NMBLOOKUP
Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: 10/10/2023
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NAME
nmblookup - NetBIOS over TCP/IP client used to lookup NetBIOS names
SYNOPSIS
-
- nmblookup [-M|--master-browser] [--recursion] [-S|--status] [-r|--root-port] [-A|--lookup-by-ip] [-B|--broadcast=BROADCAST-ADDRESS] [-U|--unicast=UNICAST-ADDRESS] [-T|--translate] [-f|--flags] [-?|--help] [--usage] [-d|--debuglevel=DEBUGLEVEL] [--debug-stdout] [--configfile=CONFIGFILE] [--option=name=value] [-l|--log-basename=LOGFILEBASE] [--leak-report] [--leak-report-full] [-R|--name-resolve=NAME-RESOLVE-ORDER] [-O|--socket-options=SOCKETOPTIONS] [-m|--max-protocol=MAXPROTOCOL] [-n|--netbiosname=NETBIOSNAME] [--netbios-scope=SCOPE] [-W|--workgroup=WORKGROUP] [--realm=REALM] {name}
DESCRIPTION
This tool is part of the
samba(7)
suite.
nmblookup
is used to query NetBIOS names and map them to IP addresses in a network using NetBIOS over TCP/IP queries. The options allow the name queries to be directed at a particular IP broadcast area or to a particular machine. All queries are done over UDP.
OPTIONS
-M|--master-browser
-
Searches for a master browser by looking up the NetBIOS
name
with a type of
0x1d. If
name
is "-" then it does a lookup on the special name
__MSBROWSE__. Please note that in order to use the name "-", you need to make sure "-" isn't parsed as an argument, e.g. use :
nmblookup -M -- -.
--recursion
-
Set the recursion desired bit in the packet to do a recursive lookup. This is used when sending a name query to a machine running a WINS server and the user wishes to query the names in the WINS server. If this bit is unset the normal (broadcast responding) NetBIOS processing code on a machine is used instead. See RFC1001, RFC1002 for details.
-S|--status
-
Once the name query has returned an IP address then do a node status query as well. A node status query returns the NetBIOS names registered by a host.
-r|--root-port
-
Try and bind to UDP port 137 to send and receive UDP datagrams. The reason for this option is a bug in Windows 95 where it ignores the source port of the requesting packet and only replies to UDP port 137. Unfortunately, on most UNIX systems root privilege is needed to bind to this port, and in addition, if the
nmbd(8)
daemon is running on this machine it also binds to this port.
-A|--lookup-by-ip
-
Interpret
name
as an IP Address and do a node status query on this address.
-B|--broadcast <broadcast address>
-
Send the query to the given broadcast address. Without this option the default behavior of nmblookup is to send the query to the broadcast address of the network interfaces as either auto-detected or defined in the
interfaces
parameter of the
smb.conf(5)
file.
-U|--unicast <unicast address>
-
Do a unicast query to the specified address or host
unicast address. This option (along with the
-R
option) is needed to query a WINS server.
-T|--translate
-
This causes any IP addresses found in the lookup to be looked up via a reverse DNS lookup into a DNS name, and printed out before each
IP address .... NetBIOS name
pair that is the normal output.
-f|--flags
-
Show which flags apply to the name that has been looked up. Possible answers are zero or more of: Response, Authoritative, Truncated, Recursion_Desired, Recursion_Available, Broadcast.
name
-
This is the NetBIOS name being queried. Depending upon the previous options this may be a NetBIOS name or IP address. If a NetBIOS name then the different name types may be specified by appending '#<type>' to the name. This name may also be '*', which will return all registered names within a broadcast area.
-d|--debuglevel=DEBUGLEVEL
-
level
is an integer from 0 to 10. The default value if this parameter is not specified is 1 for client applications.
The higher this value, the more detail will be logged to the log files about the activities of the server. At level 0, only critical errors and serious warnings will be logged. Level 1 is a reasonable level for day-to-day running - it generates a small amount of information about operations carried out.
Levels above 1 will generate considerable amounts of log data, and should only be used when investigating a problem. Levels above 3 are designed for use only by developers and generate HUGE amounts of log data, most of which is extremely cryptic.
Note that specifying this parameter here will override the
m[blue]log levelm[]
parameter in the
/etc/samba/smb.conf
file.
--debug-stdout
-
This will redirect debug output to STDOUT. By default all clients are logging to STDERR.
--configfile=<configuration file>
-
The file specified contains the configuration details required by the client. The information in this file can be general for client and server or only provide client specific like options such as
m[blue]client smb encryptm[]. See
/etc/samba/smb.conf
for more information. The default configuration file name is determined at compile time.
