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<p style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana">We are experiencing a problem with jCIFS API when our folder structure is set up with dual layer DFS. The API doesn't resolve the second layer of linked references to a physical location (see example below). </span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana">The single layer DFS works fine and the target physical location is properly resolved (see example below).</span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Please note our application is only expected to perform in MS Windows environment.</span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span></p>
<p style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Does the new version of JCIFS (jcifs-1.3.13) support dual layer DFS? </span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Or are there any plans to support that in the future versions?</span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Alternatively, if dual layer DFS support is not planned for JCIFS could you <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>recommend another reliable API?</span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Supported (Single Layer DFS)</span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>DFS Root > DFSLink1 > Target Server</span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><a href="file://domain.com/dfsroot/">\\domain.com\dfsroot\</a></span></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><a href="file://domain.com/dfsroot/dfslink1">\\domain.com\dfsroot\dfslink1</a></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><a href="file://domain.com/dfsroot/dfslink1/fileserver">\\domain.com\dfsroot\dfslink1\fileserver</a></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana"> </span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Not Supported (Dual Layer DFS)</span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>DFS Root > DFSLink3 > DFSLink1 > Target Server</span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><a href="file://domain.com/dfsroot/">\\domain.com\dfsroot\</a></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><a href="file://domain.com/dfsroot/dfslink3">\\domain.com\dfsroot\dfslink3</a></span></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><a href="file://domain.com/dfsroot/dfslink1">\\domain.com\dfsroot\dfslink1</a></span></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><a href="file://domain.com/dfsroot/dfslink1/fileserver">\\domain.com\dfsroot\dfslink1\fileserver</a></span></p>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Sincerely,</font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Marianna D.</font></div>