NAME

rpcclient - tool for executing client side MS-RPC functions

SYNOPSIS

rpcclient [-c|--command=COMMANDS] [-I|--dest-ip=IP] [-p|--port=PORT] [-?|--help] [--usage] [-d|--debuglevel=DEBUGLEVEL] [--debug-stdout] [--configfile=CONFIGFILE] [--option=name=value] [-l|--log-basename=LOGFILEBASE] [--leak-report] [--leak-report-full] [-R|--name-resolve=NAME-RESOLVE-ORDER] [-O|--socket-options=SOCKETOPTIONS] [-m|--max-protocol=MAXPROTOCOL] [-n|--netbiosname=NETBIOSNAME] [--netbios-scope=SCOPE] [-W|--workgroup=WORKGROUP] [--realm=REALM] [-U|--user=[DOMAIN/]USERNAME[%PASSWORD]] [-N|--no-pass] [--password=STRING] [--pw-nt-hash] [-A|--authentication-file=FILE] [-P|--machine-pass] [--simple-bind-dn=DN] [--use-kerberos=desired|required|off] [--use-krb5-ccache=CCACHE] [--use-winbind-ccache] [--client-protection=sign|encrypt|off] [-V|--version] {BINDING-STRING|HOST}

DESCRIPTION

This tool is part of the samba(7) suite.
rpcclient is a utility initially developed to test MS-RPC functionality in Samba itself. It has undergone several stages of development and stability. Many system administrators have now written scripts around it to manage Windows NT clients from their UNIX workstation.

OPTIONS

BINDING-STRING|HOST
When connecting to a dcerpc service you need to specify a binding string.
 
The format is:
 
TRANSPORT:host[options]
 
where TRANSPORT is either ncacn_np (named pipes) for SMB or ncacn_ip_tcp for DCERPC over TCP/IP.
 
"host" is an IP or hostname or netbios name. If the binding string identifies the server side of an endpoint, "host" may be an empty string. See below for more details.
 
"options" can include a SMB pipe name if using the ncacn_np transport or a TCP port number if using the ncacn_ip_tcp transport, otherwise they will be auto-determined.
 
Examples:
 
•ncacn_ip_tcp:samba.example.com[1024]
 
•ncacn_ip_tcp:samba.example.com[sign,seal,krb5]
 
•ncacn_ip_tcp:samba.example.com[sign,spnego]
 
•ncacn_np:samba.example.com
 
•ncacn_np:samba.example.com[samr]
 
•ncacn_np:samba.example.com[samr,sign,print]
 
•ncalrpc:/path/to/unix/socket
 
•//SAMBA
 
The supported transports are:
 
•ncacn_np - Connect using named pipes
 
•ncacn_ip_tcp - Connect over TCP/IP
 
•ncalrpc - Connect over local RPC (unix sockets)
 
The supported options are:
 
•sign - Use RPC integrity authentication level
 
•seal - Enable RPC privacy (encryption) authentication level
 
•connect - Use RPC connect level authentication (auth, but no sign or seal)
 
•packet - Use RPC packet authentication level
 
•spnego - Use SPNEGO instead of NTLMSSP authentication
 
•ntlm - Use plain NTLM instead of SPNEGO or NTLMSSP
 
•krb5 - Use Kerberos instead of NTLMSSP authentication
 
•schannel - Create a schannel connection
 
•smb1 - Use SMB1 for named pipes
 
•smb2 - Use SMB2/3 for named pipes
 
•validate - Enable the NDR validator
 
•print - Enable debug output of packets
 
•padcheck - Check reply data for non-zero pad bytes
 
•bigendian - Use big endian for RPC
 
•ndr64 - Use NDR64 for RPC
 
-c|--command=<command string>
Execute semicolon separated commands (listed below)
-I|--dest-ip IP-address
IP address is the address of the server to connect to. It should be specified in standard "a.b.c.d" notation.
 
