How To Install nmbscan on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install nmbscan in Fedora 36. nmbscan is NMB/SMB network scanner

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nmbscan on Fedora 36.

What is `nmbscan`

Scans a SMB shares network, using NMB and SMB protocols. Useful to acquire an information on a local area network (security audit, etc.) Matches the information such as NMB/SMB/Windows host name, IP address, IP host name, Ethernet MAC address, Windows user name, NMB/SMB/Windows domain name and master browser. Can discover all NMB/SMB/Windows hosts on a local area network thanks to hosts lists maintained by master browsers.

We can use yum or dnf to install nmbscan on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install nmbscan.

Install nmbscan on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install nmbscan using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install nmbscan

Install nmbscan on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install nmbscan using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install nmbscan

How To Uninstall nmbscan on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the nmbscan package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove nmbscan

nmbscan Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/nmbscan
/usr/share/doc/nmbscan
/usr/share/doc/nmbscan/HOWTO_contribute.txt
/usr/share/licenses/nmbscan
/usr/share/licenses/nmbscan/gplv2.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/nmbscan.1.gz

References

nmbscan website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nmbscan on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).