[jcifs] jcifs.netbios.hostname and authentication

[Richard Caper]

Where would you suggest that it get this information from?  The domain
controller has a "whitelist" of Netbios names from which the user can
log in; setting the jcifs.netbios.hostname property tells jCIFS what
Netbios name it should present to the server.  If the specified name
is on the list, then authentication works.

The Netbios name has to come from somewhere (if you don't specify one
via the property, jCIFS picks a random value).

If you are saying that you need to login to multiple servers, and
present a *different* hostname to each, then that is a more convoluted
issue (and I don't think possible in the current code).

On 3/16/06, Paul Duncan <Paul.Duncan at yolus.com> wrote:
> Mike,
>
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I have a Windows Domain with a policy restricting which
> > users can log
> > > on to which workstations.  I am using jCIFS 1.2.7 to
> > authenticate with
> > > hosts on this domain.  I see that the
> > jcifs.netbios.hostname property
> > > has to be set to the correct hostname before
> > SmbSession.logon(String
> > > hostname, NtlmPasswordAuthentication authenticator) is called.  Are
> > > there any plans to modify jCIFS so that SmbSession.logon() works
> > > correctly on such a Windows Domain without having to set the
> > > aforementioned property?  Is the requirement to set this property
> > > regarded as a bug in jCIFS?  Thanks.
> >
> > Just put it in your properties file or set it in main() and
> > forgettaboutit. Why exactly are you having a problem?
> > Mike
> I agree that setting the property before calling SmbSession.logon()
> ensures that authentiction works.  The problem I am having is that I
> have code which uses SmbSession.logon() to authenticate with multiple
> hosts but does not set the jcifs.netbios.hostname property.  So the code
> has a bug.  My questions are intended to guage whether I need to fix
> this bug or if I can wait for a future release of jCIFS which would not
> require the jcifs.netbios.hostname property to be set.  Are there any
> plans for jCIFS to be modified so that SmbSession.logon() authenticates
> in the situation which I have outlined above without having to set the
> property?   SmbSession.logon accepts the hostname as a parameter and one
> could argue that the method should encapsulate everything necessary to
> authenticate with the specified host.  Do the jCIFS developers regard
> the necessity to set the property as a defect?  I am asking for
> information only.  Thanks for your help.
>
> Paul Duncan
>
>
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