smbrun1

Usage

Overview

This program is part of the Samba suite.

smbrun is a very small ´glue´ program, which runs shell commands for the smbd daemon 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

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.

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.

Version

This man page is correct for version 2.0 of the Samba suite.