Index: libsmb/clientgen.c
===================================================================
--- libsmb/clientgen.c	(Revision 11970)
+++ libsmb/clientgen.c	(Arbeitskopie)
@@ -495,3 +495,34 @@
         }
         return True;
 }
+
+/****************************************************************************
+ Send/receive a SMBecho command: ping the server
+****************************************************************************/
+BOOL cli_echo(struct cli_state *cli, DATA_BLOB data)
+{
+	char *p;
+
+	SMB_ASSERT(data.length < 1024);
+
+	memset(cli->outbuf,'\0',smb_size);
+	set_message(cli->outbuf,1,data.length,True);
+	SCVAL(cli->outbuf,smb_com,SMBecho);
+	SSVAL(cli->outbuf,smb_tid,65535);
+	SSVAL(cli->outbuf,smb_vwv0,1);
+	cli_setup_packet(cli);
+	p = smb_buf(cli->outbuf);
+	memcpy(p, data.data, data.length);
+	p += data.length;
+
+	cli_setup_bcc(cli, p);
+
+	cli_send_smb(cli);
+	if (!cli_receive_smb(cli)) {
+		return False;
+	}
+
+	if (cli_is_error(cli)) return False;
+
+	return True;
+}
Index: client/client.c
===================================================================
--- client/client.c	(Revision 11970)
+++ client/client.c	(Arbeitskopie)
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 extern BOOL override_logfile;
 extern char tar_type;
 extern BOOL in_client;
+extern int smb_read_error;
 static int port = 0;
 pstring cur_dir = "\\";
 static pstring cd_path = "";
@@ -3087,8 +3088,17 @@
 		receive_smb(cli->fd,cli->inbuf,0);
 		goto again;
 	}
-      
-	cli_chkpath(cli, "\\");
+
+	{
+		DATA_BLOB garbage = data_blob(NULL, 16);
+		if (garbage.data == NULL) {
+			DEBUG(0, ("malloc failed\n"));
+			return;
+		}
+		generate_random_buffer(garbage.data, garbage.length);
+		cli_echo(cli, garbage);
+		data_blob_free(&garbage);
+	}
 }
 
 /****************************************************************************