Detecting Windows OS Version through Samba

[Agis Andreou]

Hello everyone,

I have a samba server and several wannabe clients on a different subnet.
Is there a way to determine their windows os version through the network,
(without actually asking their owners or trying to physicaly locate the 
hosts)?

if i am not mistaken the info i'm looking for is exposed at least during 
the browser election proccess,
but that is not enough since i am on a different subnet. NetBIOS is open 
to those machines.

Is there a cmd line utility or source code for solaris/bsd/linux or 
windows that can be used for that purpose?

thanx,
Agis