Normally the client would attempt to locate a named SMB/CIFS server by looking it up via the NetBIOS name resolution mechanism described above in the name resolve order parameter above. Using this parameter will force the client to assume that the server is on the machine with the specified IP address and the NetBIOS name component of the resource being connected to will be ignored.
 
There is no default for this parameter. If not supplied, it will be determined automatically by the client as described above.
-p|--port port
This number is the TCP port number that will be used when making connections to the server. The standard (well-known) TCP port number for an SMB/CIFS server is 139, which is the default.
-?|--help
Print a summary of command line options.
--usage
Display brief usage message.
-d|--debuglevel=DEBUGLEVEL
level is an integer from 0 to 10. The default value if this parameter is not specified is 1 for client applications.
 
The higher this value, the more detail will be logged to the log files about the activities of the server. At level 0, only critical errors and serious warnings will be logged. Level 1 is a reasonable level for day-to-day running - it generates a small amount of information about operations carried out.
 
Levels above 1 will generate considerable amounts of log data, and should only be used when investigating a problem. Levels above 3 are designed for use only by developers and generate HUGE amounts of log data, most of which is extremely cryptic.
 
Note that specifying this parameter here will override the log level parameter in the /etc/samba/smb.conf file.
--debug-stdout
This will redirect debug output to STDOUT. By default all clients are logging to STDERR.
--configfile=<configuration file>
The file specified contains the configuration details required by the client. The information in this file can be general for client and server or only provide client specific like options such as client smb encrypt. See /etc/samba/smb.conf for more information. The default configuration file name is determined at compile time.
--option=<name>=<value>
Set the smb.conf(5) option "<name>" to value "<value>" from the command line. This overrides compiled-in defaults and options read from the configuration file. If a name or a value includes a space, wrap whole --option=name=value into quotes.
-l|--log-basename=logdirectory
Base directory name for log/debug files. The extension ".progname" will be appended (e.g. log.smbclient, log.smbd, etc...). The log file is never removed by the client.
--leak-report
Enable talloc leak reporting on exit.
--leak-report-full
Enable full talloc leak reporting on exit.
-V|--version
Prints the program version number.
-R|--name-resolve=NAME-RESOLVE-ORDER
This option is used to determine what naming services and in what order to resolve host names to IP addresses. The option takes a space-separated string of different name resolution options. The best ist to wrap the whole --name-resolve=NAME-RESOLVE-ORDER into quotes.
 
The options are: "lmhosts", "host", "wins" and "bcast". They cause names to be resolved as follows:
 
•lmhosts: Lookup an IP address in the Samba lmhosts file. If the line in lmhosts has no name type attached to the NetBIOS name (see the lmhosts(5) for details) then any name type matches for lookup.
 
•host: Do a standard host name to IP address resolution, using the system /etc/hosts, NIS, or DNS lookups. This method of name resolution is operating system dependent, for instance on IRIX or Solaris this may be controlled by the /etc/nsswitch.conf file). Note that this method is only used if the NetBIOS name type being queried is the 0x20 (server) name type, otherwise it is ignored.
 
•wins: Query a name with the IP address listed in the wins server parameter. If no WINS server has been specified this method will be ignored.
 
•bcast: Do a broadcast on each of the known local interfaces listed in the interfaces parameter. This is the least reliable of the name resolution methods as it depends on the target host being on a locally connected subnet.
 
If this parameter is not set then the name resolve order defined in the /etc/samba/smb.conf file parameter ( name resolve order) will be used.
 
The default order is lmhosts, host, wins, bcast. Without this parameter or any entry in the name resolve order parameter of the /etc/samba/smb.conf file, the name resolution methods will be attempted in this order.
-O|--socket-options=SOCKETOPTIONS
TCP socket options to set on the client socket. See the socket options parameter in the /etc/samba/smb.conf manual page for the list of valid options.
-m|--max-protocol=MAXPROTOCOL
The value of the parameter (a string) is the highest protocol level that will be supported by the client.
 
