[jcifs] Problem with DFS files!!!

[Christopher R. Hertel]

On Fri, Feb 04, 2005 at 04:51:45PM -0500, Michael B Allen wrote:
> On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 15:45:03 -0600
> "Christopher R. Hertel" <crh at ubiqx.mn.org> wrote:
> 
> > > > I am mean to say that i was able to open the share from windows
> > > > explorer with out any problems. But, programmatically i am not able to
> > > > get the input stream of the file. Instead, i get "network name cannot
> > > > be found" error.
> > > > 
> > > > Does JCIFS 1.1.7 work fine with DFS?
> > > 
> > > AFAIK yes. Send me a capture [1] of a) Windows Explorer successfully
> > > accessing
> > > the specific resource and b) jcifs failing to access the same resource.
> > > 
> > > Mike
> > > 
> > > [1] http://jcifs.samba.org/capture.html
> > 
> > From the description, I don't think it's DFS that's the problem but that's
> > mostly a hunch.
> 
> Yeah, I think it's probably something else. I don't think DFS even works
> above the share level. The captures will show what the problem is.

That's my understanding.  A DFS 'directory' can point to a share on 
another server.

...as usual, I'm happy to learn if'n I'm wrong.  :)

Chris -)-----

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