What is the difference between setting `smb ports` to 139 and setting `smb ports` to 445?

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Issue

  • What is the difference between setting smb ports to 139 and setting smb ports to 445?
  • The customer wants to get machine name from smbstatus command's output, and he approaches that
    by changing smb ports from 445 to 139 in smb.conf.
  • He is asking the difference.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • Active Directory

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