SMBCLIENT(1)                                User Commands                               SMBCLIENT(1)

NAME
       smbclient - ftp-like client to access SMB/CIFS resources on servers

SYNOPSIS
       smbclient [-b <buffer size>] [-d debuglevel] [-e] [-L <netbios name>] [-U username]
        [-I destinationIP] [-M <netbios name>] [-m maxprotocol] [-A authfile] [-N] [-C] [-g]
        [-i scope] [-O <socket options>] [-p port] [-R <name resolve order>] [-s <smb config file>]
        [-t <per-operation timeout in seconds>] [-k] [-P] [-c <command>]

       smbclient {servicename} [password] [-b <buffer size>] [-d debuglevel] [-e] [-D Directory]
        [-U username] [-W workgroup] [-M <netbios name>] [-m maxprotocol] [-A authfile] [-N] [-C]
        [-g] [-l log-basename] [-I destinationIP] [-E] [-c <command string>] [-i scope]
        [-O <socket options>] [-p port] [-R <name resolve order>] [-s <smb config file>]
        [-t <per-operation timeout in seconds>] [-T<c|x>IXFqgbNan] [-k]

DESCRIPTION
       This tool is part of the samba(7) suite.

       smbclient is a client that can 'talk' to an SMB/CIFS server. It offers an interface similar
       to that of the ftp program (see ftp(1)). Operations include things like getting files from
       the server to the local machine, putting files from the local machine to the server,
       retrieving directory information from the server and so on.

OPTIONS
       servicename
           servicename is the name of the service you want to use on the server. A service name
           takes the form //server/service where server is the NetBIOS name of the SMB/CIFS server
           offering the desired service and service is the name of the service offered. Thus to
           connect to the service "printer" on the SMB/CIFS server "smbserver", you would use the
           servicename //smbserver/printer

           Note that the server name required is NOT necessarily the IP (DNS) host name of the
           server ! The name required is a NetBIOS server name, which may or may not be the same as
           the IP hostname of the machine running the server.

           The server name is looked up according to either the -R parameter to smbclient or using
           the name resolve order parameter in the smb.conf(5) file, allowing an administrator to
           change the order and methods by which server names are looked up.

       password
           The password required to access the specified service on the specified server. If this
           parameter is supplied, the -N option (suppress password prompt) is assumed.

           There is no default password. If no password is supplied on the command line (either by
           using this parameter or adding a password to the -U option (see below)) and the -N option
           is not specified, the client will prompt for a password, even if the desired service does
           not require one. (If no password is required, simply press ENTER to provide a null
           password.)

           Note: Some servers (including OS/2 and Windows for Workgroups) insist on an uppercase
           password. Lowercase or mixed case passwords may be rejected by these servers.

           Be cautious about including passwords in scripts.

       -R|--name-resolve <name resolve order>
           This option is used by the programs in the Samba suite to determine what naming services
           and in what order to resolve host names to IP addresses. The option takes a
           space-separated string of different name resolution options.

           The options are :"lmhosts", "host", "wins" and "bcast". They cause names to be resolved
           as follows:

                  ·   lmhosts: Lookup an IP address in the Samba lmhosts file. If the line in
                      lmhosts has no name type attached to the NetBIOS name (see the lmhosts(5) for
                      details) then any name type matches for lookup.

                  ·   host: Do a standard host name to IP address resolution, using the system
                      /etc/hosts, NIS, or DNS lookups. This method of name resolution is operating
                      system dependent, for instance on IRIX or Solaris this may be controlled by
                      the /etc/nsswitch.conf file). Note that this method is only used if the
                      NetBIOS name type being queried is the 0x20 (server) name type, otherwise it
                      is ignored.

                  ·   wins: Query a name with the IP address listed in the wins server parameter. If
                      no WINS server has been specified this method will be ignored.

