Re: Incorrect URI is passed when domain name is entered for smb://in connect to server

[dinoop thomas <dinoop thomas wipro com>]

Alexander Larsson wrote:
> > Analysis
> > --------
> > Unix usernames can contain special characters, but as such there is no need to
> > escape the username before passing the uri. While escaping, the character ';',
> > gets substituted with '%3B' and the uri can't be understood by gnome-vfs.
> >   
>
> There is a very real reason to escape usernames in uris: The username
> may contain special symbols. Usernames like foo bar com are very common
> in many places. Even ; might be allowed in some type of usernames. 
>
> What we should do is allow you to type in the domain like a normal human
> in a "domain" field, not force users to learn magic uri semantics to
> specify the domain.
Yes, for giving domain name there should be a separate field in the
connect to server dialog. 

For "Ftp (with login)" also, if I give user name like "happy;user"
(created it on a Solaris 9 system), the user name is passed to ftp
method after escaping, is "happy%3Buser". The ftp method directly uses
it and fails.

Do you think ftp method (or smb in other case) should unescape this
string before using it as username ? If so, ftp, smb etc. methods
should be changed to fix this issue.

Thanks,
Dinoop