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On Wed, 19 Aug 2026 13:26:11 -0700, Mike Easter wrote:
> I`m not a commandline smarty, but I was wondering if there were a
> way to try to access the share from the commandline instead of the
> GUI file manager, then when the authentication failed, there might
> be some kind of failure message that could be useful.
There are quite a few useful tools at the client end to test
connections, authentication etc: nmblookup, smbtree, and in particular
smbclient.
E.g. to get a listing of shares visible to a given username/password:
smbclient -U оusernameп%оpasswordп -L оserver-addrп
Specify domain as well:
smbclient -U оusernameп%оpasswordп -W оdomainп ...
Access a particular share:
smbclient //оserver/оshare-nameп -U оusernameп оpasswordп
(Hmm, there might be a typo in my notes ... might need a ?%? instead
of a blank between оusernameп and оpasswordп.)
Here?s a tip for troublesome Windows clients: they could be trying to
use an obsolete connection protocol version or authentication protocol
version that your Samba server is not configured to allow.
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