For some reason, I forgot to include the error message :-/ ~# smbclient -M \\WIN-PC "test" test: Not enough '\' characters in service I tried the different versions shown below, but always get the same error. It doesn't look like it's the remote host that's the issue. On 29/09/2021 18:38, Rowland Penny via samba wrote:> On Wed, 2021-09-29 at 09:02 -0700, Jeremy Allison via samba wrote: >> On Wed, Sep 29, 2021 at 05:52:17PM +0200, Gilles via samba wrote: >>> On 29/09/2021 17:40, Jeremy Allison wrote: >>>> On Wed, Sep 29, 2021 at 05:03:54PM +0200, Gilles via samba wrote: >>>>> Hello, >>>>> >>>>> From Debian 9 running Samba 4-5-16, I'd like to send a pop-up >>>>> message to a Windows (7) host, but none of the following works: >>>>> >>>>> smbclient -M \\WIN-PC "test" >>>>> smbclient -M //WIN-PC "test" >>>>> smbclient -M ////WIN-PC "test" >>>>> smbclient -M '\\WIN-PC' "test" >>>>> >>>>> Would someone have a working example? >>>>> >>>>> FWIW, the Windows host is running a Comodo firewall. Would I >>>>> need >>>>> to allow connection to a given TCP/UDP port? >>>> -M messaging is an SMB1-only thing I believe. Is the Windows7 >>>> box >>>> running an SMB1 server ? >>> I don't know what an SMB1 server is. Is it a service I need to run >>> on >>> the Windows host? >> Yes, but you really shouldn't :-). >> >> https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/storage-at-microsoft/stop-using-smb1/ba-p/425858 >> > Win 7 does use SMBv1, as will Samba 4.5.16 on Debian 9, so if it did > work on those EOL things, it still should. Easiest way to find out if > it is the firewall, temporarily turn it of and see if it works. > > Rowland > > >
Rowland Penny
2021-Sep-29 19:03 UTC
[Samba] [smbclient] Fails sending pop-up message with -M
On Wed, 2021-09-29 at 20:51 +0200, Gilles via samba wrote:> For some reason, I forgot to include the error message :-/ > > ~# smbclient -M \\WIN-PC "test" > test: Not enough '\' characters in service > > I tried the different versions shown below, but always get the same > error. It doesn't look like it's the remote host that's the issue. > > On 29/09/2021 18:38, Rowland Penny via samba wrote: > > On Wed, 2021-09-29 at 09:02 -0700, Jeremy Allison via samba wrote: > > > On Wed, Sep 29, 2021 at 05:52:17PM +0200, Gilles via samba wrote: > > > > On 29/09/2021 17:40, Jeremy Allison wrote: > > > > > On Wed, Sep 29, 2021 at 05:03:54PM +0200, Gilles via samba > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > > > > > From Debian 9 running Samba 4-5-16, I'd like to send a > > > > > > pop-up > > > > > > message to a Windows (7) host, but none of the following > > > > > > works: > > > > > > > > > > > > smbclient -M \\WIN-PC "test" > > > > > > smbclient -M //WIN-PC "test" > > > > > > smbclient -M ////WIN-PC "test" > > > > > > smbclient -M '\\WIN-PC' "test" > > > > > > > > > > > > Would someone have a working example? > > > > > > > > > > > > FWIW, the Windows host is running a Comodo firewall. Would > > > > > > I > > > > > > need > > > > > > to allow connection to a given TCP/UDP port? > > > > > -M messaging is an SMB1-only thing I believe. Is the Windows7 > > > > > box > > > > > running an SMB1 server ? > > > > I don't know what an SMB1 server is. Is it a service I need to > > > > run > > > > on > > > > the Windows host? > > > Yes, but you really shouldn't :-). > > > > > > https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/storage-at-microsoft/stop-using-smb1/ba-p/425858 > > > > > Win 7 does use SMBv1, as will Samba 4.5.16 on Debian 9, so if it > > did > > work on those EOL things, it still should. Easiest way to find out > > if > > it is the firewall, temporarily turn it of and see if it works. > > > > RowlandIs the Win7 machine running winpopup ? Have you tried without any slashes ? Rowland