[jcifs] NTLM HTTP Filter Authenticates All Users Regardless ofJCIFSACL Permissions

John Fletcher jfletcher at latitudegeo.com
Mon Nov 1 21:56:46 GMT 2004


> > <snip>
> > >I just fixed this. It actually surprised me a little to learn how 
> > >feable ACL access control on Windows shares is. With 
> Windows NT 4.0 
> > >at least you can mount a share as any authenticated user regardless
> > 
> > >of how the ACL is set. Now that wouldn't be that bad if 
> you could not 
> > >access anything withing it but you can query the existance and 
> > >attributes of a file or directory if you know it's path 
> regardless of 
> > >how the ACL is set! I had to resort to trying to
> > >*listing* the contents of the share. That causes Access 
> Denied if the 
> > >user is not listed in the ACL.
> > 
> > >Humph!
> > 
> > >The fix will be in the next release RSN.
> > 
> > >Mike

I've tested the logonShare option in version 1.1.1, and it works as
expected.  Thanks for the fix Mike!

John


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