                  ·   bcast: Do a broadcast on each of the known local interfaces listed in the
                      interfaces parameter. This is the least reliable of the name resolution
                      methods as it depends on the target host being on a locally connected subnet.

           If this parameter is not set then the name resolve order defined in the smb.conf(5) file
           parameter (name resolve order) will be used.

           The default order is lmhosts, host, wins, bcast and without this parameter or any entry
           in the name resolve order parameter of the smb.conf(5) file the name resolution methods
           will be attempted in this order.

       -M|--message NetBIOS name
           This options allows you to send messages, using the "WinPopup" protocol, to another
           computer. Once a connection is established you then type your message, pressing ^D
           (control-D) to end.

           If the receiving computer is running WinPopup the user will receive the message and
           probably a beep. If they are not running WinPopup the message will be lost, and no error
           message will occur.

           The message is also automatically truncated if the message is over 1600 bytes, as this is
           the limit of the protocol.

           One useful trick is to pipe the message through smbclient. For example: smbclient -M FRED
           < mymessage.txt will send the message in the file mymessage.txt to the machine FRED.

           You may also find the -U and -I options useful, as they allow you to control the FROM and
           TO parts of the message.

           See the message command parameter in the smb.conf(5) for a description of how to handle
           incoming WinPopup messages in Samba.

           Note: Copy WinPopup into the startup group on your WfWg PCs if you want them to always be
           able to receive messages.

       -p|--port port
           This number is the TCP port number that will be used when making connections to the
           server. The standard (well-known) TCP port number for an SMB/CIFS server is 139, which is
           the default.

       -g|--grepable
           This parameter provides combined with -L easy parseable output that allows processing
           with utilities such as grep and cut.

       -m|--max-protocol protocol
           This allows the user to select the highest SMB protocol level that smbclient will use to
           connect to the server. By default this is set to NT1, which is the highest available SMB1
           protocol. To connect using SMB2 or SMB3 protocol, use the strings SMB2 or SMB3
           respectively. Note that to connect to a Windows 2012 server with encrypted transport
           selecting a max-protocol of SMB3 is required.

       -P|--machine-pass
           Make queries to the external server using the machine account of the local server.

       -I|--ip-address IP-address
           IP address is the address of the server to connect to. It should be specified in standard
           "a.b.c.d" notation.

           Normally the client would attempt to locate a named SMB/CIFS server by looking it up via
           the NetBIOS name resolution mechanism described above in the name resolve order parameter
           above. Using this parameter will force the client to assume that the server is on the
           machine with the specified IP address and the NetBIOS name component of the resource
           being connected to will be ignored.

           There is no default for this parameter. If not supplied, it will be determined
           automatically by the client as described above.

       -E|--stderr
           This parameter causes the client to write messages to the standard error stream (stderr)
           rather than to the standard output stream.

           By default, the client writes messages to standard output - typically the user's tty.

       -L|--list
           This option allows you to look at what services are available on a server. You use it as
           smbclient -L host and a list should appear. The -I option may be useful if your NetBIOS
           names don't match your TCP/IP DNS host names or if you are trying to reach a host on
           another network.

       -b|--send-buffer buffersize
           When sending or receiving files, smbclient uses an internal buffer sized by the maximum
           number of allowed requests to the connected server. This command allows this size to be
           set to any range between 0 (which means use the default server controlled size) bytes and
           16776960 (0xFFFF00) bytes. Using the server controlled size is the most efficient as
           smbclient will pipeline as many simultaneous reads or writes needed to keep the server as
           busy as possible. Setting this to any other size will slow down the transfer. This can
           also be set using the iosize command inside smbclient.

       -B|--browse
           Browse SMB servers using DNS.

       -d|--debuglevel=level
           level is an integer from 0 to 10. The default value if this parameter is not specified is
           1.

           The higher this value, the more detail will be logged to the log files about the
           activities of the server. At level 0, only critical errors and serious warnings will be
           logged. Level 1 is a reasonable level for day-to-day running - it generates a small
           amount of information about operations carried out.

