SMBGETRC(5)

✨ SMBGETRC — bestie's guide to the smbgetrc file ✨

ok so this is the manual page for smbgetrc, aka the configuration file for smbget. manual name is SMBGETRC(5) btw, section 5, File Formats and Conventions, iykyk 💅

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

smbgetrc

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

Okay so here's the tea: this page documents the format and options of the smbgetrc file. It's the config file that the smbget(1) utility reads. And the format? So simple. It's just key-value pairs, one pair per line, bestie. The key and the value get separated by a space. That's it. That's the whole vibe. 🦋

By default, smbget reads its config from $HOME/.smbgetrc, though you can point it at other locations with the command-line options. main character energy, but make it configurable ✨

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👑 OPTIONS 👑

Here are all the keys you can set, no skips, no cap:

• resume on|off — whether aborted downloads should automatically get resumed. pick your fighter. 🔥
• recursive on|off — whether directories should be downloaded recursively. yes bestie, all the way down. 🌈
• user name[%password] — the username (and password) to use when logging in to the remote server. if you want anonymous access, use an empty string. 🫶
• workgroup wg — the workgroup to use when logging in.
• nonprompt on|off — turns OFF asking for username and password. lowkey so useful for scripts. 🤖
• debuglevel int — the (Samba) debuglevel to run at. genuinely so handy for tracking down protocol-level problems. 🕵️
• dots on|off — whether a single dot should be printed for each block that's been downloaded, instead of the default progress indicator. it's giving retro. 💀
• blocksize int — the number of bytes to put in a block.

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💖 VERSION 💖

This man page is part of version 4.17.12-Debian of the Samba suite. periodt. ⭐

🔗 SEE ALSO 🔗

smbget(1) and Samba(7). go read them, bestie, they're iconic. 🧚

💜 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. legends only. 👑

This manual page was written by Jelmer Vernooij. thank you for your service. 🎀

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! 🦋✨ this one's from Samba 4.17.12-Debian, dated 07/11/2025 — screenshot it, bookmark it, tattoo it, whatever, it's yours now. mwah 💅💖