findsmb
list info about machines that respond to SMB name queries on a subnet
see also :
smbclient - nmblookup
Synopsis
findsmb
[subnet broadcast address]
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The output of findsmb lists the following information for all
machines that respond to the initial nmblookup for any name: IP
address, NetBIOS name, Workgroup name, operating system, and SMB
server version.
There will be a ´+´ in front of the workgroup name for machines
that are local master browsers for that workgroup. There will be
an ´*´ in front of the workgroup name for machines that are the
domain master browser for that workgroup. Machines that are
running Windows for Workgroups, Windows 95 or Windows 98 will not
show any information about the operating system or server
version.
The command with -r option must be run on a system without
nmbd(8) running. If nmbd is running on the system, you
will only get the IP address and the DNS name of the machine. To
get proper responses from Windows 95 and Windows 98 machines, the
command must be run as root and with -r option on a
machine without nmbd running.
For example, running findsmb without -r option set would
yield output similar to the following
IP ADDR NETBIOS NAME WORKGROUP/OS/VERSION
---------------------------------------------------------------------
192.168.35.10 MINESET-TEST1 [DMVENGR]
192.168.35.55 LINUXBOX *[MYGROUP] [Unix] [Samba 2.0.6]
192.168.35.56 HERBNT2 [HERB-NT]
192.168.35.63 GANDALF [MVENGR] [Unix] [Samba 2.0.5a for IRIX]
192.168.35.65 SAUNA [WORKGROUP] [Unix] [Samba 1.9.18p10]
192.168.35.71 FROGSTAR [ENGR] [Unix] [Samba 2.0.0 for IRIX]
192.168.35.78 HERBDHCP1 +[HERB]
192.168.35.88 SCNT2 +[MVENGR] [Windows NT 4.0] [NT LAN Manager
4.0]
192.168.35.93 FROGSTAR-PC [MVENGR] [Windows 5.0] [Windows 2000
LAN Manager]
192.168.35.97 HERBNT1 *[HERB-NT] [Windows NT 4.0] [NT LAN Manager
4.0]
description
This perl
script is part of the samba(7) suite.
findsmb is a
perl script that prints out several pieces of information
about machines on a subnet that respond to SMB name query
requests. It uses nmblookup(1) and
smbclient(1) to obtain this information.
options
-r
Controls whether findsmb takes
bugs in Windows95 into account when trying to find a Netbios
name registered of the remote machine. This option is
disabled by default because it is specific to Windows 95 and
Windows 95 machines only. If set, nmblookup(1) will
be called with -B option.
subnet
broadcast address
Without this option, findsmb
will probe the subnet of the machine where findsmb(1)
is run. This value is passed to nmblookup(1) as part
of the -B option.
version
This man page is correct for version 3 of the Samba suite.
see also
nmbd,
smbclient , and nmblookup
author
The original
Samba software and related utilities were created by Andrew
Tridgell. Samba is now developed by the Samba Team as an
Open Source project similar to the way the Linux kernel is
developed.
The original
Samba man pages were written by Karl Auer. The man page
sources were converted to YODL format (another excellent
piece of Open Source software, available at
ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/) and updated for the Samba
2.0 release by Jeremy Allison. The conversion to DocBook for
Samba 2.2 was done by Gerald Carter. The conversion to
DocBook XML 4.2 for Samba 3.0 was done by Alexander
Bokovoy.