El monitor d' estat del Samba i NFS és un frontal pels programes smbstatus i showmount. Smbstatus informa de les connexions Samba actual, i forma part del conjunt d' eines Samba, que implementen el protocol SMB (Session Message Block), anomenat també protocol NetBIOS o LanManager. Aquest protocol es pot usar per proporcionar serveis de compartició d' impressores o discs a una xarxa que inclogui màquines que corren les diverses variants de Microsoft Windows.
The Samba and NFS Status Monitor is a front end to the programs smbstatus and showmount. Smbstatus reports on current Samba connections, and is part of the suite of Samba tools, which implements the SMB (Session Message Block) protocol, also called the NetBIOS or LanManager protocol. This protocol can be used to provide printer sharing or drive sharing services on a network including machines running the various flavors of Microsoft Windows.