RPCCLIENT(1)

NAME
rpcclient - tool for executing client side MS-RPC functions

SYNOPSIS

rpcclient [-c|--command=COMMANDS] [-I|--dest-ip=IP] [-p|--port=PORT] [-?|--help] [--usage] [-d|--debuglevel=DEBUGLEVEL] [--debug-stdout] [--configfile=CONFIGFILE] [--option=name=value] [-l|--log-basename=LOGFILEBASE] [--leak-report] [--leak-report-full] [-R|--name-resolve=NAME-RESOLVE-ORDER] [-O|--socket-options=SOCKETOPTIONS] [-m|--max-protocol=MAXPROTOCOL] [-n|--netbiosname=NETBIOSNAME] [--netbios-scope=SCOPE] [-W|--workgroup=WORKGROUP] [--realm=REALM] [-U|--user=[DOMAIN/]USERNAME[%PASSWORD]] [-N|--no-pass] [--password=STRING] [--pw-nt-hash] [-A|--authentication-file=FILE] [-P|--machine-pass] [--simple-bind-dn=DN] [--use-kerberos=desired|required|off] [--use-krb5-ccache=CCACHE] [--use-winbind-ccache] [--client-protection=sign|encrypt|off] [-V|--version] {BINDING-STRING|HOST}

DESCRIPTION

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.

OPTIONS

BINDING-STRING|HOST
    When connecting to a dcerpc service you need to specify a binding string.

    The format is:

    TRANSPORT:host[options]

    where TRANSPORT is either ncacn_np (named pipes) for SMB or ncacn_ip_tcp for DCERPC over TCP/IP.

    "host" is an IP or hostname or netbios name. If the binding string identifies the server side of an endpoint, "host" may be an empty string. See below for more details.

    "options" can include a SMB pipe name if using the ncacn_np transport or a TCP port number if using the ncacn_ip_tcp transport, otherwise they will be auto-determined.

    Examples:

            • ncacn_ip_tcp:samba.example.com[1024]

            • ncacn_ip_tcp:samba.example.com[sign,seal,krb5]

            • ncacn_ip_tcp:samba.example.com[sign,spnego]

            • ncacn_np:samba.example.com

            • ncacn_np:samba.example.com[samr]

            • ncacn_np:samba.example.com[samr,sign,print]

            • ncalrpc:/path/to/unix/socket

            • //SAMBA

    The supported transports are:

            • ncacn_np - Connect using named pipes

            • ncacn_ip_tcp - Connect over TCP/IP

            • ncalrpc - Connect over local RPC (unix sockets)

    The supported options are:

            • sign - Use RPC integrity authentication level

            • seal - Enable RPC privacy (encryption) authentication level

            • connect - Use RPC connect level authentication (auth, but no sign or seal)

            • packet - Use RPC packet authentication level

            • spnego - Use SPNEGO instead of NTLMSSP authentication

            • ntlm - Use plain NTLM instead of SPNEGO or NTLMSSP

            • krb5 - Use Kerberos instead of NTLMSSP authentication

            • schannel - Create a schannel connection

            • smb1 - Use SMB1 for named pipes

            • smb2 - Use SMB2/3 for named pipes

            • validate - Enable the NDR validator

            • print - Enable debug output of packets

            • padcheck - Check reply data for non-zero pad bytes

            • bigendian - Use big endian for RPC

            • ndr64 - Use NDR64 for RPC

-c|--command=<command string>
    Execute semicolon separated commands (listed below)

-I|--dest-ip 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.

-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.

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

--usage
    Display brief usage message.

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

    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 /opt/local/etc/samba/smb.conf file.

--debug-stdout
    This will redirect debug output to STDOUT. By default all clients are logging to STDERR.

--configfile=<configuration file>
    The file specified contains the configuration details required by the client. The information in this file can be general for client and server or only provide client specific like options such as client smb encrypt. See /opt/local/etc/samba/smb.conf for more information. The default configuration file name is determined at compile time.

--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. If a name or a value includes a space, wrap whole --option=name=value into quotes.

-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.