           Levels above 1 will generate considerable amounts of log data, and should only be used
           when investigating a problem. Levels above 3 are designed for use only by developers and
           generate HUGE amounts of log data, most of which is extremely cryptic.

           Note that specifying this parameter here will override the log level parameter in the
           smb.conf file.

       -V|--version
           Prints the program version number.

       -s|--configfile=<configuration file>
           The 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
           smb.conf for more information. The default configuration file name is determined at
           compile time.

       -l|--log-basename=logdirectory
           Base directory name for log/debug files. The extension ".progname" will be appended (e.g.
           log.smbclient, log.smbd, etc...). The log file is never removed by the client.

       --option=<name>=<value>
           Set the smb.conf(5) option "<name>" to value "<value>" from the command line. This
           overrides compiled-in defaults and options read from the configuration file.

       -N|--no-pass
           If specified, this parameter suppresses the normal password prompt from the client to the
           user. This is useful when accessing a service that does not require a password.

           Unless a password is specified on the command line or this parameter is specified, the
           client will request a password.

           If a password is specified on the command line and this option is also defined the
           password on the command line will be silently ingnored and no password will be used.

       -k|--kerberos
           Try to authenticate with kerberos. Only useful in an Active Directory environment.

       -C|--use-ccache
           Try to use the credentials cached by winbind.

       -A|--authentication-file=filename
           This option allows you to specify a file from which to read the username and password
           used in the connection. The format of the file is

               username = <value>
               password = <value>
               domain   = <value>

           Make certain that the permissions on the file restrict access from unwanted users.

       -U|--user=username[%password]
           Sets the SMB username or username and password.

           If %password is not specified, the user will be prompted. The client will first check the
           USER environment variable, then the LOGNAME variable and if either exists, the string is
           uppercased. If these environmental variables are not found, the username GUEST is used.

           A third option is to use a credentials file which contains the plaintext of the username
           and password. This option is mainly provided for scripts where the admin does not wish to
           pass the credentials on the command line or via environment variables. If this method is
           used, make certain that the permissions on the file restrict access from unwanted users.
           See the -A for more details.

           Be cautious about including passwords in scripts. Also, on many systems the command line
           of a running process may be seen via the ps command. To be safe always allow rpcclient to
           prompt for a password and type it in directly.

       -S|--signing on|off|required
           Set the client signing state.

       -P|--machine-pass
           Use stored machine account password.

       -e|--encrypt
           This command line parameter requires the remote server support the UNIX extensions or
           that the SMB3 protocol has been selected. Requests that the connection be encrypted.
           Negotiates SMB encryption using either SMB3 or POSIX extensions via GSSAPI. Uses the
           given credentials for the encryption negotiation (either kerberos or NTLMv1/v2 if given
           domain/username/password triple. Fails the connection if encryption cannot be negotiated.

       --pw-nt-hash
           The supplied password is the NT hash.

       -n|--netbiosname <primary NetBIOS name>
           This option allows you to override the NetBIOS name that Samba uses for itself. This is
           identical to setting the netbios name parameter in the smb.conf file. However, a command
           line setting will take precedence over settings in smb.conf.

       -i|--scope <scope>
           This specifies a NetBIOS scope that nmblookup will use to communicate with when
           generating NetBIOS names. For details on the use of NetBIOS scopes, see rfc1001.txt and
           rfc1002.txt. NetBIOS scopes are very rarely used, only set this parameter if you are the
           system administrator in charge of all the NetBIOS systems you communicate with.

       -W|--workgroup=domain
           Set the SMB domain of the username. This overrides the default domain which is the domain
           defined in smb.conf. If the domain specified is the same as the servers NetBIOS name, it
           causes the client to log on using the servers local SAM (as opposed to the Domain SAM).

       -O|--socket-options socket options
           TCP socket options to set on the client socket. See the socket options parameter in the
           smb.conf manual page for the list of valid options.

