Using Samba, Second Edition

Name

nmblookup

Synopsis

The nmblookup program is a client program that allows command-line access to NetBIOS name service for resolving NetBIOS computer names into IP addresses. The program works by broadcasting its queries on the local subnet until a machine with the specified name responds. You can think of it as a Windows analog of nslookup or dig. This is useful for looking up regular computer names, as well as special-purpose names, such as _ _MSBROWSE_ _ . If you wish to query for a particular type of NetBIOS name, add the NetBIOS type to the end of the name, using the format netbios_name #< dd >.

Command synopsis

nmblookup [options] netbios_name

Options

-A

Interprets netbios_name as an IP address and does a node status query on it.

-B broadcast_address

Sends the query to the given broadcast address. The default is to send the query to the broadcast address of the primary network interface.

-d debug_level

Sets the debug (sometimes called logging) level. The level can range from 0 to 10. Debug level 0 logs only the most important messages. Level 1 is normal; levels 3 and above are primarily used by developers for debugging the nmblookup program itself and slow the program considerably.

-f

Prints the flags in the packet headers.

-h

Prints command-line usage information for the program.

-i scope

Sets a NetBIOS scope identifier. NetBIOS scope is a rarely used precursor to workgroups.

-M

Searches for a local master browser by looking up netbios_name <1d>. If netbios_name is specified ...