Detecting server version

Jonny Larson jlarson at cips.nokia.com
Mon Jan 26 20:30:05 GMT 2004


I'm wishing to find the server type.

Christopher R. Hertel wrote:

>Are you interested in discovering the server type or the client type.  
>Sorry, I don't quite understand your request.
>
>Trying to figure out what kind of server you're talking to may be
>difficult, as most servers try to look as much like Windows as possible.  
>Figuring out the client type is a bit easier.
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>Chris -)-----
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>On Mon, Jan 26, 2004 at 12:12:03PM -0800, Jonny Larson wrote:
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>>Hello:
>>Could someone point me to an API, structure member, or some way in 
>>general of determining the Samba server platform?  For instance, I need 
>>to tell whether the other end is a Windows machine, UNIX, or whatnot.
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>>I'd appreciate any and all information anyone could provide.
>>
>>TIA,
>>Jonny
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