* to populate fields if the writeXxx operation needs this header data
             * for whatever reason. I copy over the uid here so it appears correct
             * in logging output. Logging of andx segments of messages inadvertantly
             * print header information because of the way toString always makes a

     * <p>
     * This method will attempt
     * to resolve SIDs using a cache and cache the results of any SIDs that
     * required resolving with the authority. SID cache entries are currently not
     * expired because under normal circumstances SID information never changes.
     *
     * @param authorityServerName

    public boolean verifySignature ( byte[] buffer, int i, int size ) {
        /*
         * Verification fails (w/ W2K3 server at least) if status is not 0. This
         * suggests MS doesn't compute the signature (correctly) for error responses
         * (perhaps for DOS reasons).
         */
        /*
         * Looks like the failure case also is just reflecting back the signature we sent
         */

        /**

 *
 * <p><b>About NetBIOS:</b> The NetBIOS name
 * service is a dynamic distributed service that allows hosts to resolve
 * names by broadcasting a query, directing queries to a server such as
 * Samba or WINS. NetBIOS is currently the primary networking layer for
 * providing name service, datagram service, and session service to the
 * Microsoft Windows platform. A NetBIOS name can be 15 characters long

 * be URL encoded if it contains reserved characters. According to RFC 2396
 * these characters are non US-ASCII characters and most meta characters
 * however jCIFS will work correctly with anything but '@' which is used
 * to delimit the userinfo component from the server and '%' which is the
 * URL escape character itself.
 * <p>
 * The server

     * If enabled, SmbFile instances starting with their first use will hold a reference to their tree.
     * This means that trees/sessions/connections won't be idle-disconnected even if there are no other active
     * references (currently executing code, file descriptors).
     * 
     * Depending on the usage scenario, this may have some benefit as there won't be any delays for restablishing these

    }

    String readString( byte[] src, int srcIndex, int len ) {
        String str = null;
        try {
            if( useUnicode ) {
                // should Unicode alignment be corrected for here?
                str = new String( src, srcIndex, len, UNI_ENCODING );
            } else {
    
                /* On NT without Unicode the fileNameLength

     * hashes (meaning negotiated via NTLM HTTP Authentication) and the other does not they will not be equal. This is
     * technically not correct however the server 8 byte challenge would be required to compute and compare the password
     * hashes but that it not available with this method.
     */
    @Override
    public boolean equals ( Object obj ) {

                msg.decode_header(fbuf);
                stub_frag_len = msg.length - 24;

                if ((off + stub_frag_len) > stub.length) {
                    // shouldn't happen if alloc_hint is correct or greater
                    byte[] tmp = new byte[off + stub_frag_len];
                    System.arraycopy(stub, 0, tmp, 0, off);
                    stub = tmp;
                }

     * <p>
     * This method will attempt
     * to resolve SIDs using a cache and cache the results of any SIDs that
     * required resolving with the authority. SID cache entries are currently not
     * expired because under normal circumstances SID information never changes.
     *