Detecting Windows OS Version through Samba

[Agis Andreou]

Thanx everyone, i found what i was looking for and send feedback just in 
case anybody needs it:
http://winfingerprint.sourceforge.net/

Agis Andreou wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> I have a samba server and several wannabe clients on a different subnet.
> Is there a way to determine their windows os version through the network,
> (without actually asking their owners or trying to physicaly locate 
> the hosts)?
>
> if i am not mistaken the info i'm looking for is exposed at least 
> during the browser election proccess,
> but that is not enough since i am on a different subnet. NetBIOS is 
> open to those machines.
>
> Is there a cmd line utility or source code for solaris/bsd/linux or 
> windows that can be used for that purpose?
>
> thanx,
> Agis
>