GENTEST(1) Test Suite GENTEST(1)

NAME

gentest - Run random generic SMB operations against two SMB servers
and show the differences in behavior

SYNOPSIS

gentest {//server1/share1} {//server2/share2} {-U user%pass}
{-U user%pass} [-s seed] [-o numops] [-a] [-A] [-i FILE] [-O]
[-S FILE] [-L] [-F] [-C] [-X]

DESCRIPTION

gentest is a utility for detecting differences in behaviour between
SMB servers. It will run a random set of generic operations against
//server1/share1 and then the same random set against
//server2/share2 and display the differences in the responses it
gets.

This utility is used by the Samba team to find differences in
behaviour between Samba and Windows servers.

OPTIONS

-U user%pass
Specify the user and password to use when logging on on the
shares. This parameter is mandatory and has to be specified
twice.

-s seed
Seed the random number generator with the specified value.

-o numops
Set the number of operations to perform.

-a
Print the operations that are performed.

-A
Backtrack to find minimal number of operations required to make
the response to a certain call differ.

-i FILE
Specify a file containing the names of fields that have to be
ignored (such as time fields). See below for a description of the
file format.

-O
Enable oplocks.

-S FILE
Set preset seeds file. The default is gentest_seeds.dat.

-L
Use preset seeds

-F
Fast reconnect (just close files)

-C
Continuous analysis mode

-X
Analyse even when the test succeeded.

VERSION

This man page is correct for version 4.0 of the Samba suite.

SEE ALSO

Samba

AUTHOR

This utility is part of the Samba[1] suite, which is developed by the
global Samba Team[2].

gentest was written by Andrew Tridgell.

This manpage was written by Jelmer Vernooij.

NOTES

1. Samba
http://www.samba.org/

2. Samba Team
http://www.samba.org/samba/team/

Samba 4.0 10/09/2024 GENTEST(1)