       -?|--help
           Print a summary of command line options.

       --usage
           Display brief usage message.

       -t|--timeout <timeout-seconds>
           This allows the user to tune the default timeout used for each SMB request. The default
           setting is 20 seconds. Increase it if requests to the server sometimes time out. This can
           happen when SMB3 encryption is selected and smbclient is overwhelming the server with
           requests. This can also be set using the timeout command inside smbclient.

       -T|--tar tar options
           smbclient may be used to create tar(1) compatible backups of all the files on an SMB/CIFS
           share. The secondary tar flags that can be given to this option are:

                  ·   c - Create a tar backup archive on the local system. Must be followed by the
                      name of a tar file, tape device or "-" for standard output. If using standard
                      output you must turn the log level to its lowest value -d0 to avoid corrupting
                      your tar file. This flag is mutually exclusive with the x flag.

                  ·   x - Extract (restore) a local tar file back to a share. Unless the -D option
                      is given, the tar files will be restored from the top level of the share. Must
                      be followed by the name of the tar file, device or "-" for standard input.
                      Mutually exclusive with the c flag. Restored files have their creation times
                      (mtime) set to the date saved in the tar file. Directories currently do not
                      get their creation dates restored properly.

                  ·   I - Include files and directories. Is the default behavior when filenames are
                      specified above. Causes files to be included in an extract or create (and
                      therefore everything else to be excluded). See example below. Filename
                      globbing works in one of two ways. See r below.

                  ·   X - Exclude files and directories. Causes files to be excluded from an extract
                      or create. See example below. Filename globbing works in one of two ways. See
                      r below.

                  ·   F - File containing a list of files and directories. The F causes the name
                      following the tarfile to create to be read as a filename that contains a list
                      of files and directories to be included in an extract or create (and therefore
                      everything else to be excluded). See example below. Filename globbing works in
                      one of two ways. See r below.

                  ·   b - Blocksize. Must be followed by a valid (greater than zero) blocksize.
                      Causes tar file to be written out in blocksize*TBLOCK (512 byte) blocks.

                  ·   g - Incremental. Only back up files that have the archive bit set. Useful only
                      with the c flag.

                  ·   q - Quiet. Keeps tar from printing diagnostics as it works. This is the same
                      as tarmode quiet.

                  ·   r - Use wildcard matching to include or exclude. Deprecated.

                  ·   N - Newer than. Must be followed by the name of a file whose date is compared
                      against files found on the share during a create. Only files newer than the
                      file specified are backed up to the tar file. Useful only with the c flag.

                  ·   a - Set archive bit. Causes the archive bit to be reset when a file is backed
                      up. Useful with the g and c flags.

           Tar Long File Names

           smbclient's tar option now supports long file names both on backup and restore. However,
           the full path name of the file must be less than 1024 bytes. Also, when a tar archive is
           created, smbclient's tar option places all files in the archive with relative names, not
           absolute names.

           Tar Filenames

           All file names can be given as DOS path names (with '\\' as the component separator) or
           as UNIX path names (with '/' as the component separator).

           Examples

           Restore from tar file backup.tar into myshare on mypc (no password on share).

           smbclient //mypc/myshare "" -N -Tx backup.tar

           Restore everything except users/docs

           smbclient //mypc/myshare "" -N -TXx backup.tar users/docs

           Create a tar file of the files beneath users/docs.

           smbclient //mypc/myshare "" -N -Tc backup.tar users/docs

           Create the same tar file as above, but now use a DOS path name.

           smbclient //mypc/myshare "" -N -Tc backup.tar users\edocs

           Create a tar file of the files listed in the file tarlist.

           smbclient //mypc/myshare "" -N -TcF backup.tar tarlist

           Create a tar file of all the files and directories in the share.

           smbclient //mypc/myshare "" -N -Tc backup.tar *

       -D|--directory initial directory
           Change to initial directory before starting. Probably only of any use with the tar -T
           option.

