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(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 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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