[jcifs] Any improvement to DFS connections?

[Thomas Bley]

Is w2k3 using the second method ? (I'm using w2k3 without ad)

Michael B Allen wrote:
> There are apparently two different flavors of DFS. One is documented in
> the CIFS spec and describes a referral mechanism. JCIFS fully supports
> this form of DFS. There is a second form which clients apparently
> pre-populate their DFS mappings perhaps during logon or through some
> kind of AD communication. JCIFS does not support this form at all and
> will not in the near future.
> 
> Mike
> 
> On Tue, 16 Aug 2005 14:00:42 -0600
> "MacDermid, Kenny" <kenny.macdermid at abridean.com> wrote:
> 
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>>Hello,
>>
>>I messaged a while back with some connection problems when connecting to a DFS. I've tried the latest version and continue to receive 'network name not found' when ever I try to access it. Is this a known issue, or should it work.
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>>I'm making the connection to:
>>
>>smb://domainname.com/dfs/
>>
>>Which is accessible in windows explorer using:
>>
>>\\domainname.com\dfs\
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>>If this should work then I'll setup ethereal tomorrow to submit proper captures.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Kenny
>>
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