gentest - Man Page

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]

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.