[jcifs] DFS Links and Timeouts

[Michael B Allen]

On Mon, 19 Dec 2005 12:38:03 +0100
"Martin D. Pedersen" <mdp at visanti.com> wrote:
> > > But jcifs somehow timeouts when accessing files through dfs links. 
> > > If i traverse the files directly from //secondary/data there is no 
> > > problem!
> > 
> > I *think* I have this fixed. Try the attached patch and let 
> > us know how it goes for you.
> 
> The patch fixes the (originally) problem, but there is still another
> problem.
> 
> Exception in thread "main" jcifs.smb.SmbException: The system cannot
> find the path specified.

After looking closely at how paths are handled across DFS I found a few
problems. I think I understand this well now but I can't be certain all
cases will work properly. Please test the attached patch carefully. If
you find a problem please let me know and we'll rinse and repeat.

Thanks,
Mike
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