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                         04/14/2024                        GENTEST(1)