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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: kio_smb patch and questions
From:       aleXXX <alexander.neundorf () gmx ! net>
Date:       2001-11-29 22:06:53
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On Thu 29 Nov 01 22:27, Wynn Wilkes wrote:
> On Thursday 29 November 2001 03:05 pm, aleXXX wrote:
> > I really think the smb ioslave should use the same notation as *every*
> > other ioslave: protocol://host/path
>
> I'd also like to see the two smb ioslaves behave the same way.  But there
> is some nice code in libsmbclient to detect all the workgroups- it's cool
> to type in smb:// and see all the available workgroups on your network.  It
> does give you more power to be able to switch workgroups without having to
> reconfigure the ioslave through kcontrol.
>
> > smb:/workgroup/host should be redirected to smb://host I think.
> >  smb:/ should be redirected to the default workgroup.  I never understood
> > why under windows there are the hosts in the top level and once again one
> > or two level deeper.
>
> I think the redirection should be taken out so the smb ioslave can work in
> the tree views.  But, I'm ok if your way is done to keep backward's
> compatibility with the smbro ioslave.
>
> Wynn

Well, it is not only compatibilty with the current smbro ioslave, but also 
compatibilty with the http, ftp, fish and *any* other ioslave.

> I think we should present the user with a smb:/<workgroup>/<host> url 
> scheme  and then translate it if necessary for the libsmbclient.  I haven't 
> looked at  the latest releases in detail though, so I'm not exactly sure 
> how it is  working.

smb:/workgroup/host is ok I'd say, but smb://host should definitely work.
Isn't there even a RFC that the thing in URLs after the "//" is the host ?

And after all, it's only some url handling, this can't be a big problem.
smb:// should be invalid I think.

Bye
Alex

 
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