--option=<name>=<value>
-
Set the
smb.conf(5)
option "<name>" to value "<value>" from the command line. This overrides compiled-in defaults and options read from the configuration file. If a name or a value includes a space, wrap whole --option=name=value into quotes.
-l|--log-basename=logdirectory
-
Base directory name for log/debug files. The extension
".progname"
will be appended (e.g. log.smbclient, log.smbd, etc...). The log file is never removed by the client.
--leak-report
-
Enable talloc leak reporting on exit.
--leak-report-full
-
Enable full talloc leak reporting on exit.
-V|--version
-
Prints the program version number.
-R|--name-resolve=NAME-RESOLVE-ORDER
-
This option is used to determine what naming services and in what order to resolve host names to IP addresses. The option takes a space-separated string of different name resolution options. The best ist to wrap the whole --name-resolve=NAME-RESOLVE-ORDER into quotes.
The options are: "lmhosts", "host", "wins" and "bcast". They cause names to be resolved as follows:
-
-
•
lmhosts: Lookup an IP address in the Samba lmhosts file. If the line in lmhosts has no name type attached to the NetBIOS name (see the
lmhosts(5)
for details) then any name type matches for lookup.
-
•
host: Do a standard host name to IP address resolution, using the system
/etc/hosts, NIS, or DNS lookups. This method of name resolution is operating system dependent, for instance on IRIX or Solaris this may be controlled by the
/etc/nsswitch.conf
file). Note that this method is only used if the NetBIOS name type being queried is the 0x20 (server) name type, otherwise it is ignored.
-
•
wins: Query a name with the IP address listed in the
wins server
parameter. If no WINS server has been specified this method will be ignored.
-
•
bcast: Do a broadcast on each of the known local interfaces listed in the
interfaces
parameter. This is the least reliable of the name resolution methods as it depends on the target host being on a locally connected subnet.
If this parameter is not set then the name resolve order defined in the
/etc/samba/smb.conf
file parameter (m[blue]name resolve orderm[]) will be used.
The default order is lmhosts, host, wins, bcast. Without this parameter or any entry in the
m[blue]name resolve orderm[]
parameter of the
/etc/samba/smb.conf
file, the name resolution methods will be attempted in this order.
-O|--socket-options=SOCKETOPTIONS
-
TCP socket options to set on the client socket. See the socket options parameter in the
/etc/samba/smb.conf
manual page for the list of valid options.
-m|--max-protocol=MAXPROTOCOL
-
The value of the parameter (a string) is the highest protocol level that will be supported by the client.
Note that specifying this parameter here will override the
m[blue]client max protocolm[]
parameter in the
/etc/samba/smb.conf
file.
-n|--netbiosname=NETBIOSNAME
-
This option allows you to override the NetBIOS name that Samba uses for itself. This is identical to setting the
m[blue]netbios namem[]
parameter in the
/etc/samba/smb.conf
file. However, a command line setting will take precedence over settings in
/etc/samba/smb.conf.
--netbios-scope=SCOPE
-
This specifies a NetBIOS scope that
nmblookup
will use to communicate with when generating NetBIOS names. For details on the use of NetBIOS scopes, see rfc1001.txt and rfc1002.txt. NetBIOS scopes are
very
rarely used, only set this parameter if you are the system administrator in charge of all the NetBIOS systems you communicate with.
-W|--workgroup=WORKGROUP
-
Set the SMB domain of the username. This overrides the default domain which is the domain defined in smb.conf. If the domain specified is the same as the servers NetBIOS name, it causes the client to log on using the servers local SAM (as opposed to the Domain SAM).
Note that specifying this parameter here will override the
m[blue]workgroupm[]
parameter in the
/etc/samba/smb.conf
file.
-r|--realm=REALM
-
Set the realm for the domain.
Note that specifying this parameter here will override the
m[blue]realmm[]
parameter in the
/etc/samba/smb.conf
file.
-?|--help
-
Print a summary of command line options.
--usage
-
Display brief usage message.
EXAMPLES
nmblookup
can be used to query a WINS server (in the same way
nslookup
is used to query DNS servers). To query a WINS server,
nmblookup
must be called like this:
nmblookup -U server -R 'name'
For example, running :
nmblookup -U samba.org -R 'IRIX#1B'
would query the WINS server samba.org for the domain master browser (1B name type) for the IRIX workgroup.
VERSION
This man page is part of version 4.17.12-Debian of the Samba suite.
SEE ALSO
nmbd(8),
samba(7), and
smb.conf(5).
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.
Index
- NAME
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- OPTIONS
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- EXAMPLES
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- VERSION
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- SEE ALSO
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- AUTHOR
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