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 ma-
              chine. 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  ma-
              chine  wherefindsmb(1)  is  run.  This  value  is  passed  tonm-
              blookup(1) as part of the -B option.

EXAMPLES

       The output of findsmb lists the following information for all  machines
       that  respond to the initialnmblookup 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 Work-
       groups, 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)run-
       ning. If nmbd is running on the system, you will only get  the  IP  ad-
       dress  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]

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  An-
       drew  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  up-
       dated  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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