return normalized;
    }

    /**
     * Validate UNC path
     */
    private void validateUncPath(String path) throws SmbException {
        // UNC path should have format: \\server\share[\path]
        if (!path.startsWith("\\\\") && !path.startsWith("//")) {
            throw new SmbException("Invalid UNC path format");
        }

        String[] parts = path.substring(2).split("[\\\\/]");

            strictValidator.validatePath("//server\u0001/share");
        });

        // Note: Proper UNC validation would require fixing the normalization to preserve \\
        // for UNC paths. Current implementation can't distinguish UNC paths after normalization.
    }

    @Test
    public void testInvalidUncServerName() throws Exception {

                    if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
                        log.debug("treeConnect: unc=" + unc + ",service=" + svc);
                    }

                    if (transport.isSMB2()) {
                        final Smb2TreeConnectRequest req = new Smb2TreeConnectRequest(sess.getConfig(), unc);
                        if (andx != null) {
                            req.chain((ServerMessageBlock2) andx);

            name = name.substring(0, last);
        }
        if (context.share == null) {
            this.unc = "\\";
        } else if (context.unc.equals("\\")) {
            this.unc = '\\' + name;
        } else {
            this.unc = context.unc + '\\' + name;
        }
        /* why? am I going around in circles?
         *  this.type = type == TYPE_WORKGROUP ? 0 : type;
         */

        SmbFile file = new SmbFile(baseUrl + "shared/unc.txt", context);
        String uncPath = file.getUncPath();

        assertNotNull(uncPath, "UNC path should not be null");
        log.info("UNC path: {}", uncPath);
        // Be more flexible about UNC path format - different implementations may vary
        assertTrue(uncPath.contains("shared") || uncPath.contains("unc.txt"),

        assertEquals(0, ((List<?>) pom.getValue("modules")).size());
    }

    /** MNG-3621 */
    @Test
    void testUncPath() throws Exception {
        PomTestWrapper pom = this.buildPom("unc-path/sub");
        assertEquals("file:////host/site/test-child", pom.getValue("distributionManagement/site/url"));
    }

    /** MNG-2006 */
    @Test