[jcifs] CIFS oddities: Novell/jCIFS/smbclient

[Michael B. Allen]

On Thu, 26 Dec 2002 19:22:19 -0600
"Christopher R. Hertel" <crh at ubiqx.mn.org> wrote:

> On Thu, Dec 26, 2002 at 06:13:48PM -0500, Michael B. Allen wrote:
> :
> > The below URLs need a trailing slash.
> 
> Tried both ways, no difference in either case.  The first one causes the 
> exception with or without the slash.  The second lists files and 
> directories...with or without.
> 
> Against a Samba server, I can perform the same types of actions and--once 
> again--the trailing slash doesn't make any practical difference.  Against 
> Samba, however, the general form
> 
>   java List smb://userinfo@hostport/share[/]
> 
> works just fine.
> 
> I'll have to look at the RFCs again.  I'm not sure what they have to say 
> about the placement of trailing slashes.  Hmmm...

I didn't mean it was the source of the problem you encountered. The jCIFS
client requires a trailing slash with directories. It just so happens
the List example does not provoke a problem but just about any really
siginificant work will (e.g. SmbShell). I just wanted to clarify for
the sake of others on this list that the trailing slash is absolutely
required by jCIFS. Without a trailing slash, the resource refers to a
file and therefore cannot be list()ed.

> 
> Chris -)-----
> 
> > > $ java List smb://domain\;crh:p%40ssw0rd@server/USERS
> > > Exception in thread "main" jcifs.smb.SmbException: File not found
> > >         at jcifs.smb.SmbTransport.sendTransaction(SmbTransport.java:630)
> > >         at jcifs.smb.SmbSession.sendTransaction(SmbSession.java:78)
> > >         at jcifs.smb.SmbTree.sendTransaction(SmbTree.java:66)
> > >         at jcifs.smb.SmbFile.sendTransaction(SmbFile.java:443)
> > >         at jcifs.smb.SmbFile.list(SmbFile.java:1129)
> > >         at jcifs.smb.SmbFile.list(SmbFile.java:1117)
> > >         at List.main(List.java:31)
> > > 
> > > $ java List smb://domain\;crh:p%40ssw0rd@server/USERS/CRH
> > >  Created_on_MAC foo.txt Novell_NetShareEnum.cap.gz resource.frk
> > > 4 files in 376ms
> 
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