SambA

Pointers

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smb related tools

    # look up netbios name
    nmblookup computername

    smbclient -NL computername -d 3

What is SMB?

• Server Message Block
• http://samba.anu.edu.au/cifs/docs/what-is-smb.html

Tunneling over ssh

simple answer

• forward port 139
• ssh -L 139:remotemachine:139 sshserver
• requires disabling local file sharing on the pass-thru box - since you can't specify which port to connect smb

trickier answer

• http://www.blisstonia.com/eolson/notes/smboverssh.php
• add new hardware, network adapter, microsoft loopback adapter
• set up a virtual ip, e.g. 10.x
• forward ssh connection to virtual ip