Use PowerShell to enumerate Linux SMB shares

Question

I can list my own computer's shares no problem with:

gwmi Win32_Share

But when I try

gwmi Win32_Share -computer myserver

Where myserver is an HP MediaVault mv2120 running BusyBox. I get back the response: Get-WmiObject : The RPC server is unavailable. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x800706BA)

Is there any way to get this done?

Answer 1

The "W" in WMI stands for "Windows," and while SAMBA does a half-decent job at getting server message block (SMB) working, it does not implement WMI on Linux. Not the same interface/protocol unfortunately.

If you want to view SAMBA shares from windows, use NET VIEW \\1.2.3.4 where 1.2.3.4 is the IP of your Unix box.

Answer 2

The answer is NO - Linux does not have a WMI service.

Get-WMIObject only works against Windows systems (until someone in the Linux community implements WMI!)