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

[Udo Kaune]

Am 11.02.19 um 12:00 schrieb Stephan Roth via samba:
> On 11.02.19 11:37, Udo Kaune via samba wrote:
>> Am 11.02.19 um 11:30 schrieb Ralph Böhme via samba:
>>> On Mon, Feb 11, 2019 at 10:26:31AM +0100, Stephan Roth via samba wrote:
>>>> Let me rephrase the question in hope for an answer:
>>>>
>>>> Is it at all feasible to identify the operating system of a client?
>>>
>>> no, not really. We try to match by the list of supported SMB 
>>> dialects in the SMB1 negprot, but that is really just guesswork.
>>>
>> Maybe some means of translation table would come in handy
>> https://www.adminsub.net/mac-address-finder/apple
>>
> Thanks for the idea, but that's not an option, as USB ethernet dongles 
> from non-Apple vendors are used with Macs in the network I'm working 
> with.
>

Could you use DHCP option 60 to resolve to a separated IP range for you 
Mac clients? (excerpt from a Samsung TV)

Frame 54169: 347 bytes on wire (2776 bits), 347 bytes captured (2776 
bits) on interface 0
User Datagram Protocol, Src Port: 68, Dst Port: 67
Bootstrap Protocol (Discover)
     Option: (60) Vendor class identifier
         Length: 37
         Vendor class identifier: 1.18.1-VD Linux VDLinux.1.2.1.x

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