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6 <refentrytitle>mdsearch</refentrytitle>
7 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
8 <refmiscinfo class="source">Samba</refmiscinfo>
9 <refmiscinfo class="manual">User Commands</refmiscinfo>
10 <refmiscinfo class="version">&doc.version;</refmiscinfo>
14 <refname>mdsearch</refname>
15 <refpurpose>Run Spotlight searches against an SMB server</refpurpose>
20 <command>mdfine</command>
21 <arg choice="req">server</arg>
22 <arg choice="req">sharename</arg>
23 <arg choice="req">query</arg>
24 <arg choice="opt">-p, --path=STRING</arg>
25 <arg choice="opt">-L, --live</arg>
26 <arg choice="opt">-?|--help</arg>
27 <arg choice="opt">--usage</arg>
28 <arg choice="opt">-d|--debuglevel=DEBUGLEVEL</arg>
29 <arg choice="opt">--debug-stdout</arg>
30 <arg choice="opt">--configfile=CONFIGFILE</arg>
31 <arg choice="opt">--option=name=value</arg>
32 <arg choice="opt">-l|--log-basename=LOGFILEBASE</arg>
33 <arg choice="opt">--leak-report</arg>
34 <arg choice="opt">--leak-report-full</arg>
35 <arg choice="opt">-R|--name-resolve=NAME-RESOLVE-ORDER</arg>
36 <arg choice="opt">-O|--socket-options=SOCKETOPTIONS</arg>
37 <arg choice="opt">-m|--max-protocol=MAXPROTOCOL</arg>
38 <arg choice="opt">-n|--netbiosname=NETBIOSNAME</arg>
39 <arg choice="opt">--netbios-scope=SCOPE</arg>
40 <arg choice="opt">-W|--workgroup=WORKGROUP</arg>
41 <arg choice="opt">--realm=REALM</arg>
42 <arg choice="opt">-U|--user=[DOMAIN/]USERNAME[%PASSWORD]</arg>
43 <arg choice="opt">-N|--no-pass</arg>
44 <arg choice="opt">--password=STRING</arg>
45 <arg choice="opt">--pw-nt-hash</arg>
46 <arg choice="opt">-A|--authentication-file=FILE</arg>
47 <arg choice="opt">-P|--machine-pass</arg>
48 <arg choice="opt">--simple-bind-dn=DN</arg>
49 <arg choice="opt">--use-kerberos=desired|required|off</arg>
50 <arg choice="opt">--use-krb5-ccache=CCACHE</arg>
51 <arg choice="opt">--use-winbind-ccache</arg>
52 <arg choice="opt">--client-protection=sign|encrypt|off</arg>
53 <arg choice="opt">-V|--version</arg>
58 <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
60 <para>This tool is part of the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>samba</refentrytitle>
61 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> suite.</para>
63 <para>mdsearch is a simple utility to run Spotlight searches against an SMB server
64 that runs the Spotlight <emphasis>mdssvc</emphasis> RPC service.</para>
68 <title>OPTIONS</title>
74 <para>The SMB server name or IP address to connect to.</para>
79 <term>sharename</term>
81 <para>The name of a share on the server.</para>
88 <para>The query expression syntax is a simplified form of filename
89 globbing familiar to shell users. Queries have the following
92 <para>attribute=="value"</para>
94 <para>For queries against a Samba server with Spotlight enabled using
95 the Elasticsearch backend, the list of supported metadata attributes
96 is given by the JSON attribute mapping file, typically installed at
97 <filename>/usr/share/samba/mdssvc/elasticsearch_mappings.json</filename>
103 <term>-p PATH, --path=PATH</term>
105 <para>Server side path to search, defaults to
106 <emphasis>"/"</emphasis></para>
111 <term>-L, --live</term>
112 <listitem><para>Query remains running.</para></listitem>
116 &cmdline.common.samba.client;
117 &cmdline.common.credentials;
122 <title>EXAMPLES</title>
124 <para>Search all indexed metadata attributes, exact match:</para>
129 <para>Search all indexed metadata attributes, prefix match:</para>
134 <para>Search by filename:</para>
136 'kMDItemFSName=="Samba*"'
139 <para>Search by date:</para>
141 'kMDItemFSContentChangeDate<$time.iso(2018-10-01T10:00:00Z)'
144 <para>Search files's content:</para>
146 'kMDItemTextContent=="Samba*"'
149 <para>Expressions:</para>
151 kMDItemFSName=="Samba*"||kMDItemTextContent=="Tango*"'
156 <title>SEE ALSO</title>
158 <para>File Metadata Search Programming Guide
159 <ulink url="https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/Carbon/Conceptual/SpotlightQuery/Concepts/Introduction.html">
160 https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/Carbon/Conceptual/SpotlightQuery/Concepts/Introduction.html</ulink>
165 <title>VERSION</title>
167 <para>This man page is part of version &doc.version; of the Samba suite.</para>
171 <title>AUTHOR</title>
173 <para>The original Samba software and related utilities were created by
174 Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed by the Samba Team as an Open
175 Source project similar to the way the Linux kernel is developed.</para>
177 <para>The mdsearch manpage was written by Ralph Boehme.</para>