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github.com/stacktitan/smb
A Go package for communicating over SMB. Currently only minimal funcationality exists for client-side functions.
Here is a sample client that establishes a session with a server:
package main
import (
"log"
"github.com/stacktitan/smb/smb"
)
func main() {
host := "172.16.248.192"
options := smb.Options{
Host: host,
Port: 445,
User: "alice",
Domain: "corp",
Workstation: "",
Password: "Password123!",
}
debug := false
session, err := smb.NewSession(options, debug)
if err != nil {
log.Fatalln("[!]", err)
}
defer session.Close()
if session.IsSigningRequired {
log.Println("[-] Signing is required")
} else {
log.Println("[+] Signing is NOT required")
}
if session.IsAuthenticated {
log.Println("[+] Login successful")
} else {
log.Println("[-] Login failed")
}
if err != nil {
log.Fatalln("[!]", err)
}
}
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