Note that specifying this parameter here will override the client max protocol parameter in the /etc/samba/smb.conf file.
-n|--netbiosname=NETBIOSNAME
This option allows you to override the NetBIOS name that Samba uses for itself. This is identical to setting the netbios name parameter in the /etc/samba/smb.conf file. However, a command line setting will take precedence over settings in /etc/samba/smb.conf.
--netbios-scope=SCOPE
This specifies a NetBIOS scope that nmblookup will use to communicate with when generating NetBIOS names. For details on the use of NetBIOS scopes, see rfc1001.txt and rfc1002.txt. NetBIOS scopes are very rarely used, only set this parameter if you are the system administrator in charge of all the NetBIOS systems you communicate with.
-W|--workgroup=WORKGROUP
Set the SMB domain of the username. This overrides the default domain which is the domain defined in smb.conf. If the domain specified is the same as the servers NetBIOS name, it causes the client to log on using the servers local SAM (as opposed to the Domain SAM).
 
Note that specifying this parameter here will override the workgroup parameter in the /etc/samba/smb.conf file.
-r|--realm=REALM
Set the realm for the domain.
 
Note that specifying this parameter here will override the realm parameter in the /etc/samba/smb.conf file.
-U|--user=[DOMAIN\]USERNAME[%PASSWORD]
Sets the SMB username or username and password.
 
If %PASSWORD is not specified, the user will be prompted. The client will first check the USER environment variable (which is also permitted to also contain the password separated by a %), then the LOGNAME variable (which is not permitted to contain a password) and if either exists, the value is used. If these environmental variables are not found, the username found in a Kerberos Credentials cache may be used.
 
A third option is to use a credentials file which contains the plaintext of the username and password. This option is mainly provided for scripts where the admin does not wish to pass the credentials on the command line or via environment variables. If this method is used, make certain that the permissions on the file restrict access from unwanted users. See the -A for more details.
 
Be cautious about including passwords in scripts or passing user-supplied values onto the command line. For security it is better to let the Samba client tool ask for the password if needed, or obtain the password once with kinit.
 
While Samba will attempt to scrub the password from the process title (as seen in ps), this is after startup and so is subject to a race.
-N|--no-pass
If specified, this parameter suppresses the normal password prompt from the client to the user. This is useful when accessing a service that does not require a password.
 
Unless a password is specified on the command line or this parameter is specified, the client will request a password.
 
If a password is specified on the command line and this option is also defined the password on the command line will be silently ignored and no password will be used.
--password
Specify the password on the commandline.
 
Be cautious about including passwords in scripts or passing user-supplied values onto the command line. For security it is better to let the Samba client tool ask for the password if needed, or obtain the password once with kinit.
 
If --password is not specified, the tool will check the PASSWD environment variable, followed by PASSWD_FD which is expected to contain an open file descriptor (FD) number.
 
Finally it will check PASSWD_FILE (containing a file path to be opened). The file should only contain the password. Make certain that the permissions on the file restrict access from unwanted users!
 
While Samba will attempt to scrub the password from the process title (as seen in ps), this is after startup and so is subject to a race.
--pw-nt-hash
The supplied password is the NT hash.
-A|--authentication-file=filename
This option allows you to specify a file from which to read the username and password used in the connection. The format of the file is:
 
				username = <value>
				password = <value>
				domain   = <value>
 
Make certain that the permissions on the file restrict access from unwanted users!
-P|--machine-pass
Use stored machine account password.
--simple-bind-dn=DN
DN to use for a simple bind.
--use-kerberos=desired|required|off
This parameter determines whether Samba client tools will try to authenticate using Kerberos. For Kerberos authentication you need to use dns names instead of IP addresses when connecting to a service.
 
Note that specifying this parameter here will override the client use kerberos parameter in the /etc/samba/smb.conf file.
--use-krb5-ccache=CCACHE
Specifies the credential cache location for Kerberos authentication.
 
