Directory listing in libsmbclient.so
Kevin Colby
kevinc at grainsystems.com
Fri Dec 29 20:03:12 GMT 2000
"Christopher R. Hertel" wrote:
>
> Scope is very difficult to explain. It is a mechanism for creating
> virtual LANs within a virtual LAN. See:
> http://www.ubiqx.org/cifs/NetBIOS.html
Okay, from this I gather that scope functions almost like a mask
on NBT broadcasts, attempting to mimic a routed domain hierarchy.
I know "." isn't allowed in a machine name, but what about a workgroup?
If not, adapt the workgroup browsing syntax to this:
smb://workgroup[.scope]/
Simple, compliant, and makes sense too. Again, once we have a machine
name, this should become irrelevant.
Of course, if "FOO.BAR" is a valid workgroup name, this won't work.
Where is the RFC on the NetBIOS namespace at? ;^)
- Kevin Colby
kevinc at grainsystems.com
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