Same error code 13

Jeremy Allison jra at samba.org
Mon May 8 15:25:49 UTC 2023


On Mon, May 08, 2023 at 06:42:00PM +0530, Vikram Bharti via samba-technical wrote:
>Hi Team
>
>I am using libsmbclient API *smbc_getFunctionOpendir *to  open a
>file/directory . This function returns *error code 13 *in case of *wrong
>credentials *and also in case the user is not having permission to view the
>file/folder. Now I am unable to interpret whether the return code is due to
>wrong credential or forbidden access.
>
>
>Is there any such API which can *list out the allowed permissions* to a
>specific user . Or just to verify whether the * credential i*s valid for
>shares.

If a credential is valid for a share, you should be able
to open the root directory of that share. That will tell
you if the cred is valid before trying to open anything
else.



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