Print Share Length Limit?

[Gene Yee]

Understandable to NT4.0 might not handle it very gracefully and error out.  
But NT does support 255 characters in a share name, at least when using a 
actual NT box as a print server.  Anyway to make Samba work with NT4.0 in 
this way?

I am trying to convert a corporate NT print server and would like to retain 
the share names.  I've found that the Linux Print server doesn't seem to 
work well with spaces in the share name either.  I just used a underscore 
instead, however 12 characters is rather limiting.

Thanks.

>From: David Ford <david+nospam at killerlabs.com>
>Reply-To: David Ford <david+validemail at killerlabs.com>
>To: Gene Yee <gene_yee at hotmail.com>
>CC: Multiple recipients of list SAMBA-NTDOM <samba-ntdom at samba.org>
>Subject: Re: Print Share Length Limit?
>Date: Fri, 2 Jan 1998 23:34:00 -0800 (PST)
>
>On Tue, 25 Jan 2000, Gene Yee wrote:
> > 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.
>
># smbd -V
>Version pre-3.0.0
>
> > 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.
>
>Known program fault with NT I believe.
>
> > 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.
> > Thanks for any help you may be able to provide.
>
>Check your /var/log/* files on the samba server, and if differently
>specified in your smb.conf and printcap, check those specified locations
>too.
>
>-d
>
>--
>Open for Y2K - Linux, we never shutdown
>

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