[Samba] Possibly problem with case of filenames ?

[Harry Rüter]

Hi,

René Nieuwenhuizen wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> You should remove the case stuff from your smb.conf (especially case
> sensitive = yes) and it should work.

Yes, but i want the case stuff.

I want WinXXX to see the difference between (for instance) the
directorys  "Test" and "TEST".

This works fine under W2k and i hope it will under Win9x/ME.

greets Harry
 
> René Nieuwenhuizen
> SysAdmin CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Adriaan.Putter at aventis.com>
> To: <harry_rueter at gmx.de>; <samba at lists.samba.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 9:52 AM
> Subject: RE: [Samba] Possibly problem with case of filenames ?
> 
> maybe you should look at the case sensitive option in [global]?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Harry Rüter [mailto:harry_rueter at gmx.de]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 9:44 AM
> To: Samba-List
> Subject: [Samba] Possibly problem with case of filenames ?
> 
> Hi,
> 
> i'm having a little problem with samba (or Windows98 ?).
> 
> The story :
> 
> I'm using the program WHFC (Windows Hylafax Client) on
> a W2k and Win98-client.
> 
> Samba 2.2.5 is running on Suse LINUX 7.1 Kernel 2.4.18.
> 
> The WHFC-program uses a share on the LINUX-server
> (actually the share contains tif-images of received
> faxes).
> 
> No problems with W2k, but with Win98.
> 
> The WHFC-client shows the files correctly in downcases
> (ohhh, is this the right word ?), for instance :
> fax00004.tif.
> 
> When running under W2k everything is okay,
> i can see the file and i can show it using an image-viewer
> called by WHFC with the command line
> "D:\Programme\Windows NT\Zubehör\ImageVue\kodakimg.exe w:\%s" .
> This is the same under W2k and Win98 .
> 
> When running under Win98 the file is converted to uppercase
> (FAX00004.TIF) and it cannot be found by the image-viewer
> (which is correct as FAX00004.TIF doesn't exist).
> 
> So what's happening ?
> 
> The whole thing worked fine for about two years under
> W2k AND Win98. The only thing i changed was the samba-version,
> which was upgraded from 2.2.3a to 2.2.5.
> 
> Is it a really problem of samba or of Win98 (maybe with some option
> in Win98) ?
> 
> Has it to do with mangling ?
> 
> I show you the parts of smb.conf which belong to the share :
> 
> -------snipp------
> [global]
>         server string = Samba-PDC %v on %h
>         workgroup = WORKGROUP
>         encrypt passwords = yes
>         netbios name = 486dx66
>         domain master = Yes
>         local master = Yes
>         prefered master = yes
>         wins support = no
>         wins proxy = no
>         security = user
>         os level = 255
>         domain logons = yes
>         logon drive = v:
>         logon path = \\%N\%u\ntprofile\%a
>         logon home = \\%N\%u\.profiles
>         logon script = logonsmb.bat
>         add user script = /usr/local/sbin/mkuser %u user
>         log level = 1
>         ldap server = xyz
>         ldap suffix =   "xyz"
>         ldap admin dn = "xyz"
>         ldap ssl = start_tls
>         ldap port = 389
>         lock dir = /var/lock/samba
>         kernel oplocks = no
> 
>         hide dot files = No
>         map system = Yes
>         read size = 65535
> 
>         log file = /var/log/samba.log.%m
>         lpq command = /usr/bin/lpq  -P%p %u
>         time server = Yes
>         character set = ISO8859-1
> 
>         max log size = 1000
>         browsable = yes
>         map hidden = Yes
>         dos filetime resolution = Yes
>         socket options = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY
>         bind interfaces only = Yes
>         strict locking = Yes
>         map to guest = Bad User
>         dos filetimes = Yes
>         create mask = 0660
>         preserve case = yes
>         short preserve case = yes
>         case sensitive =yes
>         hide unreadable = yes
> [fax]
>         browsable = yes
>         writable = yes
>         comment = Eingangs-Fax-Queue
>         path = /var/spool/fax/recvq
>         public = yes
> 
> -------snipp------
> 
> I would be happy if someone on the list could tell me what's going
> wrong.
> 
> greets Harry
> 
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