smbclient -L behavior

[Brian Ryner]

I figured this one out after looking at the source... using -N was
trying my regular username (bryner) with no password, which didn't work.
Without the -N, it was first prompting me for a password for bryner, and
if I just hit enter, that was actually failing and then it tried the no
username/no password combination which was able to show the browse
list.  So the command I'm going to use is

smbclient -U "" -L SERVER -N


Brian Ryner wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to have a program automate getting a browse list via
> smbclient -L.  I am having a problem with the way it handles passwords.
> For example, if I run:
> 
> smbclient -L SERVER
> 
> Then it prompts for a password.  I can just press enter and it will show
> the shares and browse list.  However, if I then try,
> 
> smbclient -N -L SERVER
> 
> it gives me access denied.  Is there a difference between just hitting