findsmb(1)

FINDSMB(1)               USER COMMANDS                 FINDSMB(1)

NAME

     findsmb - list info about machines that respond to SMB  name
     queries on a subnet

SYNOPSIS

     findsmb [subnet broadcast address]

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.

EXAMPLES

     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 work-
     group. 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

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FINDSMB(1)               USER COMMANDS                 FINDSMB(1)

     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]

VERSION

     This man page is correct for version 3.0 of the Samba suite.

SEE ALSO

     nmbd(8), smbclient(1), and nmblookup(1)

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 Doc-
     Book XML 4.2 for Samba 3.0 was done by Alexander Bokovoy.

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