tdbtool - manipulate the contents TDB files
Contents
Caveats
The contents of the Samba TDB files are private to the implementation and should not be altered with
tdbtool.
Commands
createTDBFILE
Create a new database named TDBFILE.
openTDBFILE
Open an existing database named TDBFILE.
erase
Erase the current database.
dump
Dump the current database as strings.
cdump
Dump the current database as connection records.
keys
Dump the current database keys as strings.
hexkeys
Dump the current database keys as hex values.
info
Print summary information about the current database.
insertKEYDATA
Insert a record into the current database.
moveKEYTDBFILE
Move a record from the current database into TDBFILE.
storeKEYDATA
Store (replace) a record in the current database.
storehexKEYDATA
Store (replace) a record in the current database where key and data are in hex format.
showKEY
Show a record by key.
deleteKEY
Delete a record by key.
list
Print the current database hash table and free list.
free
Print the current database and free list.
!COMMAND
Execute the given system command.
first
Print the first record in the current database.
next
Print the next record in the current database.
check
Check the integrity of the current database.
repack
Repack a database using a temporary file to remove fragmentation.
quit
Exit tdbtool.
Description
This tool is part of the samba(1) suite.
tdbtool 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.
Name
tdbtool - manipulate the contents TDB files
Options
-l
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.
Synopsis
tdbtooltdbtool [-l] TDBFILE [COMMANDS...]
Version
This man page is correct for version 3.6 of the Samba suite.
