[Samba] How to identify the operating system of a client?

[Stephan Roth]

Let me rephrase the question in hope for an answer:

Is it at all feasible to identify the operating system of a client?

Thanks,
Stephan

On 30.01.19 15:28, Stephan Roth via samba wrote:
> My goal is to distinguish between Mac and Windows clients on a Samba 
> server in order to provide shares with vfs_fruit only to Mac clients.
> 
> So I assumed using the variable substitution %a which contains the 
> architecture of the remote machine would be the correct way forward.
> But as it turns out, a Windows 10 client is reported as having the 
> architecture "OSX".
> 
> Short of agressively scanning a remote client with nmap, does anyone 
> have a suggestion on how to solve this problem?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> - Stephan
> 
> I'm using Samba 4.5.12-Debian