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smbclient

Stands for Server Message Block and is a protocol for file sharing between computers. It runs on port 445 by default.

The command line tool to interact with it, it's smbclient.

To list shared directories (use -N for anonymous access):

smbclient -L \\<ip> -N

        Sharename       Type      Comment
        ---------       ----      -------
        ADMIN$          Disk      Remote Admin
        C$              Disk      Default share
        IPC$            IPC       Remote IPC
        WorkShares      Disk
SMB1 disabled -- no workgroup available

Note the \\ prefix, this comes from Windows slahes. Make sure to pass the --user flag, otherwise it will try to connect using your Linux user:

smbclient -L \\10.129.68.251 --user="Administrator"
Password for [WORKGROUP\Administrator]:

	Sharename       Type      Comment
	---------       ----      -------
	ADMIN$          Disk      Remote Admin
	C$              Disk      Default share
	IPC$            IPC       Remote IPC

Now, let's connect to the shared:

smbclient \\\\<ip>\\WorkShares
Enter WORKGROUP\gal's password:
Try "help" to get a list of possible commands.
smb: \>

When you're connected to the smb server you can use the same commands as in FTP.

If you see this error: protocol negotiation failed: NT_STATUS_NOT_SUPPORTED, you need to configure min/max protocol versions, see: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/562550/smbclient-protocol-negotiation-failed

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