       -c|--command command string
           command string is a semicolon-separated list of commands to be executed instead of
           prompting from stdin.
            -N is implied by -c.

           This is particularly useful in scripts and for printing stdin to the server, e.g.  -c
           'print -'.

OPERATIONS
       Once the client is running, the user is presented with a prompt :

       smb:\>

       The backslash ("\\") indicates the current working directory on the server, and will change
       if the current working directory is changed.

       The prompt indicates that the client is ready and waiting to carry out a user command. Each
       command is a single word, optionally followed by parameters specific to that command. Command
       and parameters are space-delimited unless these notes specifically state otherwise. All
       commands are case-insensitive. Parameters to commands may or may not be case sensitive,
       depending on the command.

       You can specify file names which have spaces in them by quoting the name with double quotes,
       for example "a long file name".

       Parameters shown in square brackets (e.g., "[parameter]") are optional. If not given, the
       command will use suitable defaults. Parameters shown in angle brackets (e.g., "<parameter>")
       are required.

       Note that all commands operating on the server are actually performed by issuing a request to
       the server. Thus the behavior may vary from server to server, depending on how the server was
       implemented.

       The commands available are given here in alphabetical order.

       ? [command]
           If command is specified, the ? command will display a brief informative message about the
           specified command. If no command is specified, a list of available commands will be
           displayed.

       ! [shell command]
           If shell command is specified, the ! command will execute a shell locally and run the
           specified shell command. If no command is specified, a local shell will be run.

       allinfo file
           The client will request that the server return all known information about a file or
           directory (including streams).

       altname file
           The client will request that the server return the "alternate" name (the 8.3 name) for a
           file or directory.

       archive <number>
           Sets the archive level when operating on files. 0 means ignore the archive bit, 1 means
           only operate on files with this bit set, 2 means only operate on files with this bit set
           and reset it after operation, 3 means operate on all files and reset it after operation.
           The default is 0.

       backup
           Toggle the state of the "backup intent" flag sent to the server on directory listings and
           file opens. If the "backup intent" flag is true, the server will try and bypass some file
           system checks if the user has been granted SE_BACKUP or SE_RESTORE privileges. This state
           is useful when performing a backup or restore operation.

       blocksize <number>
           Sets the blocksize parameter for a tar operation. The default is 20. Causes tar file to
           be written out in blocksize*TBLOCK (normally 512 byte) units.

       cancel jobid0 [jobid1] ... [jobidN]
           The client will request that the server cancel the printjobs identified by the given
           numeric print job ids.

       case_sensitive
           Toggles the setting of the flag in SMB packets that tells the server to treat filenames
           as case sensitive. Set to OFF by default (tells file server to treat filenames as case
           insensitive). Only currently affects Samba 3.0.5 and above file servers with the case
           sensitive parameter set to auto in the smb.conf.

       cd <directory name>
           If "directory name" is specified, the current working directory on the server will be
           changed to the directory specified. This operation will fail if for any reason the
           specified directory is inaccessible.

           If no directory name is specified, the current working directory on the server will be
           reported.

       chmod file mode in octal
           This command depends on the server supporting the CIFS UNIX extensions and will fail if
           the server does not. The client requests that the server change the UNIX permissions to
           the given octal mode, in standard UNIX format.

       chown file uid gid
           This command depends on the server supporting the CIFS UNIX extensions and will fail if
           the server does not. The client requests that the server change the UNIX user and group
           ownership to the given decimal values. Note there is currently no way to remotely look up
           the UNIX uid and gid values for a given name. This may be addressed in future versions of
           the CIFS UNIX extensions.

       close <fileid>
           Closes a file explicitly opened by the open command. Used for internal Samba testing
           purposes.

       del <mask>
           The client will request that the server attempt to delete all files matching mask from
           the current working directory on the server.

