[Samba] How to Customize VFS Module Error Message?

[Eric Liu]

WRONG_PASSWORD is just an example. Actually I have other failure cases in
other VFS operations. I want specific error message to be displayed at
client side. I don't know if there is a way to do this.

Thanks
Eric

On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 7:59 PM, Volker Lendecke
<Volker.Lendecke at sernet.de>wrote:

> On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 06:32:12PM +0800, Eric Liu wrote:
> > I am writing a VFS module. In certain case, I need to set the error
> number
> > to NT_STATUS_WRONG_PASSWORD. At the client side, I wish I could see
> "Wrong
> > password" as error message. However, what I have seen is "No such device
> or
> > address". They look irrelevant at all.
> > So, here is my question. In VFS module, is there any way to customize the
> > error message seen at client side? So that the message can actually
> reflect
> > what has happened in VFS module.
>
> The SMB protocol allows a proper WRONG_PASSWORD message at
> authentication time. When authentication is done, it is
> unlikely that clients expect this error and behave according
> to your requirements.
>
> With best regards,
>
> Volker Lendecke
>
> >
> > Thanks
> > Eric
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