This will set --use-kerberos=required too.
--use-winbind-ccache
Try to use the credential cache by winbind.
--client-protection=sign|encrypt|off
Sets the connection protection the client tool should use.
 
Note that specifying this parameter here will override the client protection parameter in the /etc/samba/smb.conf file.
 
In case you need more fine grained control you can use: --option=clientsmbencrypt=OPTION, --option=clientipcsigning=OPTION, --option=clientsigning=OPTION.

COMMANDS

LSARPC

lsaquery
Query info policy
lookupsids
Convert SIDs to names
lookupsids3
Convert SIDs to names
lookupsids_level
Convert SIDs to names
lookupnames
Convert names to SIDs
lookupnames4
Convert names to SIDs
lookupnames_level
Convert names to SIDs
enumtrust
Enumerate trusted domains
enumprivs
Enumerate privileges
getdispname
Get the privilege name
lsaenumsid
Enumerate the LSA SIDS
lsacreateaccount
Create a new lsa account
lsaenumprivsaccount
Enumerate the privileges of an SID
lsaenumacctrights
Enumerate the rights of an SID
lsaaddpriv
Assign a privilege to a SID
lsadelpriv
Revoke a privilege from a SID
lsaaddacctrights
Add rights to an account
lsaremoveacctrights
Remove rights from an account
lsalookupprivvalue
Get a privilege value given its name
lsaquerysecobj
Query LSA security object
lsaquerytrustdominfo
Query LSA trusted domains info (given a SID)
lsaquerytrustdominfobyname
Query LSA trusted domains info (given a name), only works for Windows > 2k
lsaquerytrustdominfobysid
Query LSA trusted domains info (given a SID)
lsasettrustdominfo
Set LSA trusted domain info
getusername
Get username
createsecret
Create Secret
deletesecret
Delete Secret
querysecret
Query Secret
setsecret
Set Secret
retrieveprivatedata
Retrieve Private Data
storeprivatedata
Store Private Data
createtrustdom
Create Trusted Domain
deletetrustdom
Delete Trusted Domain

LSARPC-DS

dsroledominfo
Get Primary Domain Information

DFS

dfsversion
Query DFS support
dfsadd
Add a DFS share
dfsremove
Remove a DFS share
dfsgetinfo
Query DFS share info
dfsenum
Enumerate dfs shares
dfsenumex
Enumerate dfs shares

SHUTDOWN

shutdowninit
syntax: shutdown [-m message]
shutdownabort
syntax: shutdownabort

SRVSVC

srvinfo
Server query info
netshareenum
Enumerate shares
netshareenumall
Enumerate all shares
netsharegetinfo
Get Share Info
netsharesetinfo
Set Share Info
netsharesetdfsflags
Set DFS flags
netfileenum
Enumerate open files
netremotetod
Fetch remote time of day
netnamevalidate
Validate sharename
netfilegetsec
Get File security
netsessdel
Delete Session
netsessenum
Enumerate Sessions
netdiskenum
Enumerate Disks
netconnenum
Enumerate Connections
netshareadd
Add share
netsharedel
Delete share

SAMR

queryuser
Query user info
querygroup
Query group info
queryusergroups
Query user groups
queryuseraliases
Query user aliases
querygroupmem
Query group membership
queryaliasmem
Query alias membership
queryaliasinfo
Query alias info
deletealias
Delete an alias
querydispinfo
Query display info
querydispinfo2
Query display info
querydispinfo3
Query display info
querydominfo
Query domain info
enumdomusers
Enumerate domain users
enumdomgroups
Enumerate domain groups
enumalsgroups
Enumerate alias groups
enumdomains
Enumerate domains
createdomuser
Create domain user
createdomgroup
Create domain group
createdomalias
Create domain alias
samlookupnames
Look up names
samlookuprids
Look up names
deletedomgroup
Delete domain group
deletedomuser
Delete domain user
samquerysecobj
Query SAMR security object
getdompwinfo
Retrieve domain password info
getusrdompwinfo
Retrieve user domain password info
lookupdomain
Lookup Domain Name
chgpasswd
Change user password
chgpasswd2
Change user password
chgpasswd3
Change user password (RC4 encrypted)
chgpasswd4
Change user password (AES encrypted)
getdispinfoidx
Get Display Information Index
setuserinfo
Set user info
setuserinfo2
Set user info2

