*/
    boolean isPermanent ( CIFSContext tc ) throws UnknownHostException;


    /**
     * Retrieves the MAC address of the remote network interface. Samba returns all zeros.
     * 
     * @param tc
     *            context to use
     *
     * @return the MAC address as an array of six bytes
     * @throws UnknownHostException
     *             if the host cannot be resolved to