--leak-report
    Enable talloc leak reporting on exit.

--leak-report-full
    Enable full talloc leak reporting on exit.

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

-R|--name-resolve=NAME-RESOLVE-ORDER
    This option is used 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 best is to wrap the whole --name-resolve=NAME-RESOLVE-ORDER into quotes.

    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 /opt/local/etc/samba/smb.conf file parameter (name resolve order) will be used.

    The default order is lmhosts, host, wins, bcast. Without this parameter or any entry in the name resolve order parameter of the /opt/local/etc/samba/smb.conf file, the name resolution methods will be attempted in this order.

-O|--socket-options=SOCKETOPTIONS
    TCP socket options to set on the client socket. See the socket options parameter in the /opt/local/etc/samba/smb.conf manual page for the list of valid options.

-m|--max-protocol=MAXPROTOCOL
    The value of the parameter (a string) is the highest protocol level that will be supported by the client.

    Note that specifying this parameter here will override the client max protocol parameter in the /opt/local/etc/samba/smb.conf file.

-n|--netbiosname=NETBIOSNAME
    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 /opt/local/etc/samba/smb.conf file. However, a command line setting will take precedence over settings in /opt/local/etc/samba/smb.conf.

--netbios-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=WORKGROUP
    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).

    Note that specifying this parameter here will override the workgroup parameter in the /opt/local/etc/samba/smb.conf file.

-r|--realm=REALM
    Set the realm for the domain.

    Note that specifying this parameter here will override the realm parameter in the /opt/local/etc/samba/smb.conf file.

-U|--user=[DOMAIN\]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 (which is also permitted to also contain the password separated by a %), then the LOGNAME variable (which is not permitted to contain a password) and if either exists, the value is used. If these environmental variables are not found, the username found in a Kerberos Credentials cache may be 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 or passing user-supplied values onto the command line. For security it is better to let the Samba client tool ask for the password if needed, or obtain the password once with kinit.

    While Samba will attempt to scrub the password from the process title (as seen in ps), this is after startup and so is subject to a race.

-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 ignored and no password will be used.

--password
    Specify the password on the commandline.

    Be cautious about including passwords in scripts or passing user-supplied values onto the command line. For security it is better to let the Samba client tool ask for the password if needed, or obtain the password once with kinit.

    If --password is not specified, the tool will check the PASSWD environment variable, followed by PASSWD_FD which is expected to contain an open file descriptor (FD) number.

    Finally it will check PASSWD_FILE (containing a file path to be opened). The file should only contain the password. Make certain that the permissions on the file restrict access from unwanted users!

    While Samba will attempt to scrub the password from the process title (as seen in ps), this is after startup and so is subject to a race.

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

-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!

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

--simple-bind-dn=DN
    DN to use for a simple bind.

--use-kerberos=desired|required|off
    This parameter determines whether Samba client tools will try to authenticate using Kerberos. For Kerberos authentication you should use DNS names instead of IP addresses when connecting to a service. By default Samba client tools will try to use the default Kerberos credential cache (ccache). In case the ccache does not exist or -U|--user option was specified, clients will ask to enter a password and will obtain a Kerberos ticket (kinit) for you. If you want to use an alternative Kerberos credentical cache, use the --use-krb5-ccache option.

    Note that specifying this parameter here will override the client use kerberos parameter in the /opt/local/etc/samba/smb.conf file.

--use-krb5-ccache=CCACHE
    Specifies the credential cache location for Kerberos authentication.

    This will enforce --use-kerberos=required.

--use-winbind-ccache
    Try to use the credential cache by winbind.

--client-protection=sign|encrypt|off
    Sets the connection protection the client tool should use.

    Note that specifying this parameter here will override the client protection parameter in the /opt/local/etc/samba/smb.conf file.

    In case you need more fine grained control you can use: --option=clientsmbencrypt=OPTION, --option=clientipcsigning=OPTION, --option=clientsigning=OPTION.

