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Displaying the list of NetBIOS aliases on CIFS servers

You can display the list of NetBIOS aliases. This can be useful when you want to determine the list of names over which SMB clients can make connections to the CIFS server.

Perform one of the following actions:
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A CIFS server's NetBIOS aliasesvserver cifs show -display-netbios-aliases
The list of NetBIOS aliases as part of the detailed CIFS server informationvserver cifs show -instance

Example

The following example displays information about a CIFS server's NetBIOS aliases:

vserver cifs show -display-netbios-aliases
Vserver: vs1
            
         Server Name: CIFS_SERVER
         NetBIOS Aliases: ALIAS_1, ALIAS_2, ALIAS_3

The following example displays the list of NetBIOS aliases as part of the detailed CIFS server information:

vserver cifs show -instance
                                          Vserver: vs1                      
                         CIFS Server NetBIOS Name: CIFS_SERVER              
                    NetBIOS Domain/Workgroup Name: EXAMPLE                  
                      Fully Qualified Domain Name: EXAMPLE.COM              
Default Site Used by LIFs Without Site Membership:                          
                             Authentication Style: domain                   
                CIFS Server Administrative Status: up                       
                          CIFS Server Description:                          
                          List of NetBIOS Aliases: ALIAS_1, ALIAS_2, ALIAS_3

See the man page for the commands for more information.