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smbclient — FTP-like client to access SMB/CIFS resources on servers. More information: <https://manned.org/smbcl

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Problem

How to use the smbclient command: FTP-like client to access SMB/CIFS resources on servers. More information: <https://manned.org/smbclient>.

Solution

smbclient — FTP-like client to access SMB/CIFS resources on servers. More information: <https://manned.org/smbclient>.

Connect to a share (user will be prompted for password; exit to quit the session):

smbclient {{//server/share}}

Connect with a different username:

smbclient {{//server/share}} --user {{username}}

Connect with a different workgroup:

smbclient {{//server/share}} --workgroup {{domain}} --user {{username}}

Connect with a username and password:

smbclient {{//server/share}} --user {{username%password}}

Download a file from the server:

smbclient {{//server/share}} --directory {{path/to/directory}} --command "get {{file.txt}}"

Upload a file to the server:

smbclient {{//server/share}} --directory {{path/to/directory}} --command "put {{file.txt}}"

List the shares from a server anonymously:

smbclient --list={{server}} --no-pass

Code Snippets

Connect to a share (user will be prompted for password; `exit` to quit the session)

smbclient {{//server/share}}

Connect with a different username

smbclient {{//server/share}} --user {{username}}

Connect with a different workgroup

smbclient {{//server/share}} --workgroup {{domain}} --user {{username}}

Connect with a username and password

smbclient {{//server/share}} --user {{username%password}}

Download a file from the server

smbclient {{//server/share}} --directory {{path/to/directory}} --command "get {{file.txt}}"

Context

tldr-pages: linux/smbclient

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