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List:       kfm-devel
Subject:    Re: konqueror SMB support problems
From:       Jelmer Feenstra <spark () dds ! nl>
Date:       2000-09-11 9:08:02
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On Mon, 11 Sep 2000, David Faure wrote:

> >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.

Hmm, that's too bad, it would be nice to have a good working smb 
implementation :( But unless something happens the library will not be 
improved bfeore the kde2 release I guess ?

> >- Listing NT5/WIN2K systems return dir- and filelistings in 8.3 format (no
> >long filenames)
>
> Interesting, it works fine with Win 95/98.

Yes, I know, the problem lies in the negotiation protocol (according to 
Brodu). Somehow NT5 thinks we are a client that doesn't support long 
filenames. I'm looking in to it, but it's been a while for me to be active 
reading lots of code (especially weird smb protocol code :) and actually 
understanding what's happening. But Brodu is willing to help me out, so if  I 
somehow manage to fix some of the problems I noted, I'll let you guys know.

> >- 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.

Ok, so I'm on the right mailinglist, that's a start :)

> What we need is a new maintainer for this stuff.

Who used to be the old one ? Brodu ?

Greetz,

Jelmer Feenstra

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