How can I access files of an SMB share if I have the IP?

Question

Having the IP, under Linux how can I access shared smb files?

When I type in for example:

smb://192.168.0.50 I get an error message.

In order to share files in this manner you need to setup a service called Samba on your Linux system. This is fairly easy to do, but a bit of a broad topic for a single question. — slm, May 07 '14 at 00:55

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered May 07 '14 at 03:53

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If you're sure the destination machine is running samba, you can pass an explicit IP to smbclient or mount.cifs:

smbclient //<samba_name>/<share> -I <machine ip to connect to>

mount -t cifs //<samba_name>/<share> <mount point> -o ip=<machine ip to connect to>

answered May 07 '14 at 03:53

oakad

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You can omit the `-I` option and just run `smbclient ///`. – ens Sep 13 '18 at 12:42
That "-I" was pretty mandatory in the olden days (when NetBios was a thing). But things had improved greatly since then. :-) – oakad Sep 14 '18 at 04:47
what's the ``? Is that like a drive name? – Sean McCarthy Jul 12 '21 at 22:37
It's a directory name on your file system where you want to see the remote files. – oakad Jul 13 '21 at 03:58

score 2 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 20 '23 at 07:33

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smbclient -N -L YOUR_TARGET_IP

This will list all the shares in SMB service.

edited Jun 20 '23 at 07:33

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answered May 26 '20 at 14:41

Ashwath Halemane

saurabh gupta · Answer 3 · 2019-08-15T10:15:42.050

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You need to provide a different client max protocol which can be done using -m tag.

just use the below command :-

smbclient //192.168.0.50/sharedFolderName/ -m SMB3

edited Aug 15 '19 at 10:15

answered Aug 15 '19 at 07:35

saurabh gupta

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