FINDSMB(1) 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 infor-mation. information.
mation.
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(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 --------------------------------------------------------------------192.168.35.10
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 devel-oped. developed.
oped.
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 conver-
sion 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.
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