Browser and SMB files

Bacco · January 28, 2010

Hey, quick question:

How can I enter a SMB URI in the browser so that a remote file (e.g. 814_45.pdf) will be opened via SMB/CIFS?

Very important: After the user opened the file and manipulated it he must be able to save it directly under the server it was coming from (so not the local "My documents" but rather "server.com/dir/814_45.pdf")

Those links will be available on a web page. Not every user will be contected upfront with the original server via a mapped network drive! --> So the URI has to work with the server-address

I have done some trials but the URLs simply don't work. What am I doing wrong here?

Checked html-file onn local PC (server.com)

<html><head></head><body>adsf

WORKS: <a href="file://server.com/dir/814_45.pdf">bla</a>

nope <a href="file:///server.com/dir/814_45.pdf">bla</a>

WORKS: <a href="file:////server.com/dir/814_45.pdf">bla</a>

nope <a href="smb://server.com/dir/814_45.pdf">bla</a>

nope <a href="smb:///server.com/dir/814_45.pdf">bla</a>

nope <a href="smb:////server.com/dir/814_45.pdf">bla</a>

WORKS: <a href="\\server.com\dir\814_45.pdf">bla</a>

WORKS: <a href="\\\server.com\dir\814_45.pdf">bla</a>

WORKS: <a href="\\\\server.com\dir\814_45.pdf">bla</a>

</body></html>

--> With PDF all stored under local PC (Checked with IE)

None(!!!) working when having the file on my own PC:

<html><head></head><body>adsf

</body></html>

Connected as network drives (from my PC):

file:///Y:/dir/%20&%20Analytics%20benefits.pdf

WORKS... but Acrobat (PDF= does only offer Save-As on the local PC (not the remote source where the PDF came from)

Works as it should (file on my PC):

file:///Y:/dir/presentation_slides2.ppt

- MS Office File (?)

- Save as stores the file on its remote location

Buuut - needs to be connected to network drives! (not feasable)

Any ideas how to fix this?

Thanks!

MANEMAN · January 30, 2010

Hi there, and

Is this of any help ?


/* ------------------------------------------------------ **
 * smb_url.c
 * ------------------------------------------------------ **
 */

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>

#include "smb_url.h"

smb_url *smb_urlParse( char *src, smb_url *url )
  /* ---------------------------------------------------- **
   * Parse an SMB URL string into an smb_url structure.
   *
   * This is a very, very simplistic URL parser...just
   * enough for demonstration purposes.
   * It does not handle the full syntax of SMB URLs.
   * It only handles absolute URLs, and does not do
   * enough error checking.  You can certainly do better,
   * and superior examples can be found on on the web.
   *
   * The function returns NULL on error.
   * ---------------------------------------------------- **
   */
  {
  int    pos;
  uchar *p;

  /* Clear the smb_url structure first. */
  (void)memset( url, 0, sizeof( smb_url ) );

  /* Check for a correct prefix. */
  pos = 0;
  if( 0 == strncasecmp( "smb://", src, 6 ) )
    pos = 6;
  else
    if( 0 == strncasecmp( "cifs://", src, 7 ) )
      pos = 7;
    else
      return( NULL );

  /* Check for an empty URL ("smb://"). */
  if( '\0' == src[pos] )
    return( url );

  /* Copy the original string so that we can carve it up. */
  src = strdup( &src[pos] );

  /* Separate the server, share, path & context
   * components.
   */
  url->server = src;

  /* Look for context. */
  p = strrchr( src, '?' );
  if( NULL != p )
    {
    *p = '\0';
    url->context = ++p;
    }

  /* Share part next. */
  p = strchr( src, '/' );
  if( NULL != p )
    {
    *p = '\0';
    url->share = ++p;
    /* path part. */
    p = strchr( p, '/' );
    if( NULL != p )
      {
      *p = '\0';
      url->path = ++p;
      }
    }

  /* Look for the ntdomain & username subfields
   * in the server string (the Authority field).
   */
  p = strchr( url->server, '@' );
  if( NULL != p )
    {
    *p = '\0';
    url->user = url->server;
    url->server = ++p;
    /* Split the user field into ntdomain;user */
    p = strchr( url->user, ';' );
    if( NULL != p )
      {
      *p = '\0';
      url->ntdomain = url->user;
      url->user     = ++p;
      }
    }

  /* Look for a port number in the server string. */
  p = strchr( url->server, ':' );
  if( NULL != p )
    {
    *p = '\0';
    url->port = ++p;
    }

  return( url );
  } /* smb_urlParse */


void smb_urlContent( smb_url *url )
  /* ---------------------------------------------------- **
   * Dump the contents of an smb_url structure,
   * representing a parsed SMB URL string.
   * ---------------------------------------------------- **
   */
  {
  if( url->ntdomain )
    (void)printf( "ntdomain: %s\n", url->ntdomain );
  if( url->user )
    (void)printf( "    user: %s\n", url->user );
  if( url->server )
    (void)printf( "  server: %s\n", url->server );
  if( url->port )
    (void)printf( "    port: %s\n", url->port );
  if( url->share )
    (void)printf( "   share: %s\n", url->share );
  if( url->path )
    (void)printf( "    path: %s\n", url->path );
  if( url->context )
    (void)printf( " context: %s\n", url->context );
  } /* smb_urlContent */

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