LFCS Question #126: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation

Question

Which option below shows the correct command line to list the shares exported by the Samba server called NAME?

Options

• Asmbcontrol -L
• Bsmbclient -N NAME
• Csmbclient -L NAME
• Dsmbmount -L NAME

Explanation

To list the shares exported by a Samba server named 'NAME', the correct command is smbclient -L NAME.

Common mistakes.

• A. smbcontrol is a utility for sending control commands to Samba daemons (smbd, nmbd, winbindd) and is not used for listing network shares.
• B. While smbclient is the correct utility, the -N option specifies to not ask for a password, and without the -L option, it will not list the shares; it expects a share name to connect to.
• D. smbmount (or mount -t cifs in modern Linux) is used for mounting a remote Samba share onto the local filesystem, not for listing available shares on a server.

Concept tested. Samba client share listing

Reference. https://www.samba.org/samba/docs/current/manpages-3/smbclient.1.html

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