nlcontrol(8) BSD System Manager's Manual nlcontrol(8)NAMEnlcontrol — NETLOGON secure channel utility
SYNOPSISnlcontrol [reconfigure] status [options] status
nlcontrol [options] verify
nlcontrol [options] change-password
DESCRIPTION
The NETLOGON channel is a secure connection to a Windows Domain Con‐
troller that is used for non-Kerberos user authentication. nlcontrol can
be used to manipulate and test the status of the NETLOGON channel.
OPTIONS-domain The service will log extensive debug information and may perform
extra diagnostic checks. This option is typically only useful
for debugging.
-help Prints a usage message and exits.
-server list
The service will listen on each of the TCP ports specified in
the comma-separated list. This option is typically only used for
debugging.
nlcontrol supports the following commands:
reconfigure Force the NETLOGON service to re-read its configuration
information. This is not necessary in normal operation,
since the NETLOGON service will detect relevant configu‐
ration changes and re-establish the secure channel auto‐
matically.
status Print the current status of the NETLOGON channel without
altering its state.
verify Attempt to verify that the NETLOGON channel is available
and working correctly.
change-password Bring up the NETLOGON channel and change the password of
the machine account. The machine account is used to
authenticate to the Domain Controller in order to secure
the channel.
DIAGNOSTICSnlcontrol will exit with a non-zero error code if the command fails. It
may also display a Windows error code, which is typically self-explana‐
tory.
HISTORY
The nlcontrol utility first appeared in Mac OS 10.7.
Darwin April 28, 2024 Darwin
