libsmbclient and IP numbers

[Gerald (Jerry) Carter]

On Thu, 15 Nov 2001, David Vest wrote:

> >
> > > smbc_opendir("smb://<insert IP here>/); it fails! Is this not supported?
> >
> > It works perfectly here (cvs version from before the weekend). What
> version are
> > you using ?
> >
>
> I've tried checking out SAMBA_2_2 and HEAD, compiled with configure; make
> libsmbclient
> copied it to /usr/lib along with libsmbclient.h to /usr/include. Then I run
> ldconfig. But it still don't work!
>
> <CODE>
> int main(int argc, char *argv[])
> {
>   char* url = "smb://130.236.226.13/";
>   int nDirEnt;
>
>   err =  smbc_init(auth_fn,  10);
>   nDirEnt = smbc_opendir(url);
>   printf("%d",nDirEnt);
> }
> </CODE>

My guess is that the IP will work against a Samba box, but not against
NT.  Can you verify.  With NT, you need a name for the NetBIOS session
request.  smbd doesn't actually require this.









cheers, jerry