SPOOLSS

adddriver <arch> <config> [<version>]
Execute an AddPrinterDriver() RPC to install the printer driver information on the server. Note that the driver files should already exist in the directory returned by getdriverdir. Possible values for arch are the same as those for the getdriverdir command. The config parameter is defined as follows:
 
Long Driver Name:\
Driver File Name:\
Data File Name:\
Config File Name:\
Help File Name:\
Language Monitor Name:\
Default Data Type:\
Comma Separated list of Files
 
Any empty fields should be enter as the string "NULL".
 
Samba does not need to support the concept of Print Monitors since these only apply to local printers whose driver can make use of a bi-directional link for communication. This field should be "NULL". On a remote NT print server, the Print Monitor for a driver must already be installed prior to adding the driver or else the RPC will fail.
 
The version parameter lets you specify the printer driver version number. If omitted, the default driver version for the specified architecture will be used. This option can be used to upload Windows 2000 (version 3) printer drivers.
addprinter <printername> <sharename> <drivername> <port>
Add a printer on the remote server. This printer will be automatically shared. Be aware that the printer driver must already be installed on the server (see adddriver) and the portmust be a valid port name (see enumports.
deldriver <driver>
Delete the specified printer driver for all architectures. This does not delete the actual driver files from the server, only the entry from the server's list of drivers.
deldriverex <driver> [architecture] [version] [flags]
Delete the specified printer driver and optionally files associated with the driver. You can limit this action to a specific architecture and a specific version. If no architecture is given, all driver files of that driver will be deleted. flags correspond to numeric DPD_* values, i.e. a value of 3 requests (DPD_DELETE_UNUSED_FILES | DPD_DELETE_SPECIFIC_VERSION).
enumdata
Enumerate all printer setting data stored on the server. On Windows NT clients, these values are stored in the registry, while Samba servers store them in the printers TDB. This command corresponds to the MS Platform SDK GetPrinterData() function (* This command is currently unimplemented).
enumdataex
Enumerate printer data for a key
enumkey
Enumerate printer keys
enumjobs <printer>
List the jobs and status of a given printer. This command corresponds to the MS Platform SDK EnumJobs() function
getjob
Get print job
setjob
Set print job
enumports [level]
Executes an EnumPorts() call using the specified info level. Currently only info levels 1 and 2 are supported.
enumdrivers [level]
Execute an EnumPrinterDrivers() call. This lists the various installed printer drivers for all architectures. Refer to the MS Platform SDK documentation for more details of the various flags and calling options. Currently supported info levels are 1, 2, and 3.
enumprinters [level]
Execute an EnumPrinters() call. This lists the various installed and share printers. Refer to the MS Platform SDK documentation for more details of the various flags and calling options. Currently supported info levels are 1, 2 and 5.
getdata <printername> <valuename;>
Retrieve the data for a given printer setting. See the enumdata command for more information. This command corresponds to the GetPrinterData() MS Platform SDK function.
getdataex
Get printer driver data with keyname
getdriver <printername>
Retrieve the printer driver information (such as driver file, config file, dependent files, etc...) for the given printer. This command corresponds to the GetPrinterDriver() MS Platform SDK function. Currently info level 1, 2, and 3 are supported.
getdriverdir <arch>
Execute a GetPrinterDriverDirectory() RPC to retrieve the SMB share name and subdirectory for storing printer driver files for a given architecture. Possible values for arch are "Windows 4.0" (for Windows 95/98), "Windows NT x86", "Windows NT PowerPC", "Windows Alpha_AXP", and "Windows NT R4000".
getdriverpackagepath
Get print driver package download directory
getprinter <printername>
Retrieve the current printer information. This command corresponds to the GetPrinter() MS Platform SDK function.
openprinter <printername>
Execute an OpenPrinterEx() and ClosePrinter() RPC against a given printer.
openprinter_ex <printername>
Open printer handle
setdriver <printername> <drivername>
Execute a SetPrinter() command to update the printer driver associated with an installed printer. The printer driver must already be correctly installed on the print server.
 
