TDBTOOL(8) System Administration tools TDBTOOL(8)
NAME
tdbtool - manipulate the contents TDB files
SYNOPSIS
tdbtool
tdbtool [-l] TDBFILE [COMMANDS...]
DESCRIPTION
This tool is part of the samba(1) suite.
tdbtool a tool for displaying and altering the contents of Samba TDB
(Trivial DataBase) files. Each of the commands listed below can be
entered interactively or provided on the command line.
OPTIONS
-l
This options disables any locking, by passing TDB_NOLOCK to
tdb_open_ex(). Only use this for database files which are not used
by any other process! And also only if it is otherwise not possible
to open the database, e.g. databases which were created with mutex
locking.
COMMANDS
create TDBFILE
Create a new database named TDBFILE.
open TDBFILE
Open an existing database named TDBFILE.
erase
Erase the current database.
dump
Dump the current database as strings.
cdump
Dump the current database as connection records.
keys
Dump the current database keys as strings.
hexkeys
Dump the current database keys as hex values.
info
Print summary information about the current database.
insert KEY DATA
Insert a record into the current database.
move KEY TDBFILE
Move a record from the current database into TDBFILE.
store KEY DATA
Store (replace) a record in the current database.
storehex KEY DATA
Store (replace) a record in the current database where key and data
are in hex format.
show KEY
Show a record by key.
delete KEY
Delete a record by key.
list
Print the current database hash table and free list.
free
Print the current database and free list.
! COMMAND
Execute the given system command.
first
Print the first record in the current database.
next
Print the next record in the current database.
check
Check the integrity of the current database.
repack
Repack a database using a temporary file to remove fragmentation.
quit
Exit tdbtool.
CAVEATS
The contents of the Samba TDB files are private to the implementation
and should not be altered with tdbtool.
VERSION
This man page is correct for version 3.6 of the Samba suite.
AUTHOR
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.
Samba 4.0 2015-04-25 TDBTOOL(8)
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