[jcifs] Win 2003 support?

[Christopher R. Hertel]

On Sat, Aug 30, 2003 at 08:13:58PM -0400, Michael B Allen wrote:
> > I've written a web based application using JCIFS .65 to allow users to
> > manipulate files stored within their home directories on our Windows NT
> > server (view, upload, download, zip, unzip, create directories, delete
> > directories/files, etc.).  We've just upgraded to Windows Server 2003 from
> > NT 4.0 and my application no longer seems to work.
> >
> > I'm currently working with jcifs-0.7.11ssnlim.jar and am receiving "access
> > denied" errors when I attempt connect to an account and display filenames.
> >  This is the same symptoms I recieved when using older Samba releases with
> > Win2003 (due to the smb packet signing done on Win 2003).  Is jcifs
> > compatible with Win 2003 servers?
> 
> JCIFS does not support SMB signing. If your Win2003 servers require it,
> jCIFS will not work. Of course there is no way for me to tell what is
> happening. To be certain, I would need two packet captures; one of NT 4.0
> operating on Win2003 successfully and one of jCIFS failing to do the same
> or similar on the Win2003 server.

It is my understanding that SMB signing is turned on by default in W2K3.  
It can, however, be disabled or made optional.

Chris -)-----

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