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List:       kfm-devel
Subject:    Re: konqueror SMB support problems
From:       David Faure <david () mandrakesoft ! com>
Date:       2000-09-11 8:47:17
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On Mon, 11 Sep 2000, Jelmer Feenstra wrote :
>Hi there,
>
>I've been checking the smb support in a recent konqueror build, and there are 
>still a few problems with the libsmb++ library that's being used.
>
>I've had some contact with Brodu (writer of libsmb++) about those problems, 
>but he hasn't got a proper internet connection at the moment, so I'm turning 
>to this mailinglist (I hope it's the place for this email). I was wondering, 
>who in the kde team takes care of the smb implementation used by konqueror ?

No-one, that's the problem.

>The problems I've encountered are :
>
>- Listing NT5/WIN2K systems return dir- and filelistings in 8.3 format (no 
>long filenames)

Interesting, it works fine with Win 95/98.

>- Trying to enter directories that contain a "&" in its name results in a dir 
>not found
>
>I'm sorry if this has already been reported, I've been checking bug reports 
>and looking for a smb specific bugreport list... But didn't find the isues 
>noted above.

Didn't see such reports either.

What we need is a new maintainer for this stuff.

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