Synopsis
smbdiagnose -h
smbdiagnose [-f path] [-s]
Description
The smbdiagnose tool gathers system information and network traffic in order to assist Apple when investigating issues related to SMB file sharing. A great deal of information is harvested, spanning system state, system configuration, and network traffic related to SMB file sharing.
What smbdiagnose Collects: • A network packet trace of SMB file sharing traffic that occurs during the time the tool is run. This packet trace may include file names and file data. It may also include the authentication exchange used to log into the SMB server. • Enhanced debug logs for the SMB server process. • If the -s option is specified, the default set of information collected by sysdiagnose(1).
What smbdiagnose Doesn't Collect: • No authentication credentials are harvested from the system
Options
-h: Print full usage.-f path Write the diagnostic to the specified path.: The default is “~/Desktop”.-s: Collect sysdiagnose(1) information. The default is not to collect sysdiagnose(1) information.
Exit Status
smbdiagnose exits with status 0 if there were no internal errors encountered during the diagnostic, or >0 when an error unrelated to external state occurs or unusable input is provided by the user.
macOS 15 July 2016 macOS