Print Share Length Limit?

[Gregory Leblanc]

Gene Yee wrote:
> 
> I hope this message goes out, just subscribed to the lists...
> 
> Anyway, I have created a Linux Samba print server using Red Hat 6.1  If
> someone tells me how to check the version of Samba, I will be glad to look
> and tell.  However it is the one which comes with the RH 6.1 distribution.

That would be version 2.0.5a.  for future reference, run the command
'rpm -qa |grep <package-name>' to find all the packages like
<package-name>.  

> 
> Everything in general appears to work OK, however shares with names longer
> than 12 characters fails to print from WinNT 4.0.  I have not tested in
> other enviroments except for Win2k which does print OK.
> 
> When I do a test page out of NT4.0 I get a message stating a failure and:
> 
> The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.

I've had trouble with the same thing on NT with some clients, but I
don't recall what I've done about it.