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SMBRUN(1)							     SMBRUN(1)

NAME
       smbrun - interface program between smbd and external programs

SYNOPSIS
       smbrun shell-command

DESCRIPTION
       This program is part of the Samba suite.

       smbrun  is  a  very small 'glue' program, which runs shell commands for
       the smbd daemon (see smbd(8)).

       It first changes to the highest effective user and  group  ID  that  it
       can,  then runs the command line provided using the system() call. This
       program is necessary to allow some operating systems  to	 run  external
       programs as non-root.

OPTIONS
       shell-command

	  The shell command to execute.

	  The command should have a fully-qualified path.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
       The  PATH  variable set for the environment in which smbrun is executed
       will affect what executables are	 located  and  executed	 if  a	fully-
       qualified path is not given in the command.

INSTALLATION
       The  location  of  the  server  and  its	 support files is a matter for
       individual system administrators. The following	are  thus  suggestions
       only.

       It  is  recommended  that  the  smbrun  program	be installed under the
       /usr/local/samba hierarchy, in a directory readable by  all,  writeable
       only  by	 root.	The  program should be executable by all.  The program
       should NOT be setuid or setgid!

VERSION
       This man page is (mostly) correct  for  version	1.9.00	of  the	 Samba
       suite,  plus  some  of  the  recent  patches  to	 it.  These notes will
       necessarily lag behind development of the software, so it  is  possible
       that  your version of the program has extensions or parameter semantics
       that differ from or are not covered by this  man	 page.	Please	notify
       these to the address below for rectification.

SEE ALSO
       smbd(8), smb.conf(8)

DIAGNOSTICS
       If  smbrun  cannot  be  located	or  cannot  be	executed  by smbd then
       appropriate messages will be found in the smbd logs. Other  diagnostics
       are  dependent on the shell-command being run. It is advisable for your
       shell commands to issue suitable diagnostics to aid trouble-shooting.

BUGS
       None known.

CREDITS
       The original Samba software  and	 related  utilities  were  created  by
       Andrew  Tridgell	 (samba-bugs@samba.anu.edu.au).	 Andrew	 is  also  the
       Keeper of the Source for this project.

       This man	 page  was  written  by	 Karl  Auer.  Bug  reports  to	samba-
       bugs@anu.edu.au.

       See  smb.conf(5)	 for a full list of contributors and details of how to
       submit bug reports, comments etc.

smbrun				    smbrun			     SMBRUN(1)

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