smbclient Command Examples

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