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smbserver.py — Host SMB shares. Part of the Impacket suite. More information: <https://github.com/fortra/impacket>.

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How to use the smbserver.py command: Host SMB shares. Part of the Impacket suite. More information: <https://github.com/fortra/impacket>.

smbserver.py — Host SMB shares. Part of the Impacket suite. More information: <https://github.com/fortra/impacket>.

Set up a basic SMB share:

smbserver.py {{sharename}} {{path/to/share}}

Set up a share with a custom comment:

smbserver.py -comment {{my_share}} {{sharename}} {{path/to/share}}

Set up a share with username and password authentication:

smbserver.py -username {{username}} -password {{password}} {{sharename}} {{path/to/share}}

Set up a share with NTLM hash authentication:

smbserver.py -hashes {{LMHASH}}:{{NTHASH}} {{sharename}} {{path/to/share}}

Set up a share on a specific interface:

smbserver.py {{[-ip|--interface-address]}} {{interface_ip_address}} {{sharename}} {{path/to/share}}

Set up a share on a non-standard SMB port:

smbserver.py -port {{port}} {{sharename}} {{path/to/share}}

Set up a share with SMB2 support:

smbserver.py -smb2support {{sharename}} {{path/to/share}}

Set up a share and log commands to an output file:

smbserver.py -outputfile {{path/to/output_file}} {{sharename}} {{path/to/share}}

Set up a basic SMB share

smbserver.py {{sharename}} {{path/to/share}}

Set up a share with a custom comment

smbserver.py -comment {{my_share}} {{sharename}} {{path/to/share}}

Set up a share with username and password authentication

smbserver.py -username {{username}} -password {{password}} {{sharename}} {{path/to/share}}

Set up a share with NTLM hash authentication

smbserver.py -hashes {{LMHASH}}:{{NTHASH}} {{sharename}} {{path/to/share}}

Set up a share on a specific interface

smbserver.py {{[-ip|--interface-address]}} {{interface_ip_address}} {{sharename}} {{path/to/share}}

tldr-pages: common/smbserver.py

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