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.\"    Manual: System Administration tools
.\"    Source: Samba 4.0
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.TH "TDBTOOL" "8" "2015\-04\-25" "Samba 4\&.0" "System Administration tools"
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.SH "NAME"
tdbtool \- manipulate the contents TDB files
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'\fBtdbtool\fR\ 'u
\fBtdbtool\fR
.HP \w'\fBtdbtool\fR\ 'u
\fBtdbtool\fR [\-l] \fITDBFILE\fR [\fICOMMANDS\fR...]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
This tool is part of the
\fBsamba\fR(1)
suite\&.
.PP
\fBtdbtool\fR
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\&.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
\-l
.RS 4
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\&.
.RE
.SH "COMMANDS"
.PP
\fBcreate\fR \fITDBFILE\fR
.RS 4
Create a new database named
\fITDBFILE\fR\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBopen\fR \fITDBFILE\fR
.RS 4
Open an existing database named
\fITDBFILE\fR\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBerase\fR
.RS 4
Erase the current database\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBdump\fR
.RS 4
Dump the current database as strings\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBcdump\fR
.RS 4
Dump the current database as connection records\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBkeys\fR
.RS 4
Dump the current database keys as strings\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBhexkeys\fR
.RS 4
Dump the current database keys as hex values\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBinfo\fR
.RS 4
Print summary information about the current database\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBinsert\fR \fIKEY\fR \fIDATA\fR
.RS 4
Insert a record into the current database\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBmove\fR \fIKEY\fR \fITDBFILE\fR
.RS 4
Move a record from the current database into
\fITDBFILE\fR\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBstore\fR \fIKEY\fR \fIDATA\fR
.RS 4
Store (replace) a record in the current database\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBshow\fR \fIKEY\fR
.RS 4
Show a record by key\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBdelete\fR \fIKEY\fR
.RS 4
Delete a record by key\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBlist\fR
.RS 4
Print the current database hash table and free list\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBfree\fR
.RS 4
Print the current database and free list\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB!\fR \fICOMMAND\fR
.RS 4
Execute the given system command\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBfirst\fR
.RS 4
Print the first record in the current database\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBnext\fR
.RS 4
Print the next record in the current database\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBcheck\fR
.RS 4
Check the integrity of the current database\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBrepack\fR
.RS 4
Repack a database using a temporary file to remove fragmentation\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBquit\fR
.RS 4
Exit
\fBtdbtool\fR\&.
.RE
.SH "CAVEATS"
.PP
The contents of the Samba TDB files are private to the implementation and should not be altered with
\fBtdbtool\fR\&.
.SH "VERSION"
.PP
This man page is correct for version 3\&.6 of the Samba suite\&.
.SH "AUTHOR"
.PP
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\&.