Long file names for WIN 9x Clients

[Burt Avery]

Peter:

I could be stuck between the proverbial rock and a hard place. Testing
shows that reverting the nt smb support setting in smb.conf to the default
value of Yes eliminates the disappearing file problem. In my case, i
suppose that I will have to accept the fact that the access date, while
important, is less critical than ensuring that file owners can access files
thay they create or have previously created.

Thanks for the response. The timestamp is an issue I will have to recognize
and deal with eventually.

-ba-

At 11:39 AM 11/4/99 +0100, Peter Köhler wrote:
>Strong advice against smb support = yes.
>In 2.0.5a this option causes a filestamp mismatch of files copied
>from an NTFS partition: The copies receive the last access date
>of the origin instead of the last modification date.
>
>Peter Köhler
>----------------------
>Dr. Peter Koehler +++ IDAS GmbH
>Holzheimer Str. 96 +++ D-65549 Limburg +++ Germany
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>eMail: koehler at idas.de
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>
>> I have a sitiation where Win 9x clients are unable to see SOME files that
>> they create or exist in shares to which they have a service access on
>Samba
>> 2.0.5a. The files exist in the AIX UNIX 4.2 file system and can be ftped
>> etc, to the clients hard drive. Some, but not all files and folders, that
>> do not conform to the 8.3 DOS convention disappear from browsing. For
>> example, the directory New Folder (space imbedded) can be created and is
>> visible until filelist is refreshed, then it disappears from the Windows
>9x
>> Explorer list. The Explorer option to show all, including hidden, files is
>> in effect. The folder/directory, public_html, is not visible but change
>the
>> AIX name to public.html and it appears. The file 123456789.txt is visible
>> in all cases.
>>
>> All files are perfectly visible in a DOS window.
>>
>> smb.conf has these settings, as shown by ./testparm:
>>
>> default case = lower
>> case sensitive = No
>> preserve case = Yes
>> short preserve case = Yes
>> mangle case = No
>>
>> mangled stack = 150
>> mangled names = yes
>> mangled map =
>>
>> nt smb support = no
>>
>>
>> I suspect the nt smb support = no is the culprit. Can anyone tell me if
>> that is a good guess or suggest an alternative? With the "nt smb support =
>> no" have I disabled Samba's NT compatible file naming capabilities?
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> -ba-
>>
>>
>> Burt Avery
>> Computer Systems Engineer
>> LSP
>> Department of Biomedical Engineering
>> University of Virginia
>> Charlottesville, VA 22908
>> 804-924-8065
>>
>
>
>


Burt Avery
Computer Systems Engineer
LSP
Department of Biomedical Engineering
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA 22908
804-924-8065