14.8. Samba Distribution Programs
14.8.1. findsmb
findsmb <subnet_broadcast_address>
The
findsmb program is a Perl script which reports information about SMB-aware systems on a specific subnet. If no subnet is specified the local subnet is used. Items displayed include IP address, NetBIOS name, workgroup or domain name, operating system, and version.
The following example shows the output of executing
findsmb as any valid user on a system:
~]$ findsmb
IP ADDR NETBIOS NAME WORKGROUP/OS/VERSION
------------------------------------------------------------------
10.1.59.25 VERVE [MYGROUP] [Unix] [Samba 3.0.0-15]
10.1.59.26 STATION22 [MYGROUP] [Unix] [Samba 3.0.2-7.FC1]
10.1.56.45 TREK +[WORKGROUP] [Windows 5.0] [Windows 2000 LAN Manager]
10.1.57.94 PIXEL [MYGROUP] [Unix] [Samba 3.0.0-15]
10.1.57.137 MOBILE001 [WORKGROUP] [Windows 5.0] [Windows 2000 LAN Manager]
10.1.57.141 JAWS +[KWIKIMART] [Unix] [Samba 2.2.7a-security-rollup-fix]
10.1.56.159 FRED +[MYGROUP] [Unix] [Samba 3.0.0-14.3E]
10.1.59.192 LEGION *[MYGROUP] [Unix] [Samba 2.2.7-security-rollup-fix]
10.1.56.205 NANCYN +[MYGROUP] [Unix] [Samba 2.2.7a-security-rollup-fix]