[jcifs] determining the workgroup of a server

[Michael B Allen]

On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 17:19:28 +0000 (UTC)
Francis Dobi <francisdobi at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I am using jcifs for my file manager, but it has a bug because
> I cannot determine the workgroup for a given server.

Why do you need to know the workgroup of a server?

> Is it possible to determine the workgroup of a server?
> If yes how?

Look for the 0x00 group name in the NbtAddress.getAllByAddress()
output. That does a node status. Note, this only works with NetBIOS hosts
(although jcifs only works with NetBIOS hosts period so...)

Mike

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