When trying to obtain a directory listing using
smbclient on a redhat linux box from a Netware 
CIFS Share (netware 5.0), it is only possible to
obtain a directory listing from the root of the Novell
CIFS Share.

smbclient -v reports "Version 3.0.9-1.3E.1"

smbclient sends "dirname\\*" in the TRANSACT2_FINDFIST command.
A Windows XP client sends "dirname\*"

The Netware CIFS server interprets "dirname\\*" as a request for
the directory listing of "\*" and not "dirname\*".

The result of this is that it is only possible to get a directory
listing of the root of a novell cifs share, and not sub-directories.

You could argue that Novell need to address this, but given that
a Windows XP client sends "dirname\*" and not "dirname\\*" it would be 
difficult to sustain this argument.

The following change to client/client.c (from a version 3.0.9 source)
seems to result in the desired behaviour.
Function:    cmd_dir
C Line Number: ~596.
Existing Code:
        if (next_token_nr(NULL,buf,NULL,sizeof(buf))) {
                dos_format(p);
                if (*p == '\\')
                        pstrcpy(mask,p);
                else
                        pstrcat(mask,p);
        } else {
              pstrcat(mask,"\\*");
        }
Suggested Replacement Code:
        if (next_token_nr(NULL,buf,NULL,sizeof(buf))) {
                dos_format(p);
                if (*p == '\\')
                        pstrcpy(mask,p);
                else
                        pstrcat(mask,p);
        } else {
                if(strlen(mask) == 0) {
                        pstrcat(mask,"\\*");
                } else {
                        pstrcat(mask,"*");
                }
        }

Notes:
I'm not sure what happens to the leading \ that this put at the
begining of the mask - it is most likely stripped elsewhere as it
doesn't appear in the packets that go across the network.

A packet dump from the XP client can be included if required, but
this was expected to be reproducable.

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Partial TCP Packet Dump without Mod for directory ntinst:
16:11:28.001714 x.y.z.199.41058 > x.y.z.76.netbios-ssn: P [tcp sum ok] 532:627
(95) ack 259 win 5840
>>> NBT Packet
NBT Session Packet
Flags=0x0
Length=91 (0x5b)

SMB PACKET: SMBtrans2 (REQUEST)
SMB Command   =  0x32
Error class   =  0x0
Error code    =  0 (0x0)
Flags1        =  0x8
Flags2        =  0x1
Tree ID       =  25285 (0x62c5)
Proc ID       =  17555 (0x4493)
UID           =  14342 (0x3806)
MID           =  6 (0x6)
Word Count    =  15 (0xf)
TRANSACT2_FINDFIRST param_length=23 data_length=0
TotParam=23 (0x17)
TotData=0 (0x0)
MaxParam=10 (0xa)
MaxData=65535 (0xffff)
MaxSetup=0 (0x0)
Flags=0x0
TimeOut=0 (0x0)
Res1=0x0
ParamCnt=23 (0x17)
ParamOff=68 (0x44)
DataCnt=0 (0x0)
DataOff=91 (0x5b)
SetupCnt=1 (0x1)
TransactionName=Attribute=HIDDEN SYSTEM DIR
SearchCount=512 (0x200)
Flags=0x6
Level=1 (0x1)
File=ntinst\\*

Partial TCP Packet Dump without Mod for directory "\":
16:28:12.330276 130.194.11.199.41063 > 130.194.97.76.netbios-ssn: P [tcp sum 
ok] 484:571(87) ack 220 win 5840
>>> NBT Packet
NBT Session Packet
Flags=0x0
Length=83 (0x53)

SMB PACKET: SMBtrans2 (REQUEST)
SMB Command   =  0x32
Error class   =  0x0
Error code    =  0 (0x0)
Flags1        =  0x8
Flags2        =  0x1
Tree ID       =  25417 (0x6349)
Proc ID       =  17580 (0x44ac)
UID           =  14193 (0x3771)
MID           =  5 (0x5)
Word Count    =  15 (0xf)
TRANSACT2_FINDFIRST param_length=15 data_length=0
TotParam=15 (0xf)
TotData=0 (0x0)
MaxParam=10 (0xa)
MaxData=65535 (0xffff)
MaxSetup=0 (0x0)
Flags=0x0
TimeOut=0 (0x0)
Res1=0x0
ParamCnt=15 (0xf)
ParamOff=68 (0x44)
DataCnt=0 (0x0)
DataOff=83 (0x53)
SetupCnt=1 (0x1)
TransactionName=Attribute=HIDDEN SYSTEM DIR
SearchCount=512 (0x200)
Flags=0x6
Level=1 (0x1)
File=*


Partial TCP Packet Dump with Mod for dir of ntinst:

16:11:25.712186 130.194.11.199.41054 > 130.194.97.76.netbios-ssn: P [tcp sum 
ok] 534:628(94) ack 259 win 5840
>>> NBT Packet
NBT Session Packet
Flags=0x0
Length=90 (0x5a)

SMB PACKET: SMBtrans2 (REQUEST)
SMB Command   =  0x32
Error class   =  0x0
Error code    =  0 (0x0)
Flags1        =  0x8
Flags2        =  0x1
Tree ID       =  25284 (0x62c4)
Proc ID       =  17554 (0x4492)
UID           =  14339 (0x3803)
MID           =  6 (0x6)
Word Count    =  15 (0xf)
TRANSACT2_FINDFIRST param_length=22 data_length=0
TotParam=22 (0x16)
TotData=0 (0x0)
MaxParam=10 (0xa)
MaxData=65535 (0xffff)
MaxSetup=0 (0x0)
Flags=0x0
TimeOut=0 (0x0)
Res1=0x0
ParamCnt=22 (0x16)
ParamOff=68 (0x44)
DataCnt=0 (0x0)
DataOff=90 (0x5a)
SetupCnt=1 (0x1)
TransactionName=Attribute=HIDDEN SYSTEM DIR
SearchCount=512 (0x200)
Flags=0x6
Level=1 (0x1)
File=ntinst\*


Partial TCP Packet Dump with Mod for dir of "\":

16:28:15.907325 130.194.11.199.41067 > 130.194.97.76.netbios-ssn: P [tcp sum 
ok] 486:573(87) ack 220 win 5840
>>> NBT Packet
NBT Session Packet
Flags=0x0
Length=83 (0x53)

SMB PACKET: SMBtrans2 (REQUEST)
SMB Command   =  0x32
Error class   =  0x0
Error code    =  0 (0x0)
Flags1        =  0x8
Flags2        =  0x1
Tree ID       =  25419 (0x634b)
Proc ID       =  17581 (0x44ad)
UID           =  14387 (0x3833)
MID           =  5 (0x5)
Word Count    =  15 (0xf)
TRANSACT2_FINDFIRST param_length=15 data_length=0
TotParam=15 (0xf)
TotData=0 (0x0)
MaxParam=10 (0xa)
MaxData=65535 (0xffff)
MaxSetup=0 (0x0)
Flags=0x0
TimeOut=0 (0x0)
Res1=0x0
ParamCnt=15 (0xf)
ParamOff=68 (0x44)
DataCnt=0 (0x0)
DataOff=83 (0x53)
SetupCnt=1 (0x1)
TransactionName=Attribute=HIDDEN SYSTEM DIR
SearchCount=512 (0x200)
Flags=0x6
Level=1 (0x1)
File=*