What is Jcifs and SMB?

JCIFS is an Open Source client library that implements the CIFS/SMB networking protocol in 100% Java. CIFS is the standard file sharing protocol on the Microsoft Windows platform (e.g. Map Network Drive …). This client is used extensively in production on large Intranets.

What is SMB exception?

Class SmbException The jCIFS client maps DOS error codes to NTSTATUS codes. This means that the user may receive a different error from a legacy server than that of a newer variant such as Windows NT and above.

What is SMB in Java?

SMB (full name Server Message Block) is a protocol name that can be used for Web connections and information communication between clients and servers.As a local area network file sharing transport protocol, SMB protocol is often used as a platform for the research of secure file transfer.

What’s SMB protocol?

The Server Message Block (SMB) protocol is a network file sharing protocol that allows applications on a computer to read and write to files and to request services from server programs in a computer network. The SMB protocol can be used on top of its TCP/IP protocol or other network protocols.

What is CIFS used for?

Common Internet File System (CIFS) is a network filesystem protocol used for providing shared access to files and printers between machines on the network. A CIFS client application can read, write, edit and even remove files on the remote server.

What is Jcifs jar?

JCIFS is an Open Source client library that implements the CIFS/SMB networking protocol in 100% Java. Download jcifs (2.1.9) Artifact jcifs.

Does JCIFS support SMB1?

JCIFS only supports SMB1 but Microsoft has deprecated SMB1 in their products. So if SMB1 is disabled on your network, JCIFS’ file related operations will NOT work. Fortunately there are multiple new open source SMB Java projects to try including the following:

What is smbfile in Java?

This class represents a resource on an SMB network. Mainly these resources are files and directories however an SmbFile may also refer to servers and workgroups. If the resource is a file or directory the methods of SmbFile follow the behavior of the well known java.io.File class.

What can JCIFS be used to address?

In addition to referencing files and directories, jCIFS can also address servers, and workgroups. Important: all SMB URLs that represent workgroups, servers, shares, or directories require a trailing slash ‘/’.

Are there any open source SMB Java projects?

Fortunately there are multiple new open source SMB Java projects to try including the following: This release fixes what is believed to be a moderate security issue. All NTLM initiators / clients using JCIFS should upgrade their JCIFS jar. Credit goes to Moritz Bechler for identifying and reporting this flaw. jcifs-1.3.18 released / Minor Fixes