[EXTERNAL] Re: Windows 10 client opens a folder as a file and asks for SMB2 GetInfo SMB2_FILE_STREAM_INFO

Jeremy Allison jra at samba.org
Fri May 8 04:12:27 UTC 2020


On Thu, May 07, 2020 at 09:56:41PM +0000, Ashok Ramakrishnan wrote:
> Yes! I haven't figured out the exact algorithm for which component it drops... It usually is the last directory/folder in the path, but I have seen instances of it dropping more than one component. So, though I cannot claim it is random... I have not been able to figure out a repeatable pattern of what gets dropped.
> 
> Client here is Windows 10, file explorer, right click -> properties.
> 
> Not sure how other users of the windows file API behave...

Thanks so much for the explaination Ashok,

That's certainly one to remember for future
issues.

Cheers,

Jeremy.



More information about the samba-technical mailing list