authorize with guest only.

             -a      authorize with anonymous only.

             -f      don't share session.

     identity [-N] //[domain;][user[:password]@]server
             Display the user's identity as known by the server for the
             authenticated session. Will not prompt for a password if the -N
             option is specified.

     dfs smb://[domain;][user[:password]@]server/DfsRoot[/DfsLink]
             Display the Dfs referrals for this URL for the authenticated
             session.

     statshares [-m mount_path | -a] [-f format]
             If -m is specified, it prints the attributes of the share mounted
             at mount_path.  If -a is specified, it prints the attributes of
             all mounted shares. You can not specify both -m and -a together
             since they are mutually exclusive.  -f controls the output
             format.  If -f is not specified then human readable format is
             used. Supported formats are: Json.

     multichannel [-m mount_path | -a] [-options] [-f format]
             If -m is specified, it prints the multichannel attributes of the
             share mounted at mount_path.  If -a is specified, it prints the
             multichannel attributes of all mounted shares. You can not
             specify both -m and -a together since they are mutually
             exclusive.  -f controls the output format.  If -f is not
             specified then human readable format is used. Supported formats
             are: Json.

             The options are as follows:

             -i      print information about the session.

             -c      print information about the client's interfaces.

             -s      print information about the server's interfaces.

             -x      print information about the established connection.

             If no option is given, then all options will be shown.

     snapshot [-m mount_path | -a] [-f format]
             If -m is specified, it prints out a list of snapshots for the
             item at the path of mount_path.  If -a is specified, it prints
             the snapshots of all mounted shares. You can not specify both -m
             and -a together since they are mutually exclusive.  -f controls
             the output format.  If -f is not specified then human readable
             format is used. Supported formats are: Json.

     smbstat [-f format] path_to_item
             List out various information about the file or dir located at
             path_to_item.  If -f is not specified then human readable format
             is used. Supported formats are: Json.

FILES
     nsmb.conf      Keeps static parameters for connections and other
                    information.  See man nsmb.conf for details.

AUTHORS
     Boris Popov ⟨bp@butya.kz⟩, ⟨bp@FreeBSD.org⟩

BUGS
     Please report any bugs to Apple.

macOS 15.2                     February 14, 2000                    macOS 15.2