       deltree <mask>
           The client will request that the server attempt to delete all files and directories
           matching mask from the current working directory on the server. Note this will
           recursively delete files and directories within the directories selected even without the
           recurse command being set. If any of the delete requests fail the command will stop
           processing at that point, leaving files and directories not yet processed untouched. This
           is by design.

       dir <mask>
           A list of the files matching mask in the current working directory on the server will be
           retrieved from the server and displayed.

       du <filename>
           Does a directory listing and then prints out the current disk usage and free space on a
           share.

       echo <number> <data>
           Does an SMBecho request to ping the server. Used for internal Samba testing purposes.

       exit
           Terminate the connection with the server and exit from the program.

       get <remote file name> [local file name]
           Copy the file called remote file name from the server to the machine running the client.
           If specified, name the local copy local file name. Note that all transfers in smbclient
           are binary. See also the lowercase command.

       getfacl <filename>
           Requires the server support the UNIX extensions. Requests and prints the POSIX ACL on a
           file.

       hardlink <src> <dest>
           Creates a hardlink on the server using Windows CIFS semantics.

       help [command]
           See the ? command above.

       history
           Displays the command history.

       iosize <bytes>
           When sending or receiving files, smbclient uses an internal buffer sized by the maximum
           number of allowed requests to the connected server. This command allows this size to be
           set to any range between 0 (which means use the default server controlled size) bytes and
           16776960 (0xFFFF00) bytes. Using the server controlled size is the most efficient as
           smbclient will pipeline as many simultaneous reads or writes needed to keep the server as
           busy as possible. Setting this to any other size will slow down the transfer.

       lcd [directory name]
           If directory name is specified, the current working directory on the local machine will
           be changed to the directory specified. This operation will fail if for any reason the
           specified directory is inaccessible.

           If no directory name is specified, the name of the current working directory on the local
           machine will be reported.

       link target linkname
           This command depends on the server supporting the CIFS UNIX extensions and will fail if
           the server does not. The client requests that the server create a hard link between the
           linkname and target files. The linkname file must not exist.

       listconnect
           Show the current connections held for DFS purposes.

       lock <filenum> <r|w> <hex-start> <hex-len>
           This command depends on the server supporting the CIFS UNIX extensions and will fail if
           the server does not. Tries to set a POSIX fcntl lock of the given type on the given
           range. Used for internal Samba testing purposes.

       logon <username> <password>
           Establishes a new vuid for this session by logging on again. Replaces the current vuid.
           Prints out the new vuid. Used for internal Samba testing purposes.

       logoff
           Logs the user off the server, closing the session. Used for internal Samba testing
           purposes.

       lowercase
           Toggle lowercasing of filenames for the get and mget commands.

           When lowercasing is toggled ON, local filenames are converted to lowercase when using the
           get and mget commands. This is often useful when copying (say) MSDOS files from a server,
           because lowercase filenames are the norm on UNIX systems.

       ls <mask>
           See the dir command above.

       mask <mask>
           This command allows the user to set up a mask which will be used during recursive
           operation of the mget and mput commands.

           The masks specified to the mget and mput commands act as filters for directories rather
           than files when recursion is toggled ON.

           The mask specified with the mask command is necessary to filter files within those
           directories. For example, if the mask specified in an mget command is "source*" and the
           mask specified with the mask command is "*.c" and recursion is toggled ON, the mget
           command will retrieve all files matching "*.c" in all directories below and including all
           directories matching "source*" in the current working directory.

           Note that the value for mask defaults to blank (equivalent to "*") and remains so until
           the mask command is used to change it. It retains the most recently specified value
           indefinitely. To avoid unexpected results it would be wise to change the value of mask
           back to "*" after using the mget or mput commands.

       md <directory name>
           See the mkdir command.

       mget <mask>
           Copy all files matching mask from the server to the machine running the client.

