[jcifs] JCIFS and Share name with German character

[Peter Zavadsky]

Peter Zavadsky <peter_zavadsky <at> symantec.com> writes:

> 
> Hi,
> 
> I hit following issue with JCIFS when the share name contains German
 character ß
> (or similar).
> See the following code snippet:
> 
> Config.registerSmbURLHandler();
> SmbFile smbFile = new SmbFile("smb://hostname/Shareß/");
> //SmbFile smbFile = new SmbFile("smb://hostname/Share%C3%9F/"); // same problem
> smbFile.exists();
> 
> It throws exception:
> jcifs.smb.SmbException: The network name cannot be found.
> 
> Is there some configuration setting I am missing?
> 
> Thanks,
> -Peter
> 
> 

I forgot to add that the issue is specific
to the ß German character. If we use other German characters,
e.g. like ä in the share name, it works fine.
(I am not sure, whether it has to do with uppercase
of the ß character, which in Java goes to "SS" string.)

-Peter