Dir Ab... works with Win2K (sort of) but not with NT4

[Eric Pilger]

Interesting. Seems like it is willing to read the "..." (like showing you it's
there), but not write it (like when you actually want to use it).

I'd just write it off as a loss and change the name.

Darko Longin wrote:

> Hi,
>
> We've got a subdir created on our share called "Ab...". That's with 3
> full stops, tried telling users just to use 'normal' characters to no
> avail. NT can not access it, error message "The folder \\blah\blah\Ab..."
> does not exist. However, Win2K can access the dir but can not see any
> files within it.
>
> Created under Solaris7 on sun box with rwx for all. Samba ver 2.0.5. I've
> tried the mangle case and mangle names option but it does not seem to make
> a blind bit of difference. Any help greatly appreciated. Thanks
>
> smb.conf example (not done by me)
>
> # Global parameters
> [global]
>         workgroup = TRANS
>         netbios name = NAME
>         server string = Samba %v
>         security = SHARE
>         null passwords = Yes
>         restrict anonymous = Yes
>         log level = 2
>         log file = /usr/local/samba/var/log.%U
>         max log size = 2000
>         keepalive = 10
>         preferred master = Yes
>         domain master = Yes
>         invalid users = root
>         admin users = someone
>         short preserve case = No
>         share modes = No
>         mangle case = yes
>         mangled names= yes
>
> [trans]
>         comment = Shared Transmission Area
>         path = /usr/local/production/trans
>         guest account = trans
>         read only = No
>         guest ok = Yes
>         fstype = FAT
>
> --

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