[jcifs] Cannot get jcifs.http.NtlmHttpFilter to work

[Alfie Kirkpatrick]

Mike, thanks for the reply.

I'm using Tomcat 4.1.29 and JDK1.4.1_01 with no special config. I have
Ethereal -- but what would I be looking for in the trace?

Regards, Alfie.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael B Allen [mailto:mba2000 at ioplex.com] 
> Sent: 19 December 2003 09:07
> To: Alfie Kirkpatrick
> Cc: jcifs at lists.samba.org
> Subject: Re: [jcifs] Cannot get jcifs.http.NtlmHttpFilter to work
> 
> 
> 
> > I always get an SmbAuthException whether I use 
> > jcifs.http.domainController or jcifs.smb.client.domain and 
> > jcifs.netbios.wins together (as shown in the example). The error 
> > returned is "Access denied" (thrown by SmbSession.logon).
> >
> > If I construct my own NtlmPasswordAuthentication with explicit 
> > domain/username/password and pass it to SmbSession.logon it works 
> > fine, so it appears to be a problem with the communication between 
> > browser and servlet, rather than between servlet and DC. 
> I'm using IE6 
> > on WinXP and the DC is running ActiveDirectory. My servlet 
> is running 
> > on localhost and is shown as "Local intranet"
> 
> What Servelt container are you using? Which version of jCIFS 
> are you using? Some Servlet containers have a problem with 
> NTLM HTTP authentication because the session must be 
> maintained for the exchange of the challenge and password hashes.
> 
> If you would really like to get to the bottom of what's 
> happening quickly, get a packet capture with NetMon, 
> Ethereal, or tcpdump:
> 
> # tcpdump -w out.pcap -s 0 'port 139 || port 137'
> 
> Mike
> 
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