diff --git a/source/lib/libsmb_compat.c b/source/lib/libsmb_compat.c
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+/* 
+   Unix SMB/CIFS implementation.
+   SMB client library implementation (Old interface compatibility)
+   Copyright (C) Andrew Tridgell 1998
+   Copyright (C) Richard Sharpe 2000
+   Copyright (C) John Terpstra 2000
+   Copyright (C) Tom Jansen (Ninja ISD) 2002 
+   
+   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+   (at your option) any later version.
+   
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU General Public License for more details.
+   
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+   Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+*/
+
+
+#include "includes.h"
+
+#include "../include/libsmb_internal.h"
+
+struct smbc_compat_fdlist {
+	SMBCFILE * file;
+	int fd;
+	struct smbc_compat_fdlist *next, *prev;
+};
+
+static SMBCCTX * statcont = NULL;
+static int smbc_compat_initialized = 0;
+static int smbc_currentfd = 10000;
+static struct smbc_compat_fdlist * smbc_compat_fdlist = NULL;
+
+
+/* Find an fd and return the SMBCFILE * or NULL on failure */
+static SMBCFILE * find_fd(int fd)
+{
+	struct smbc_compat_fdlist * f = smbc_compat_fdlist;
+	while (f) {
+		if (f->fd == fd) 
+			return f->file;
+		f = f->next;
+	}
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+/* Add an fd, returns 0 on success, -1 on error with errno set */
+static int add_fd(SMBCFILE * file)
+{
+	struct smbc_compat_fdlist * f = malloc(sizeof(struct smbc_compat_fdlist));
+	if (!f) {
+		errno = ENOMEM;
+		return -1;
+	}
+	
+	f->fd = smbc_currentfd++;
+	f->file = file;
+	
+	DLIST_ADD(smbc_compat_fdlist, f);
+
+	return f->fd;
+}
+
+
+
+/* Delete an fd, returns 0 on success */
+static int del_fd(int fd)
+{
+	struct smbc_compat_fdlist * f = smbc_compat_fdlist;
+	while (f) {
+		if (f->fd == fd) 
+			break;
+		f = f->next;
+	}
+	if (f) {
+		/* found */
+		DLIST_REMOVE(smbc_compat_fdlist, f);
+		SAFE_FREE(f);
+		return 0;
+	}
+	return 1;
+}
+ 
+
+
+int smbc_init(smbc_get_auth_data_fn fn, int debug)
+{
+	if (!smbc_compat_initialized) {
+		statcont = smbc_new_context();
+		if (!statcont) 
+			return -1;
+
+		statcont->debug = debug;
+		statcont->callbacks.auth_fn = fn;
+		
+		if (!smbc_init_context(statcont)) {
+			smbc_free_context(statcont, False);
+			return -1;
+		}
+
+		smbc_compat_initialized = 1;
+
+		return 0;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+
+int smbc_open(const char *furl, int flags, mode_t mode)
+{
+	SMBCFILE * file;
+	int fd;
+
+	file = statcont->open(statcont, furl, flags, mode);
+	if (!file)
+		return -1;
+
+	fd = add_fd(file);
+	if (fd == -1) 
+		statcont->close(statcont, file);
+	return fd;
+}
+
+
+int smbc_creat(const char *furl, mode_t mode)
+{
+	SMBCFILE * file;
+	int fd;
+
+	file = statcont->creat(statcont, furl, mode);
+	if (!file)
+		return -1;
+
+	fd = add_fd(file);
+	if (fd == -1) {
+		/* Hmm... should we delete the file too ? I guess we could try */
+		statcont->close(statcont, file);
+		statcont->unlink(statcont, furl);
+	}
+	return fd;
+}
+
+
+ssize_t smbc_read(int fd, void *buf, size_t bufsize)
+{
+	SMBCFILE * file = find_fd(fd);
+	return statcont->read(statcont, file, buf, bufsize);
+}
+
+ssize_t smbc_write(int fd, void *buf, size_t bufsize)
+{
+	SMBCFILE * file = find_fd(fd);
+	return statcont->write(statcont, file, buf, bufsize);
+}
+
+off_t smbc_lseek(int fd, off_t offset, int whence)
+{
+	SMBCFILE * file = find_fd(fd);
+	return statcont->lseek(statcont, file, offset, whence);
+}
+
+int smbc_close(int fd)
+{
+	SMBCFILE * file = find_fd(fd);
+	del_fd(fd);
+	return statcont->close(statcont, file);
+}
+
+int smbc_unlink(const char *fname)
+{
+        return statcont->unlink(statcont, fname);
+}
+
+int smbc_rename(const char *ourl, const char *nurl)
+{
+	return statcont->rename(statcont, ourl, statcont, nurl);
+}
+
+int smbc_opendir(const char *durl)
+{
+	SMBCFILE * file;
+	int fd;
+
+	file = statcont->opendir(statcont, durl);
+	if (!file)
+		return -1;
+
+	fd = add_fd(file);
+	if (fd == -1) 
+		statcont->closedir(statcont, file);
+
+	return fd;
+}
+
+int smbc_closedir(int dh) 
+{
+	SMBCFILE * file = find_fd(dh);
+	del_fd(dh);
+	return statcont->closedir(statcont, file);
+}
+
+int smbc_getdents(unsigned int dh, struct smbc_dirent *dirp, int count)
+{
+	SMBCFILE * file = find_fd(dh);
+	return statcont->getdents(statcont, file,dirp, count);
+}
+
+struct smbc_dirent* smbc_readdir(unsigned int dh)
+{
+	SMBCFILE * file = find_fd(dh);
+	return statcont->readdir(statcont, file);
+}
+
+off_t smbc_telldir(int dh)
+{
+	SMBCFILE * file = find_fd(dh);
+	return statcont->telldir(statcont, file);
+}
+
+int smbc_lseekdir(int fd, off_t offset)
+{
+	SMBCFILE * file = find_fd(fd);
+	return statcont->lseekdir(statcont, file, offset);
+}
+
+int smbc_mkdir(const char *durl, mode_t mode)
+{
+	return statcont->mkdir(statcont, durl, mode);
+}
+
+int smbc_rmdir(const char *durl)
+{
+	return statcont->rmdir(statcont, durl);
+}
+
+int smbc_stat(const char *url, struct stat *st)
+{
+	return statcont->stat(statcont, url, st);
+}
+
+int smbc_fstat(int fd, struct stat *st)
+{
+	SMBCFILE * file = find_fd(fd);
+	return statcont->fstat(statcont, file, st);
+}
+
+int smbc_chmod(const char *url, mode_t mode)
+{
+	/* NOT IMPLEMENTED IN LIBSMBCLIENT YET */
+	return -1;
+}
+
+int smbc_print_file(const char *fname, const char *printq)
+{
+	return statcont->print_file(statcont, fname, statcont, printq);
+}
+
+int smbc_open_print_job(const char *fname)
+{
+	SMBCFILE * file = statcont->open_print_job(statcont, fname);
+	if (!file) return -1;
+	return (int) file;
+}
+
+int smbc_list_print_jobs(const char *purl, smbc_list_print_job_fn fn)
+{
+	return statcont->list_print_jobs(statcont, purl, fn);
+}
+
+int smbc_unlink_print_job(const char *purl, int id)
+{
+	return statcont->unlink_print_job(statcont, purl, id);
+}
+
+