COMMANDS

  LSARPC

lsaquery
    Query info policy

lookupsids
    Convert SIDs to names

lookupsids3
    Convert SIDs to names

lookupsids_level
    Convert SIDs to names

lookupnames
    Convert names to SIDs

lookupnames4
    Convert names to SIDs

lookupnames_level
    Convert names to SIDs

enumtrust
    Enumerate trusted domains

enumprivs
    Enumerate privileges

getdispname
    Get the privilege name

lsaenumsid
    Enumerate the LSA SIDS

lsacreateaccount
    Create a new lsa account

lsaenumprivsaccount
    Enumerate the privileges of an SID

lsaenumacctrights
    Enumerate the rights of an SID

lsaaddpriv
    Assign a privilege to a SID

lsadelpriv
    Revoke a privilege from a SID

lsaaddacctrights
    Add rights to an account

lsaremoveacctrights
    Remove rights from an account

lsalookupprivvalue
    Get a privilege value given its name

lsaquerysecobj
    Query LSA security object

lsaquerytrustdominfo
    Query LSA trusted domains info (given a SID)

lsaquerytrustdominfobyname
    Query LSA trusted domains info (given a name), only works for Windows > 2k

lsaquerytrustdominfobysid
    Query LSA trusted domains info (given a SID)

lsasettrustdominfo
    Set LSA trusted domain info

getusername
    Get username

createsecret
    Create Secret

deletesecret
    Delete Secret

querysecret
    Query Secret

setsecret
    Set Secret

retrieveprivatedata
    Retrieve Private Data

storeprivatedata
    Store Private Data

createtrustdom
    Create Trusted Domain

deletetrustdom
    Delete Trusted Domain

  LSARPC-DS

dsroledominfo
    Get Primary Domain Information

  DFS

dfsversion
    Query DFS support

dfsadd
    Add a DFS share

dfsremove
    Remove a DFS share

dfsgetinfo
    Query DFS share info

dfsenum
    Enumerate dfs shares

dfsenumex
    Enumerate dfs shares

  SHUTDOWN

shutdowninit
    syntax: shutdown [-m message]

shutdownabort
    syntax: shutdownabort

  SRVSVC

srvinfo
    Server query info

netshareenum
    Enumerate shares

netshareenumall
    Enumerate all shares

netsharegetinfo
    Get Share Info

netsharesetinfo
    Set Share Info

netsharesetdfsflags
    Set DFS flags

netfileenum
    Enumerate open files

netremotetod
    Fetch remote time of day

netnamevalidate
    Validate sharename

netfilegetsec
    Get File security

netsessdel
    Delete Session

netsessenum
    Enumerate Sessions

netdiskenum
    Enumerate Disks

netconnenum
    Enumerate Connections

netshareadd
    Add share

netsharedel
    Delete share

  SAMR

queryuser
    Query user info

querygroup
    Query group info

queryusergroups
    Query user groups

queryuseraliases
    Query user aliases

querygroupmem
    Query group membership

queryaliasmem
    Query alias membership

queryaliasinfo
    Query alias info

deletealias
    Delete an alias

querydispinfo
    Query display info

querydispinfo2
    Query display info

querydispinfo3
    Query display info

querydominfo
    Query domain info

enumdomusers
    Enumerate domain users

enumdomgroups
    Enumerate domain groups

enumalsgroups
    Enumerate alias groups

enumdomains
    Enumerate domains

createdomuser
    Create domain user

createdomgroup
    Create domain group

createdomalias
    Create domain alias

samlookupnames
    Look up names

samlookuprids
    Look up names

deletedomgroup
    Delete domain group

deletedomuser
    Delete domain user

samquerysecobj
    Query SAMR security object

getdompwinfo
    Retrieve domain password info

getusrdompwinfo
    Retrieve user domain password info

lookupdomain
    Lookup Domain Name

chgpasswd
    Change user password

chgpasswd2
    Change user password

chgpasswd3
    Change user password (RC4 encrypted)

chgpasswd4
    Change user password (AES encrypted)

getdispinfoidx
    Get Display Information Index

setuserinfo
    Set user info

setuserinfo2
    Set user info2

  SPOOLSS

adddriver <arch> <config> [<version>]
    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 Driver 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.

