dbwrap_tool - Man Page

low level TDB/CTDB manipulation tool using the dbwrap interface

Synopsis

dbwrap_tool [-?|--help] [--usage] [--persistent] [--non-persistent] [-d|--debuglevel=DEBUGLEVEL] [--debug-stdout] [--configfile=CONFIGFILE] [--option=name=value] [-l|--log-basename=LOGFILEBASE] [--leak-report] [--leak-report-full] {<database>} {<operation>} [<key> [<type> [<value>]]]

Description

This tool is part of the samba(7) suite​.

The dbwrap_tool program is used to read and manipulate TDB/CTDB databases using the dbwrap interface​.

The following database operations are available:

  • fetch: fetch a record
  • store: create or modify a record
  • delete: remove a record
  • exists: test for existence of a record
  • erase: remove all records
  • listkeys: list all available records
  • listwatchers: list processes, which are waiting for changes in a record

The following types are available:

  • int32: signed 32bit integer
  • uint32: unsigned 32bit integer
  • string: "hello world"
  • hex: hex strings like "68656C6C6F20776F726C6400" ("hello world")

Options

--persistent

Open the database as a persistent database​.

Exactly one of --persistent and --non-persistent must be specified​.

--non-persistent

Open the database as a non-persistent database​.

Caveat: opening a database as non-persistent when there is currently no other opener will wipe the database​.

Exactly one of --persistent and --non-persistent must be specified​.

-?|--help

Print a summary of command line options​.

--usage

Display brief usage message​.

-d|--debuglevel=level

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​.

Commands

fetch

dbwrap_tool <database> fetch <key> <type>

store

dbwrap_tool <database> store <key> <type> <value>

delete

dbwrap_tool <database> delete <key>

exists

dbwrap_tool <database> exists <key>

erase

dbwrap_tool <database> erase

listkeys

dbwrap_tool <database> listkeys

listwatchers

dbwrap_tool <database> listwatchers

Examples

List all keys from winbindd_idmap​.tdb

dbwrap_tool --persistent winbindd_idmap​.tdb listkeys

Fetch record with key "USER HWM" as uint32

dbwrap_tool --persistent winbindd_idmap​.tdb fetch "USER HWM" uint32

Remove record with key "USER HWM"

dbwrap_tool --persistent winbindd_idmap​.tdb remove "USER HWM"

Store and overwrite record "USER HWM" with value 214

uint32: dbwrap_tool --persistent winbindd_idmap​.tdb store "USER HWM" uint32 214 hex: dbwrap_tool --persistent winbindd_idmap​.tdb store "USER HWM" hex D6000000

Notes

Use with caution!

Version

This man page is part of version 4​.25​.0 of the Samba suite​.

See Also

smbd(8), samba(7)

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 dbwrap_tool manpage was written by Bjoern Baumbach​.

Info

10/01/2026 Samba 4.25.0 System Administration tools