net command

venu.kodumagulla · 05-20-2015, 01:30 PM

Hi,

I want to use the "net" command on linux which is exist in windows.
Could you please let me know how to enable this on my linux5.4 host?

Thanks, Venu

273 · 05-20-2015, 01:33 PM

You can't.
Linux is not Windows.

Doug G · 05-20-2015, 09:39 PM

Samba includes a similar net command that works on cifs networks, but it doesn't have the same commands as MS net. If you have samba installed, check man net

venu.kodumagulla · 05-21-2015, 04:53 AM

samba is installed with "samba-3.0.33-3.40.el5_10.i386.rpm" and I found in documents that "net" command is available with this version.
after the installation I also started the samba servers.
-bash-3.2$ ps ax | grep mbd
18907 pts/1 S+ 0:00 grep mbd
20920 ? Ss 0:00 smbd -D
20923 ? Ss 0:08 nmbd -D
20925 ? S 0:00 smbd -D

But I did not find "net" command. After installation is there any special configuration required to enable "net" tool?

michaelk · 05-21-2015, 05:09 AM

The net command is part of the samba-common package which may not be installed. If installed the command should be in the /usr/bin directory.