           Note that mask is interpreted differently during recursive operation and non-recursive
           operation - refer to the recurse and mask commands for more information. Note that all
           transfers in smbclient are binary. See also the lowercase command.

       mkdir <directory name>
           Create a new directory on the server (user access privileges permitting) with the
           specified name.

       more <file name>
           Fetch a remote file and view it with the contents of your PAGER environment variable.

       mput <mask>
           Copy all files matching mask in the current working directory on the local machine to the
           current working directory on the server.

           Note that mask is interpreted differently during recursive operation and non-recursive
           operation - refer to the recurse and mask commands for more information. Note that all
           transfers in smbclient are binary.

       notify <dir name>
           Query a directory for change notifications. This command issues a recursive
           filechangenotify call for all possible changes. As changes come in will print one line
           per change. See https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn392331.aspx for a description
           of the action numbers that this command prints.

           This command never ends, it waits for event indefinitely.

       posix
           Query the remote server to see if it supports the CIFS UNIX extensions and prints out the
           list of capabilities supported. If so, turn on POSIX pathname processing and large file
           read/writes (if available),.

       posix_encrypt <domain> <username> <password>
           This command depends on the server supporting the CIFS UNIX extensions and will fail if
           the server does not. Attempt to negotiate SMB encryption on this connection. If smbclient
           connected with kerberos credentials (-k) the arguments to this command are ignored and
           the kerberos credentials are used to negotiate GSSAPI signing and sealing instead. See
           also the -e option to smbclient to force encryption on initial connection. This command
           is new with Samba 3.2.

       posix_open <filename> <octal mode>
           This command depends on the server supporting the CIFS UNIX extensions and will fail if
           the server does not. Opens a remote file using the CIFS UNIX extensions and prints a
           fileid. Used for internal Samba testing purposes.

       posix_mkdir <directoryname> <octal mode>
           This command depends on the server supporting the CIFS UNIX extensions and will fail if
           the server does not. Creates a remote directory using the CIFS UNIX extensions with the
           given mode.

       posix_rmdir <directoryname>
           This command depends on the server supporting the CIFS UNIX extensions and will fail if
           the server does not. Deletes a remote directory using the CIFS UNIX extensions.

       posix_unlink <filename>
           This command depends on the server supporting the CIFS UNIX extensions and will fail if
           the server does not. Deletes a remote file using the CIFS UNIX extensions.

       posix_whoami
           Query the remote server for the user token using the CIFS UNIX extensions WHOAMI call.
           Prints out the guest status, user, group, group list and sid list that the remote server
           is using on behalf of the logged on user.

       print <file name>
           Print the specified file from the local machine through a printable service on the
           server.

       prompt
           Toggle prompting for filenames during operation of the mget and mput commands.

           When toggled ON, the user will be prompted to confirm the transfer of each file during
           these commands. When toggled OFF, all specified files will be transferred without
           prompting.

       put <local file name> [remote file name]
           Copy the file called local file name from the machine running the client to the server.
           If specified, name the remote copy remote file name. Note that all transfers in smbclient
           are binary. See also the lowercase command.

       queue
           Displays the print queue, showing the job id, name, size and current status.

       quit
           See the exit command.

       readlink symlinkname
           This command depends on the server supporting the CIFS UNIX extensions and will fail if
           the server does not. Print the value of the symlink "symlinkname".

       rd <directory name>
           See the rmdir command.

       recurse
           Toggle directory recursion for the commands mget and mput.

           When toggled ON, these commands will process all directories in the source directory
           (i.e., the directory they are copying from ) and will recurse into any that match the
           mask specified to the command. Only files that match the mask specified using the mask
           command will be retrieved. See also the mask command.

