*/
    public static NtlmPasswordAuthenticator requestNtlmPasswordAuthentication ( String url, SmbAuthException sae ) {
        return requestNtlmPasswordAuthentication(auth, url, sae);
    }


    /**
     * @param a
     * @param url
     * @param sae
     * @return credentials returned by prompt
     */

            }
        }
        NtlmAuthenticator auth = NtlmAuthenticator.getDefault();
        if ( auth != null ) {
            NtlmPasswordAuthenticator newAuth = NtlmAuthenticator
                    .requestNtlmPasswordAuthentication(auth, locationHint, ( error instanceof SmbAuthException ) ? (SmbAuthException) error : null);
            if ( newAuth != null ) {
                this.creds = newAuth;
                return true;
            }

        return sae;
    }

/**
Used internally by jCIFS when an <tt>SmbAuthException</tt> is trapped to retrieve new user credentials.
 */

    public static NtlmPasswordAuthentication
                requestNtlmPasswordAuthentication( String url, SmbAuthException sae ) {
        if( auth == null ) {
            return null;
        }
        synchronized( auth ) {
            auth.url = url;
            auth.sae = sae;

                tree = ssn.getSmbTree(null, null);
                tree.treeConnect(null, null);
            } else if ((a = NtlmAuthenticator.requestNtlmPasswordAuthentication(
                        url.toString(), sae)) != null) {
                auth = a;
                ssn = trans.getSmbSession(auth);
                tree = ssn.getSmbTree(share, null);