This module determines what shares are provided by the SMB service and which ones are readable/writable. It also collects additional information such as share types, directories, files, time stamps, etc. By default, a RubySMB net_share_enum_all request is done in order to retrieve share information, which uses SRVSVC.
To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':
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