[Samba] smbclient -M

[Marcello Romani]

Adam Nielsen ha scritto:
>> # smbclient -M Client01
>> Connection to Client01 failed. Error NT_STATUS_BAD_NETWORK_NAME
>>
>> but:
>>
>> # smbclient -L Client01 -U myuser
>> Enter myuser's password: 
>> Domain=[MYDOMAIN] OS=[Windows 5.1] Server=[Windows 2000 LAN Manager]
>>     
>
> That's a bit odd.  What happens if you use an IP address instead?  Does
> "nmblookup Client01" work?
>
> Don't forget that you need the "Messenger" service running on the target
> PC otherwise the message won't be sent (Start, Run, services.msc)
>
> Cheers,
> Adam.
>
>   

Hallo,
    I can confirm that if the Messenger service is not running on the 
target machine, then NT_STATUS_BAD_NETWORK_NAME error is returned by 
smbclient -M
If the messenger service is running, echo "message" | smbclient -M 
<machine-name> works instead.

HTH

Marcello