When smbclient is used to list shares, the temporary/hidden attribute of shares is not shown. It would be good if it could be shown something like this: $ sudo smbclient -P -L 10.0.0.1 Sharename Type Attributes Comment --------- ---- --------- ------- ADMIN$ Disk Hidden Remote Admin share Disk tmp$ Disk Hidden, Temp A comment here This would be useful in debugging issues with shares.