--- smbclient.1.ori 2005-10-25 06:34:48.491209597 +0200 +++ smbclient.1 2005-10-25 06:34:58.761121757 +0200 @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ .TP servicename -servicename is the name of the service you want to use on the server\&. A service name takes the form\fI//server/service\fR where \fIserver \fR is the NetBIOS name of the SMB/CIFS server offering the desired service and \fIservice\fR is the name of the service offered\&. Thus to connect to the service "printer" on the SMB/CIFS server "smbserver", you would use the servicename \fI//smbserver/printer \fR +servicename is the name of the service you want to use on the server\&. A service name takes the form \fI//server/service\fR where \fIserver \fR is the NetBIOS name of the SMB/CIFS server offering the desired service and \fIservice\fR is the name of the service offered\&. Thus to connect to the service "printer" on the SMB/CIFS server "smbserver", you would use the servicename \fI//smbserver/printer \fR Note that the server name required is NOT necessarily the IP (DNS) host name of the server ! The name required is a NetBIOS server name, which may or may not be the same as the IP hostname of the machine running the server\&.