See also the enumprinters and enumdrivers commands for obtaining a list of of installed printers and drivers.
getprintprocdir
Get print processor directory
addform
Add form
setform
Set form
getform
Get form
deleteform
Delete form
enumforms
Enumerate form
setprinter
Set printer comment
setprinterdata
Set REG_SZ printer data
setprintername <printername> <newprintername>
Set printer name
rffpcnex
Rffpcnex test
printercmp
Printer comparison test
enumprocs
Enumerate Print Processors
enumprocdatatypes
Enumerate Print Processor Data Types
enummonitors
Enumerate Print Monitors
createprinteric
Create Printer IC
playgdiscriptonprinteric
Create Printer IC
getcoreprinterdrivers
Get CorePrinterDriver
enumpermachineconnections
Enumerate Per Machine Connections
addpermachineconnection
Add Per Machine Connection
delpermachineconnection
Delete Per Machine Connection

NETLOGON

logonctrl2
Logon Control 2
getanydcname
Get trusted DC name
getdcname
Get trusted PDC name
dsr_getdcname
Get trusted DC name
dsr_getdcnameex
Get trusted DC name
dsr_getdcnameex2
Get trusted DC name
dsr_getsitename
Get sitename
dsr_getforesttrustinfo
Get Forest Trust Info
logonctrl
Logon Control
samlogon
Sam Logon
change_trust_pw
Change Trust Account Password
gettrustrid
Get trust rid
dsr_enumtrustdom
Enumerate trusted domains
dsenumdomtrusts
Enumerate all trusted domains in an AD forest
deregisterdnsrecords
Deregister DNS records
netrenumtrusteddomains
Enumerate trusted domains
netrenumtrusteddomainsex
Enumerate trusted domains
getdcsitecoverage
Get the Site-Coverage from a DC
capabilities
Return Capabilities
logongetdomaininfo
Return LogonGetDomainInfo

FSRVP

fss_is_path_sup
Check whether a share supports shadow-copy
fss_get_sup_version
Get supported FSRVP version from server
fss_create_expose
Request shadow-copy creation and exposure
fss_delete
Request shadow-copy share deletion
fss_has_shadow_copy
Check for an associated share shadow-copy
fss_get_mapping
Get shadow-copy share mapping information
fss_recovery_complete
Flag read-write snapshot as recovery complete,

CLUSAPI

clusapi_open_cluster
Open cluster
clusapi_get_cluster_name
Get cluster name
clusapi_get_cluster_version
Get cluster version
clusapi_get_quorum_resource
Get quorum resource
clusapi_create_enum
Create enum query
clusapi_create_enumex
Create enumex query
clusapi_open_resource
Open cluster resource
clusapi_online_resource
Set cluster resource online
clusapi_offline_resource
Set cluster resource offline
clusapi_get_resource_state
Get cluster resource state
clusapi_get_cluster_version2
Get cluster version2
clusapi_pause_node
Pause cluster node
clusapi_resume_node
Resume cluster node

DRSUAPI

dscracknames
Crack Name
dsgetdcinfo
Get Domain Controller Info
dsgetncchanges
Get NC Changes
dswriteaccountspn
Write Account SPN

ECHO

echoaddone
Add one to a number
echodata
Echo data
sinkdata
Sink data
sourcedata
Source data

