rpcclient — tool for executing client side MS-RPC functions
rpcclient
[-A authfile] [-c <command string>] [-d debuglevel] [-h] [-l logdir] [-N] [-s <smb config file>] [-U username[%password]] [-W workgroup] [-N] [-I destinationIP] {server}
This tool is part of the samba(7) suite.
rpcclient
is a utility initially developed
to test MS-RPC functionality in Samba itself. It has undergone
several stages of development and stability. Many system administrators
have now written scripts around it to manage Windows NT clients from
their UNIX workstation.
NetBIOS name of Server to which to connect. The server can be any SMB/CIFS server. The name is resolved using the name resolve order line from smb.conf(5).
execute semicolon separated commands (listed below))
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.
Query info policy
Resolve a list of SIDs to usernames.
Resolve a list of usernames to SIDs.
Enumerate trusted domains
Enumerate privileges
Get the privilege name
Enumerate the LSA SIDS
Enumerate the privileges of an SID
Enumerate the rights of an SID
Enumerate accounts with a right
Add rights to an account
Remove rights from an account
Get a privilege value given its name
Query LSA security object
Get Primary Domain Information
DFS
Query DFS support
Add a DFS share
Remove a DFS share
Query DFS share info
Enumerate dfs shares
Server query info
Enumerate shares
Enumerate open files
Fetch remote time of day
Query user info
Query group info
Query user groups
Query group membership
Query alias membership
Query display info
Query domain info
Enumerate domain users
Enumerate domain groups
Enumerate alias groups
Create domain user
Look up names
Look up names
Delete domain user
Query SAMR security object
Retrieve domain password info
Look up domain
Execute an AddPrinterDriver() RPC to install the printer driver
information on the server. Note that the driver files should
already exist in the directory returned by
getdriverdir
. Possible values for
arch
are the same as those for
the getdriverdir
command.
The config
parameter is defined as
follows:
Long Printer Name:\ Driver File Name:\ Data File Name:\ Config File Name:\ Help File Name:\ Language Monitor Name:\ Default Data Type:\ Comma Separated list of Files
Any empty fields should be enter as the string "NULL".
Samba does not need to support the concept of Print Monitors since these only apply to local printers whose driver can make use of a bi-directional link for communication. This field should be "NULL". On a remote NT print server, the Print Monitor for a driver must already be installed prior to adding the driver or else the RPC will fail.
The version
parameter lets you
specify the printer driver version number. If omitted, the
default driver version for the specified architecture will
be used. This option can be used to upload Windows 2000
(version 3) printer drivers.
Add a printer on the remote server. This printer
will be automatically shared. Be aware that the printer driver
must already be installed on the server (see adddriver
)
and the port
must be a valid port name (see
enumports
.
Delete the specified printer driver for all architectures. This does not delete the actual driver files from the server, only the entry from the server's list of drivers.
Delete the specified printer driver including driver files. You can limit this action to a specific architecture and a specific version. If no architecure is given, all driver files of that driver will be deleted.
Enumerate all printer setting data stored on the server. On Windows NT clients, these values are stored in the registry, while Samba servers store them in the printers TDB. This command corresponds to the MS Platform SDK GetPrinterData() function (* This command is currently unimplemented).
Enumerate printer data for a key
List the jobs and status of a given printer. This command corresponds to the MS Platform SDK EnumJobs() function
Enumerate printer keys
Executes an EnumPorts() call using the specified info level. Currently only info levels 1 and 2 are supported.
Execute an EnumPrinterDrivers() call. This lists the various installed printer drivers for all architectures. Refer to the MS Platform SDK documentation for more details of the various flags and calling options. Currently supported info levels are 1, 2, and 3.
Execute an EnumPrinters() call. This lists the various installed and share printers. Refer to the MS Platform SDK documentation for more details of the various flags and calling options. Currently supported info levels are 1, 2 and 5.
Retrieve the data for a given printer setting. See
the enumdata
command for more information.
This command corresponds to the GetPrinterData() MS Platform
SDK function.
Get printer driver data with keyname
Retrieve the printer driver information (such as driver file, config file, dependent files, etc...) for the given printer. This command corresponds to the GetPrinterDriver() MS Platform SDK function. Currently info level 1, 2, and 3 are supported.
Execute a GetPrinterDriverDirectory()
RPC to retrieve the SMB share name and subdirectory for
storing printer driver files for a given architecture. Possible
values for arch
are "Windows 4.0"
(for Windows 95/98), "Windows NT x86", "Windows NT PowerPC", "Windows
Alpha_AXP", and "Windows NT R4000".
Retrieve the current printer information. This command corresponds to the GetPrinter() MS Platform SDK function.
Get print processor directory
Execute an OpenPrinterEx() and ClosePrinter() RPC against a given printer.
Execute a SetPrinter() command to update the printer driver associated with an installed printer. The printer driver must already be correctly installed on the print server.
See also the enumprinters
and
enumdrivers
commands for obtaining a list of
of installed printers and drivers.
Add form
Set form
Get form
Delete form
Enumerate form
Set printer comment
Set REG_SZ printer data
Set printer name
Rffpcnex test
rpcclient
is designed as a developer testing tool
and may not be robust in certain areas (such as command line parsing).
It has been known to generate a core dump upon failures when invalid
parameters where passed to the interpreter.
From Luke Leighton's original rpcclient man page:
WARNING! The MSRPC over SMB code has been developed from examining Network traces. No documentation is available from the original creators (Microsoft) on how MSRPC over SMB works, or how the individual MSRPC services work. Microsoft's implementation of these services has been demonstrated (and reported) to be... a bit flaky in places.
The development of Samba's implementation is also a bit rough, and as more of the services are understood, it can even result in versions of smbd(8) and rpcclient(1) that are incompatible for some commands or services. Additionally, the developers are sending reports to Microsoft, and problems found or reported to Microsoft are fixed in Service Packs, which may result in incompatibilities.
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.
The original rpcclient man page was written by Matthew Geddes, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton, and rewritten by Gerald Carter. 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.