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FINDSMB(1)


NAME

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


SYNOPSIS

  findsmb [subnetbroadcastaddress]


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(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]


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 DocBook XML 4.2 for
  Samba 3.0 was done by Alexander Bokovoy.

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