[jcifs] Receiving Error - jcifs.smb.SmbAuthException

[Christopher R. Hertel]

What's running on the VMS system?  Samba or Pathworks?

Chris -)-----

On Tue, Sep 28, 2004 at 09:02:18AM -0500, Jerry Jalenak wrote:
> I'm stumped on this one, so I'm hoping one of the developers might be able
> to help me out....
> 
> I've written a desktop application that uses jCIFS to connect to a VMS
> system to retreive a file.  The connection code looks like this :
> 
> 	private static final String smbUser = "???;????????";		//
> hidden for the obvious reasons...
> 	private static final String smbPassword = "????????";		//
> ... ditto ...
> 
> 	SmbFile smbFile = new SmbFile("smb://" + smbUser + ":" + smbPassword
> + "@xmit/lowes_ar/test.data");
> 	BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(
> 		new InputStreamReader(
> 			new SmbFileInputStream(smbFile)));
> 
> The smbUser and smbPassword reflect a valid windows domain user id /
> password.  When I try to run this application from my W2K desktop (actually
> within Eclipse), I throw a
> 
> 	jcifs.smb.SmbAuthException: The specified network password is not
> correct.
> 	jcifs.smb.SmbAuthException: The specified network password is not
> correct.
> 	at jcifs.smb.SmbTransport.send(SmbTransport.java:654)
> 	at jcifs.smb.SmbSession.sessionSetup(SmbSession.java:178)
> 	at jcifs.smb.SmbSession.send(SmbSession.java:138)
> 	at jcifs.smb.SmbTree.treeConnect(SmbTree.java:133)
> 	at jcifs.smb.SmbFile.connect(SmbFile.java:688)
> 	at jcifs.smb.SmbFile.connect0(SmbFile.java:662)
> 	at jcifs.smb.SmbFile.open0(SmbFile.java:712)
> 	at jcifs.smb.SmbFile.open(SmbFile.java:739)
> 	at jcifs.smb.SmbFileInputStream.<init>(SmbFileInputStream.java:69)
> 	at jcifs.smb.SmbFileInputStream.<init>(SmbFileInputStream.java:63)
> 	at Handler.run(Handler.java:105)
> 	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:534)
> 
> However, if I change the smbUser and smbPassword to my Windows user Id /
> password, everything works OK, and I can retreive the file without any
> problems.  I've had our Windows SysAdmins verify that there is nothing
> different between my user Id / password and the applications user Id /
> password.  I suspect that it has something to do with NT authorization since
> I can't even do a 'net use' command from a DOS prompt (using the application
> user Id / password) and access the VMS share.  
> 
> I'm currently using jcifs-0.9-0p7.
> 
> Any help or pointers that would help me resolve this would be greatly
> appreciated.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Jerry Jalenak
> Development Manager, Web Publishing
> LabOne, Inc.
> 10101 Renner Blvd.
> Lenexa, KS  66219
> (913) 577-1496
> 
> jerry.jalenak at labone.com
> 
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