addprinter <printername> <sharename> <drivername> <port>
    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 portmust be a valid port name (see enumports.

deldriver <driver>
    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.

deldriverex <driver> [architecture] [version] [flags]
    Delete the specified printer driver and optionally files associated with the driver. You can limit this action to a specific architecture and a specific version. If no architecture is given, all driver files of that driver will be deleted. flags correspond to numeric DPD_* values, i.e. a value of 3 requests (DPD_DELETE_UNUSED_FILES | DPD_DELETE_SPECIFIC_VERSION).

enumdata
    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).

enumdataex
    Enumerate printer data for a key

enumkey
    Enumerate printer keys

enumjobs <printer>
    List the jobs and status of a given printer. This command corresponds to the MS Platform SDK EnumJobs() function

getjob
    Get print job

setjob
    Set print job

enumports [level]
    Executes an EnumPorts() call using the specified info level. Currently only info levels 1 and 2 are supported.

enumdrivers [level]
    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.

enumprinters [level]
    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.

getdata <printername> <valuename;>
    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.

getdataex
    Get printer driver data with keyname

getdriver <printername>
    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.

getdriverdir <arch>
    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".

getdriverpackagepath
    Get print driver package download directory

getprinter <printername>
    Retrieve the current printer information. This command corresponds to the GetPrinter() MS Platform SDK function.

openprinter <printername>
    Execute an OpenPrinterEx() and ClosePrinter() RPC against a given printer.

openprinter_ex <printername>
    Open printer handle

setdriver <printername> <drivername>
    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.

