Write a File to a password protected shared path using JCIFS

Question

I am new to JCIFS and I am trying to write (create new) a file in a password protected shared path using JCIFS. The below code will give you an overview on what and how I am trying to achieve it.

    String user = "myUserId";
    String pass ="myPassword#";
    String path = "smb:\\\\<<My Host>>\\Hag\\To GC\\Tester\\test.txt";
    NtlmPasswordAuthentication auth = new NtlmPasswordAuthentication("<<My Domain>>",user, pass);
    SmbFile smbFile = new SmbFile(path,auth);
    SmbFileOutputStream smbfos = new SmbFileOutputStream(smbFile);
    smbfos.write("Testing JCFIC".getBytes());

I am getting a NullPointerException at SmbFileOutputStream smbfos = new SmbFileOutputStream(smbFile);

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
at jcifs.smb.ServerMessageBlock.writeString(ServerMessageBlock.java:213)
at jcifs.smb.ServerMessageBlock.writeString(ServerMessageBlock.java:202)
at jcifs.smb.SmbComNTCreateAndX.writeBytesWireFormat(SmbComNTCreateAndX.java:170)
at jcifs.smb.AndXServerMessageBlock.writeAndXWireFormat(AndXServerMessageBlock.java:101)
at jcifs.smb.AndXServerMessageBlock.encode(AndXServerMessageBlock.java:65)
at jcifs.smb.SmbTransport.doSend(SmbTransport.java:439)
at jcifs.util.transport.Transport.sendrecv(Transport.java:67)
at jcifs.smb.SmbTransport.send(SmbTransport.java:655)
at jcifs.smb.SmbSession.send(SmbSession.java:238)
at jcifs.smb.SmbTree.send(SmbTree.java:119)
at jcifs.smb.SmbFile.send(SmbFile.java:775)
at jcifs.smb.SmbFile.open0(SmbFile.java:989)
at jcifs.smb.SmbFile.open(SmbFile.java:1006)
at jcifs.smb.SmbFileOutputStream.<init>(SmbFileOutputStream.java:142)
at jcifs.smb.SmbFileOutputStream.<init>(SmbFileOutputStream.java:97)
at jcifs.smb.SmbFileOutputStream.<init>(SmbFileOutputStream.java:67)
at com.labcorp.efone.utility.Tester.main(Tester.java:35)

please see below the when executing the above program. Please let me know what I am missing and guide me to a right direction.