[jcifs] ServerEnum2 Problems on smb:// scan
Matthew Tippett
matthew.tippett at sympatico.ca
Mon Dec 2 11:43:38 EST 2002
>
> The code does a 'new SmbFile("smb://")' and then a .listFiles(). So I
> am sure that from an API level we are not passing anything different
> between the two requests.
>
>
> Are the test machines under your control? Perhaps one is returning a garbage
> domain name or is set to use some strange character encoding? This doesn't sound
> like a platform dependant issue. It is more likely that a particular machine or a
> particular alignment of machines is triggering the issue. For example, if the
> NetServerEnum2 that lists all domains was decoding the domain names improperly
> it could be the source of the corrupted domain name. Basically you need to find out
> where that garbage domain name is coming from ultimately. Is it being returned by
> one of the test machines or is it an atrifact of a bug in jCIFS?
The configuration was a Linux system crossover connected to the WinME
box. Vanilla install of ME. My guess is that it there is a decode
getting done improperly.
I agree, that I will need to dig deeper and make it fully repeatable and
quantified.
>>The code change that we did do was start closing properly all
>>connections when we would open. The problem doesn't happen anymore :(
>>
>
> That's a costly bandaid. Nothing more. I advise that you track down the real source
> of the problem.
I have made it clear that since it has gone away, it is still a latent
problem that may come back at a later date. If the business side of
things don't consider it high enough a risk then I will be working on
other parts of our product.
Regards,
Matthew
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