[jcifs] Accessing SMB files and NTLM

[Michael B Allen]

Increase the log level and look for exceptions. Maybe the client's
getting into a bad irreverible state.

On Tue, 23 May 2006 17:10:26 +0100
"Mike Streeton" <mike.streeton at ardentia.co.uk> wrote:

> Mike,
>    We are authenticating to the primary domain controller for the NTLM
> authentication. We are supplying the same credentials to access the
> files
> By creating a new SmbFile(url,new
> NtlmPasswordAuthentication(domain,username,password));
> 
> Does this help.
> 
> Many Thanks
> 
> Mike
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael B Allen [mailto:mba2000 at ioplex.com] 
> Sent: 23 May 2006 17:00
> To: Mike Streeton
> Cc: jcifs at lists.samba.org
> Subject: Re: [jcifs] Accessing SMB files and NTLM
> 
> On Tue, 23 May 2006 11:30:37 +0100
> "Mike Streeton" <mike.streeton at ardentia.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> > We are using NTLM for windows authentication to our web server, we
> have
> > also started using SMB files to access windows files. We seem to have
> an
> > issue that the NTLM works okay; SMB works okay, but SMB stops working
> > when you connect via NTLM, it does not seem to start working again
> until
> > the app server is restarted? Any ideas, thanks
> 
> You can't use NTLM HTTP authenticated credentials to then access SMB
> resources on a host other than the server with which you negotiated NTLM
> authentication on behalf of the HTTP client. Specifically, the server
> challenge is specific to the server with which you're performing NTLM
> authentication.
> 
> Otherewise, you question is vague and I don't know how to answer.
> 
> Mike
>