EPMAPPER

epmmap
Map a binding
epmlookup
Lookup bindings

EVENTLOG

eventlog_readlog
Read Eventlog
eventlog_numrecord
Get number of records
eventlog_oldestrecord
Get oldest record
eventlog_reportevent
Report event
eventlog_reporteventsource
Report event and source
eventlog_registerevsource
Register event source
eventlog_backuplog
Backup Eventlog File
eventlog_loginfo
Get Eventlog Information

IRemoteWinspool

winspool_AsyncOpenPrinter
Open printer handle
winspool_AsyncCorePrinterDriverInstalled
Query Core Printer Driver Installed

NTSVCS

ntsvcs_getversion
Query NTSVCS version
ntsvcs_validatedevinst
Query NTSVCS device instance
ntsvcs_hwprofflags
Query NTSVCS HW prof flags
ntsvcs_hwprofinfo
Query NTSVCS HW prof info
ntsvcs_getdevregprop
Query NTSVCS device registry property
ntsvcs_getdevlistsize
Query NTSVCS device list size
ntsvcs_getdevlist
Query NTSVCS device list

MDSSVC

fetch_properties
Fetch connection properties
fetch_attributes
Fetch attributes for a CNID

WINREG

winreg_enumkey
Enumerate Keys
querymultiplevalues
Query multiple values
querymultiplevalues2
Query multiple values

WITNESS

GetInterfaceList
List the interfaces to which witness client connections can be made
Register
Register for resource state change notifications of a NetName and IPAddress
UnRegister
Unregister for notifications from the server
AsyncNotify
Request notification of registered resource changes from the server
RegisterEx
Register for resource state change notifications of a NetName, ShareName and multiple IPAddresses

WKSSVC

wkssvc_wkstagetinfo
Query WKSSVC Workstation Information
wkssvc_getjoininformation
Query WKSSVC Join Information
wkssvc_messagebuffersend
Send WKSSVC message
wkssvc_enumeratecomputernames
Enumerate WKSSVC computer names
wkssvc_enumerateusers
Enumerate WKSSVC users

GENERAL OPTIONS

help
Get help on commands
?
Get help on commands
debuglevel
Set debug level
debug
Set debug level
list
List available commands on pipe
exit
Exit program
quit
Exit program
sign
Force RPC pipe connections to be signed
seal
Force RPC pipe connections to be sealed
packet
Force RPC pipe connections with packet authentication level
schannel
Force RPC pipe connections to be sealed with 'schannel'. Force RPC pipe connections to be sealed with 'schannel'. Assumes valid machine account to this domain controller.
schannelsign
Force RPC pipe connections to be signed (not sealed) with 'schannel'. Assumes valid machine account to this domain controller.
timeout
Set timeout (in milliseconds) for RPC operations
transport
Choose ncacn transport for RPC operations
none
Force RPC pipe connections to have no special properties

BUGS

rpcclient is designed as a developer testing tool and may not be robust in certain areas (such as command line parsing). It has been known to generate a core dump upon failures when invalid parameters where passed to the interpreter.
From Luke Leighton's original rpcclient man page:
WARNING! The MSRPC over SMB code has been developed from examining Network traces. No documentation is available from the original creators (Microsoft) on how MSRPC over SMB works, or how the individual MSRPC services work. Microsoft's implementation of these services has been demonstrated (and reported) to be... a bit flaky in places.
The development of Samba's implementation is also a bit rough, and as more of the services are understood, it can even result in versions of smbd(8) and that are incompatible for some commands or services. Additionally, the developers are sending reports to Microsoft, and problems found or reported to Microsoft are fixed in Service Packs, which may result in incompatibilities.

VERSION

This man page is part of version 4.17.12-Debian 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.
The original rpcclient man page was written by Matthew Geddes, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton, and rewritten by Gerald Carter. The conversion to DocBook for Samba 2.2 was done by Gerald Carter. The conversion to DocBook XML 4.2 for Samba 3.0 was done by Alexander Bokovoy.

Recommended readings

Pages related to rpcclient you should read also:
lmhosts(5) samba(7) smb.conf(5) smbd(8)

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