LFCS Question #599: 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 network shares available on a Samba server, the smbclient utility is used with the -L option followed by the server's name or IP address.

Common mistakes.

• A. smbcontrol is used to send control commands to Samba daemons (like smbd or nmbd), not to list shares from a server.
• B. smbclient -N NAME would attempt to connect to the server NAME without a password, but it would not list the shares by default; the -L option is necessary for listing.
• D. smbmount is an older command for mounting SMB/CIFS shares, which has been largely superseded by mount -t cifs, and it does not have a -L option to list shares.

Concept tested. Listing Samba shares from client

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

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