SMB Share Review with nimux

Overview

SMB shares often reveal operational data: service names, paths, scripts, configuration files, deployment logic, database references, internal hostnames, and documents that explain how systems are maintained. The right workflow is not to download everything. It is to enumerate shares, list scoped paths, collect only relevant files, and document why each file was accessed.

nimux supports SMB share enumeration and direct file operations with ls, get, put, mkdir, and rm.

Enumerate shares

nimux smb fileserver01.corp.local -d corp.local -u operator -p '<password>' --shares

Add session and logged-on review only when needed:

nimux smb fileserver01.corp.local -d corp.local -u operator -p '<password>' \
  --shares --sessions --loggedon-users

List scoped directories

nimux ls fileserver01.corp.local -d corp.local -u operator -p '<password>' \
  --share Shared

nimux ls fileserver01.corp.local -d corp.local -u operator -p '<password>' \
  --share Shared \
  --remote Projects

Look for files such as deployment scripts, configuration files, runbooks, internal notes, and scoped evidence that supports a finding.

Download only what is needed

nimux get fileserver01.corp.local -d corp.local -u operator -p '<password>' \
  --share Shared \
  --remote Projects\deploy.ps1 \
  --local ./evidence-deploy.ps1

Review locally and redact sensitive values before using screenshots or report snippets.

Controlled write validation

If write access is part of the finding, create a harmless marker file and remove it.

nimux put fileserver01.corp.local -d corp.local -u operator -p '<password>' \
  --share Shared \
  --local ./marker.txt \
  --remote nimux-validation\marker.txt

nimux rm fileserver01.corp.local -d corp.local -u operator -p '<password>' \
  --share Shared \
  --remote nimux-validation\marker.txt

Reporting

Report share name, path, account context, file category, evidence collected, sensitive data handling, and cleanup. The finding should explain why the share contents matter, not just that the share exists.