[patch] uppercase workgroup in browse request

[Stephan Kulow]

Am Thursday 27 March 2003 03:43 schrieb Christopher R. Hertel:
> Stephan Kulow wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > I noticed a difference between testsmbc "smb://MYGRP" and testsmbc
> > "smb://mygrp" (it doesn't make a difference for SAMBA servers, but it
> > does for XP and for winME) So please apply the included patch.
>
> Hang on...
>
> Do I read this correctly?  Are we forgetting to up-case the workgroup name?
> (...it always helps to provide a little clue along with the patch.)  :)
>
> Samba decodes NetBIOS names and then performs a case-insensitive comparison
> on the original name.  Windows (the versions I've tested) simply compares
> the wire-format strings.  That's faster, but it's also case sensitive.  I
> don't currently have any ME or XP systems to test.
>
I don't understand. You seem to agree with the patch, still it's not applied.

Greetings, Stephan