HP-UX HB v13.00 Ch-20 - CIFS
HP-UX Handbook – Rev 13.00 Page 33 (of 40)
Chapter 20 CIFS
October 29, 2013
verify additionally that this DMB is as well a WINS server:
telnet grcdg226 42
Trying...
Connected to grcdg226.grc.hp.com.
Escape character is '^]'.
(stop with <ctrl>+<d>)
retrieve a list of master browsers on the subnet you can use:
nmblookup -M -
querying __MSBROWSE__ on 15.140.15.255
15.140.10.224 __MSBROWSE__<01>
15.140.11.132 __MSBROWSE__<01>
...
list computers and services in a domain:
root@hprtdu96:>nmblookup -T -S gel2000
querying gel2000 on 15.140.15.255
grcdg226.grc.hp.com, 15.140.10.224 gel2000<00>
hprtdu96, 15.140.10.103 gel2000<00>
grcdg319.grc.hp.com, 15.140.11.19 gel2000<00>
grcdg430.grc.hp.com, 15.140.11.129 gel2000<00>
Looking up status of 15.140.10.224
..__MSBROWSE__. <01> - <GROUP> M <ACTIVE>
ADMINISTRATOR <03> - M <ACTIVE>
GEL2000 <00> - <GROUP> M <ACTIVE>
GEL2000 <1b> - M <ACTIVE>
GEL2000 <1c> - <GROUP> M <ACTIVE>
GEL2000 <1d> - M <ACTIVE>
GEL2000 <1e> - <GROUP> M <ACTIVE>
GRCDG226 <00> - M <ACTIVE>
GRCDG226 <01> - M <ACTIVE>
GRCDG226 <03> - M <ACTIVE>
GRCDG226 <20> - M <ACTIVE>
INet~Services <1c> - <GROUP> M <ACTIVE>
IS~GRCDG226 <00> - M <ACTIVE>
If you specify the option -S a bit more nmblookup -S gel2000#1d you will not query all
clients. You can as well request only a specific client:
nmblookup -S hprtdu96
querying hprtdu96 on 15.140.15.255
15.140.10.103 hprtdu96<00>
Looking up status of 15.140.10.103
HPRTDU96 <00> - M <ACTIVE>
HPRTDU96 <03> - M <ACTIVE>
HPRTDU96 <20> - M <ACTIVE>
GEL2000 <00> - <GROUP> M <ACTIVE>
GEL2000 <1e> - <GROUP> M <ACTIVE>
The NetBIOS naming convention allows for 16 characters in a NetBIOS name. Microsoft limits
NetBIOS names to 15 characters and uses the 16th character as a NetBIOS suffix. The NetBIOS
suffix is used by Microsoft Networking software to identify functionality installed on the
registered device. It is good to know hot to interpret the NetBIOS suffix which are hidden in the