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@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
.\" <http://shell.ipoline.com/~elmert/comp/docbook2X/>
.\" Please send any bug reports, improvements, comments, patches,
.\" etc. to Steve Cheng <steve@ggi-project.org>.
-.TH "FINDSMB" "1" "15 January 2003" "" ""
+.TH "FINDSMB" "1" "28 January 2003" "" ""
+
.SH NAME
findsmb \- list info about machines that respond to SMB name queries on a subnet
.SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -12,12 +13,15 @@ findsmb \- list info about machines that respond to SMB name queries on a subne
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
-This perl script is part of the Samba suite.
+This perl script is part of the \fBSamba\fR(7)
+suite.
.PP
\fBfindsmb\fR 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 \fB nmblookup(1)\fR to obtain this information.
+It uses \fBnmblookup\fR(1)
+and \fBsmbclient\fR(1)
+to obtain this information.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.TP
\fB-r\fR
@@ -25,15 +29,16 @@ Controls whether \fBfindsmb\fR 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, \fBnmblookup\fR
+If set, \fBnmblookup\fR(1)
will be called with -B option.
.TP
\fBsubnet broadcast address\fR
Without this option, \fBfindsmb
\fR will probe the subnet of the machine where
-\fBfindsmb\fR is run. This value is passed
-to \fBnmblookup\fR as part of the
--B option.
+\fBfindsmb\fR(1)
+is run. This value is passed to
+\fBnmblookup\fR(1)
+as part of the -B option.
.SH "EXAMPLES"
.PP
The output of \fBfindsmb\fR lists the following
@@ -50,15 +55,15 @@ not show any information about the operating system or server
version.
.PP
The command with -r option
-must be run on a system without \fBnmbd\fR running.
+must be run on a system without \fBnmbd\fR(8) running.
If \fBnmbd\fR 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 \fBnmbd\fR running.
.PP
-For example, running \fBfindsmb\fR without
--r option set would yield output similar
+For example, running \fBfindsmb\fR
+without -r option set would yield output similar
to the following
.nf
@@ -74,7 +79,6 @@ IP ADDR NETBIOS NAME WORKGROUP/OS/VERSION
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]
-
.fi
.SH "VERSION"
.PP
@@ -82,9 +86,8 @@ This man page is correct for version 3.0 of
the Samba suite.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
-\fBnmbd(8)\fR
-\fBsmbclient(1)
-\fR and \fBnmblookup(1)\fR
+\fBnmbd\fR(8),
+\fBsmbclient\fR(1), and \fBnmblookup\fR(1)
.SH "AUTHOR"
.PP
The original Samba software and related utilities
@@ -94,7 +97,7 @@ to the way the Linux kernel is developed.
.PP
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
+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. The conversion to DocBook
+XML 4.2 for Samba 3.0 was done by Alexander Bokovoy.