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==Using smbclient command line samba client==
*To obtain list of shares shared by particular server use:
*:<pre>
*::	smbclient -U <username> -L <IP_address>
*:</pre>
*:For example to see list of files shared by machine with IP 10.3.3.145 use '<tt>smbclient -U saurabh -L 10.3.3.145</tt>'
*To Access files shared on windows machine using command:
*:<pre>
*::	smbclient -U <administrator_username> //<IP>/<sharename>
*:</pre>
*:For example to access drive share named 'C$' on machine with IP 10.3.3.145 using administrator username as saurabh' use '<tt>smbclient -U saurabh //10.3.3.145/C$ </tt>'. Note that windows usernames are case-insensitive, so any case is fine for typing username. 
*Once you are connected you will get prompt like '<tt>smb&gt;</tt>'. On this prompt you can use "help" command to see what commands are available. 
*To download directories first go to parent directory using cd commands. Then use '<tt>ls</tt>' command to see proper full name of directory you want to download. Then use commands:
*:<pre>
*::	prompt
*::	recurse
*::	mget "<Directory to download>"
*:</pre>
*:to download complete directory along with sub-folders and files without any prompting. Then use '<tt>recurse</tt>' as soon as download is finished. This is because recurse applies to all commands and not just to mget. Hence if you forget to switch of recurse and try to do '<tt>ls</tt>' then you would end up seeing all sub-directories and files inside them to when trying to run '<tt>ls</tt>' on any parent directory.
*We can use command
*:<pre>
*::	smbclient -L localhost -U%
*:</pre>
*:to check that local samba server is running and that it is allowing users to connect without supplying any username or password.





==Using nmblookup==

*To find IP address of computer given its computer name we can use nmblookup. Normally large windows networks have WINS (Windows Name Server) to resolve name to IP addresses and vice-versa. But within same LAN we can resolve name to IP addresses without using WINS server. To find IP address of computer in same LAN, using its computer name use:
*:<pre>
*::	nmblookup '<computer name>'
*:</pre>
*To also find group to which this computer belongs and its MAC address use:
*:<pre>
*::	nmblookup -S '<computer name>'
*:</pre>
*In the "nmblookup -S" output look for lines that contain code '<00>'. For example
*:<pre>
*::        CR0100017       <00> -         B <ACTIVE> 
*::        LAB320          <00> - <GROUP> B <ACTIVE> 
*:</pre>
*:In this case the computer name is 'CR0100017' and it belongs to workgroup named 'lab320'. 
*To find IPs of all computers in a workgroup we can use:
*:<pre>
*::	nmblookup '<workgroup name>'
*:</pre>
*:For example to find all computers in workgroup named lab320 we can use <tt>nmblookup 'lab320'</tt>
*If we want computer names along with IP addresses then we can use:
*:<pre>
*::	nmblookup -S 'lab320'
*:</pre>



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