[PATCHES] smbclient - add support for superseding the destination file on rename

[Uri Simchoni]

On 03/22/2017 10:30 AM, Christian Ambach wrote:
> Hi Uri,
> 
>> This smbclient patch set supports asking the server to replace an
>> existing destination file when renaming. This is a feature of SMB2
>> protocol only - haven't found a parallel in SMB1.
> 
> According to [MS-FSCC], there is a "2.4.34.1 FileRenameInformation for
> SMB" that also contains a ReplaceIfExists flag. Or did you observe that
> servers ignore the flag when given? The SMB1 path in smbd seems to
> ignore it, see the hardcoded False value in reply.c:7391
> 
> Regards,
> Christian
> 
I haven't spotted renaming via TRANS2_SET_FILE_INFORMATION and
pass-through infolevels - I'll test it with Windows and see how it
works. This SMB1 protocol is certainly a mess...

Thanks!
Uri.