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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 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]
  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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