TDBTOOL(8)						    System Administration tools 						TDBTOOL(8)

NAME

       tdbtool - manipulate the contents TDB files

SYNOPSIS

       tdbtool

       tdbtool TDBFILE [COMMANDS...]

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.

COMMANDS

       create TDBFILE
	   Create a new database named TDBFILE.

       open TDBFILE
	   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.

       insert KEY DATA
	   Insert a record into the current database.

       move KEY TDBFILE
	   Move a record from the current database into TDBFILE.

       store KEY DATA
	   Store (replace) a record in the current database.

       show KEY
	   Show a record by key.

       delete KEY
	   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.

       quit
	   Exit tdbtool.

CAVEATS

       The contents of the Samba TDB files are private to the implementation and should not be altered with tdbtool.

VERSION

       This man page is correct for version 3.0.25 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.

Samba 3.6							    05/28/2012								TDBTOOL(8)