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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	 Win-
	  dows	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, Net-
       BIOS 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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