[jcifs] DFS Links and Timeouts

[Martin D. Pedersen]

Hi Michael

After some testing and a Christmas Holiday the patch seems to work just
great.

Thanks for the help.

-- mdp


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael B Allen [mailto:mba2000 at ioplex.com] 
> Sent: 19. december 2005 22:47
> To: Martin D. Pedersen
> Cc: jcifs at lists.samba.org
> Subject: Re: [jcifs] DFS Links and Timeouts
> 
> 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
> 
>