           When recursion is toggled OFF, only files from the current working directory on the
           source machine that match the mask specified to the mget or mput commands will be copied,
           and any mask specified using the mask command will be ignored.

       rename <old filename> <new filename> [-f]
           Rename files in the current working directory on the server from old filename to new
           filename. The optional -f switch allows for superseding the destination file, if it
           exists. This is supported by NT1 protocol dialect and SMB2 protocol family.

       rm <mask>
           Remove all files matching mask from the current working directory on the server.

       rmdir <directory name>
           Remove the specified directory (user access privileges permitting) from the server.

       scopy <source filename> <destination filename>
           Attempt to copy a file on the server using the most efficient server-side copy calls.
           Falls back to using read then write if server doesn't support server-side copy.

       setmode <filename> <perm=[+|\-]rsha>
           A version of the DOS attrib command to set file permissions. For example:

           setmode myfile +r

           would make myfile read only.

       showconnect
           Show the currently active connection held for DFS purposes.

       stat file
           This command depends on the server supporting the CIFS UNIX extensions and will fail if
           the server does not. The client requests the UNIX basic info level and prints out the
           same info that the Linux stat command would about the file. This includes the size,
           blocks used on disk, file type, permissions, inode number, number of links and finally
           the three timestamps (access, modify and change). If the file is a special file (symlink,
           character or block device, fifo or socket) then extra information may also be printed.

       symlink target linkname
           This command depends on the server supporting the CIFS UNIX extensions and will fail if
           the server does not. The client requests that the server create a symbolic hard link
           between the target and linkname files. The linkname file must not exist. Note that the
           server will not create a link to any path that lies outside the currently connected
           share. This is enforced by the Samba server.

       tar <c|x>[IXbgNa]
           Performs a tar operation - see the -T command line option above. Behavior may be affected
           by the tarmode command (see below). Using g (incremental) and N (newer) will affect
           tarmode settings. Note that using the "-" option with tar x may not work - use the
           command line option instead.

       blocksize <blocksize>
           Blocksize. Must be followed by a valid (greater than zero) blocksize. Causes tar file to
           be written out in blocksize*TBLOCK (512 byte) blocks.

       tarmode <full|inc|reset|noreset|system|nosystem|hidden|nohidden>
           Changes tar's behavior with regard to DOS attributes. There are 4 modes which can be
           turned on or off.

           Incremental mode (default off). When off (using full) tar will back up everything
           regardless of the archive bit setting. When on (using inc), tar will only back up files
           with the archive bit set.

           Reset mode (default off). When on (using reset), tar will remove the archive bit on all
           files it backs up (implies read/write share). Use noreset to turn off.

           System mode (default on). When off, tar will not backup system files. Use nosystem to
           turn off.

           Hidden mode (default on). When off, tar will not backup hidden files. Use nohidden to
           turn off.

       timeout <per-operation timeout in seconds>
           This allows the user to tune the default timeout used for each SMB request. The default
           setting is 20 seconds. Increase it if requests to the server sometimes time out. This can
           happen when SMB3 encryption is selected and smbclient is overwhelming the server with
           requests.

       unlock <filenum> <hex-start> <hex-len>
           This command depends on the server supporting the CIFS UNIX extensions and will fail if
           the server does not. Tries to unlock a POSIX fcntl lock on the given range. Used for
           internal Samba testing purposes.

       volume
           Prints the current volume name of the share.

       vuid <number>
           Changes the currently used vuid in the protocol to the given arbitrary number. Without an
           argument prints out the current vuid being used. Used for internal Samba testing
           purposes.

       tcon <sharename>
           Establishes a new tree connect (connection to a share). Replaces the current tree
           connect. Prints the new tid (tree id). Used for internal Samba testing purposes.

       tdis
           Close the current share connection (tree disconnect). Used for internal Samba testing
           purposes.

       tid <number>
           Changes the current tree id (tid) in the protocol to a new arbitrary number. Without an
           argument, it prints out the tid currently used. Used for internal Samba testing purposes.

       utimes <filename> <create time> <access time> <write time> < change time>
           Changes the timestamps on a file by name. Times should be specified in the format
           YY:MM:DD-HH:MM:SS or -1 for no change.