getprintprocdir
    Get print processor directory

addform
    Add form

setform
    Set form

getform
    Get form

deleteform
    Delete form

enumforms
    Enumerate form

setprinter
    Set printer comment

setprinterdata
    Set REG_SZ printer data

setprintername <printername> <newprintername>
    Set printer name

rffpcnex
    Rffpcnex test

printercmp
    Printer comparison test

enumprocs
    Enumerate Print Processors

enumprocdatatypes
    Enumerate Print Processor Data Types

enummonitors
    Enumerate Print Monitors

createprinteric
    Create Printer IC

playgdiscriptonprinteric
    Create Printer IC

getcoreprinterdrivers
    Get CorePrinterDriver

enumpermachineconnections
    Enumerate Per Machine Connections

addpermachineconnection
    Add Per Machine Connection

delpermachineconnection
    Delete Per Machine Connection

  NETLOGON

logonctrl2
    Logon Control 2

getanydcname
    Get trusted DC name

getdcname
    Get trusted PDC name

dsr_getdcname
    Get trusted DC name

dsr_getdcnameex
    Get trusted DC name

dsr_getdcnameex2
    Get trusted DC name

dsr_getsitename
    Get sitename

dsr_getforesttrustinfo
    Get Forest Trust Info

logonctrl
    Logon Control

samlogon
    Sam Logon

change_trust_pw
    Change Trust Account Password

gettrustrid
    Get trust rid

dsr_enumtrustdom
    Enumerate trusted domains

dsenumdomtrusts
    Enumerate all trusted domains in an AD forest

deregisterdnsrecords
    Deregister DNS records

netrenumtrusteddomains
    Enumerate trusted domains

netrenumtrusteddomainsex
    Enumerate trusted domains

getdcsitecoverage
    Get the Site-Coverage from a DC

capabilities
    Return Capabilities

logongetdomaininfo
    Return LogonGetDomainInfo

  FSRVP

fss_is_path_sup
    Check whether a share supports shadow-copy

fss_get_sup_version
    Get supported FSRVP version from server

fss_create_expose
    Request shadow-copy creation and exposure

fss_delete
    Request shadow-copy share deletion

fss_has_shadow_copy
    Check for an associated share shadow-copy

fss_get_mapping
    Get shadow-copy share mapping information

fss_recovery_complete
    Flag read-write snapshot as recovery complete,

  CLUSAPI

clusapi_open_cluster
    Open cluster

clusapi_get_cluster_name
    Get cluster name

clusapi_get_cluster_version
    Get cluster version

clusapi_get_quorum_resource
    Get quorum resource

clusapi_create_enum
    Create enum query

clusapi_create_enumex
    Create enumex query

clusapi_open_resource
    Open cluster resource

clusapi_online_resource
    Set cluster resource online

clusapi_offline_resource
    Set cluster resource offline

clusapi_get_resource_state
    Get cluster resource state

clusapi_get_cluster_version2
    Get cluster version2

clusapi_pause_node
    Pause cluster node

clusapi_resume_node
    Resume cluster node

  DRSUAPI

dscracknames
    Crack Name

dsgetdcinfo
    Get Domain Controller Info

dsgetncchanges
    Get NC Changes

dswriteaccountspn
    Write Account SPN

  ECHO

echoaddone
    Add one to a number

echodata
    Echo data

sinkdata
    Sink data

sourcedata
    Source data

  EPMAPPER

epmmap
    Map a binding

epmlookup
    Lookup bindings

  EVENTLOG

eventlog_readlog
    Read Eventlog

eventlog_numrecord
    Get number of records

eventlog_oldestrecord
    Get oldest record

eventlog_reportevent
    Report event

eventlog_reporteventsource
    Report event and source

eventlog_registerevsource
    Register event source

eventlog_backuplog
    Backup Eventlog File

eventlog_loginfo
    Get Eventlog Information

  IRemoteWinspool

winspool_AsyncOpenPrinter
    Open printer handle

winspool_AsyncCorePrinterDriverInstalled
    Query Core Printer Driver Installed

  NTSVCS

ntsvcs_getversion
    Query NTSVCS version

ntsvcs_validatedevinst
    Query NTSVCS device instance

ntsvcs_hwprofflags
    Query NTSVCS HW prof flags

ntsvcs_hwprofinfo
    Query NTSVCS HW prof info

ntsvcs_getdevregprop
    Query NTSVCS device registry property

ntsvcs_getdevlistsize
    Query NTSVCS device list size

ntsvcs_getdevlist
    Query NTSVCS device list

  MDSSVC

fetch_properties
    Fetch connection properties

fetch_attributes
    Fetch attributes for a CNID

  WINREG

winreg_enumkey
    Enumerate Keys

querymultiplevalues
    Query multiple values

querymultiplevalues2
    Query multiple values

  WITNESS

GetInterfaceList
    List the interfaces to which witness client connections can be made

Register
    Register for resource state change notifications of a NetName and IPAddress

UnRegister
    Unregister for notifications from the server

AsyncNotify
    Request notification of registered resource changes from the server

RegisterEx
    Register for resource state change notifications of a NetName, ShareName and multiple IPAddresses

  WKSSVC

wkssvc_wkstagetinfo
    Query WKSSVC Workstation Information

wkssvc_getjoininformation
    Query WKSSVC Join Information

wkssvc_messagebuffersend
    Send WKSSVC message

wkssvc_enumeratecomputernames
    Enumerate WKSSVC computer names

wkssvc_enumerateusers
    Enumerate WKSSVC users

  GENERAL OPTIONS

help
    Get help on commands

?
    Get help on commands

debuglevel
    Set debug level

debug
    Set debug level

list
    List available commands on pipe

exit
    Exit program

quit
    Exit program

sign
    Force RPC pipe connections to be signed

seal
    Force RPC pipe connections to be sealed

packet
    Force RPC pipe connections with packet authentication level

schannel
    Force RPC pipe connections to be sealed with 'schannel'. Force RPC pipe connections to be sealed with 'schannel'. Assumes valid machine account to this domain controller.

schannelsign
    Force RPC pipe connections to be signed (not sealed) with 'schannel'. Assumes valid machine account to this domain controller.

timeout
    Set timeout (in milliseconds) for RPC operations

transport
    Choose ncacn transport for RPC operations

none
    Force RPC pipe connections to have no special properties

BUGS

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 were 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.

VERSION

This man page is part of version 4.23.0 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.

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.