Detecting Windows OS Version through Samba
Simo Sorce
simo.sorce at xsec.it
Wed Mar 5 17:57:04 GMT 2003
We have a specific exapansion variable that may be used inside smb.conf
to be replaced by remote OS signature, I cannot remember how it works
out which OS is on the other side or how accurate it is.
Look into smb.conf and search for %a
Simo.
On Wed, 2003-03-05 at 18:52, Agis Andreou wrote:
> 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
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