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blobadm(8)

NAME

blobadm - Displays statistical information, checks, and configures a well- known or specified blob file.

SYNOPSIS

/usr/sbin/blobadm -A | -B | -C | -D domainname | -E | -F filename | -L | -R

OPTIONS

-A Displays information about the ACL store. -B Displays information about the BUILTIN accounts store. -C Displays information about the change log. -E Displays information about the Share store. -D domainname Displays information for the specified SAM domainname. -F filename Displays information about the blob file specified by filename. -L Displays detailed information about the virtual key # in binary format. -R Displays information about the registry store. Use the -v option to display detailed information about each record.

BLOB OPTIONS

-b Displays a map of the fragments in use from the data portion of the specified blob file. The offset of each page and the status of individual fragments within the page is denoted by an x in the corresponding field. -c Checks the blob file. -d # Deletes key #, where # is the virtual key number. Use the -K option to obtain a list of key numbers in use. -G # Grows the size of the block map, the key table, one of the three hash tables, or the data portion by # of pages. When preceded by the -b option it grows the block map. When preceded by the -K option it grows the key table. When preceded by the -h # option it grows the selected hash table. Otherwise it grows the data portion. -h # Displays information for the hash table identified by # in binary format. Valid values are 0, 1 or 2. Use the -v option to display information in ASCII format. -i <filename> Reads the contents of <filename>. When preceded by the -h # option it writes the contents to the selected hash table #. When preceded by the -k # option it writes the contents to a blob with the selected key number #. Otherwise it writes a new blob. -k # Displays detailed information about the virtual key # in binary format. -K Displays a list of the virtual key numbers in use by the specified blob file. -n Specifies to not repair the blob file while checking. -q Compresses the blob file by removing free space within the blob file and truncates the file after compressing it. -s Displays a summary of blob file statistics. -S Displays the number of records in use and the amount of space used by the records in the specified blob file. Use the -v option to display detailed information about each record. -v Displays detailed information when entered with another option that displays information.

DESCRIPTION

The blobadm command displays information for a specified blob file. It also can check a blob file, grow the data portion of a blob file, or update key information. The information displayed shows: · Control information · The free block map · Up to three hash tables · The key table · The data portion of a file which consists of a configurable number of pages. Each page is 4 KBytes and consists of 32 fragments, each 128 bytes. The well-known blob files are the ACL store, the BUILTIN accounts store, the change log, domain SAM database, the LSA store, the Registry store, and the Share store. You must be logged in as root to use the blobadm command.

NOTE

You must stop the ASU server to use the -c, -d, -G, and -q options, otherwise, the blobadm command exits with an error message.

EXAMPLES

To display a summary of blob file statistics for the ACL store, enter the following command: # blobadm -s -A

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