TDBTOOL(8)

Name
tdbtool - manipulate the contents TDB files

Synopsis

tdbtool

tdbtool 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.

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.

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.

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 3.0.25 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.