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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 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) to obtain this
information.
OPTIONS
subnet broadcast address
Without this option, findsmb will probe the subnet of
the machine where findsmb is run. This value is passed
to nmblookup 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, Windows 95 or
Windows 98 will not show any information about the operating
system or server version.
The command must be run on a system without nmbd 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.
For example running findsmb on a machine without nmbd
running 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]
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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 2.2 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/
<URL: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
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