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
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(1M) 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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IP ADR 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(1M), 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
DocBook XML 4.2 for Samba 3.0 was done by Alexander Bokovoy.
ATRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following
attributes:
ATRIBUTE TYPE ATRIBUTE VALUE
Availability SUNWsmbar, SUNWsmbau
Interface Stability External
NOTES
Source for Samba is available on http:/opensolaris.org.
Samba(7) delivers the set of four SMF(5) services as can be
seen from the following example:
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$ svcs samba wins winbind swat
STATE STIME FMRI
disabled Apr21 svc:/network/samba:default
disabled Apr21 svc:/network/winbind:default
disabled Apr21 svc:/network/wins:default
disabled Apr21 svc:/network/swat:default
where the services are:
"samba"
runs the smbd daemon managing the CIFS sessions
"wins"
runs the nmbd daemon enabling the browsing (WINS)
"winbind"
runs the winbindd daemon making the domain idmap
"swat"
Samba Web Administration Tool is a service providing
access to browser-based Samba administration interface
and on-line documentation. The service runs on software
loopback network interface on port 901/tcp, i.e. opening
"http:/localhost:901/" in browser will access the SWAT
service on local machine.
Please note: SWAT uses HTP Basic Authentication scheme
where user name and passwords are sent over the network in
clear text. In the SWAT case the user name is root.
Transferring such sensitive data is advisable only on the
software loopback network interface or over secure networks.
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