DOS filenames mangled - HELP please

[Christopher R. Hertel]

I sincerely do not understand your description of the problem.  What I 
see appears to list both the short and long names, so the DOS program 
should be able to access the file.  Could you clarify?

Chris -)-----

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> This isn't romantic but it is needed.  Please Help.
> It is fast and stable BUT when using an old DOS program we found
> from a Win98E2 machine in a DOS window the command DIR :
>      Volume in drive R is R
>      Directory of R:\AA\SUNLAKE\Crd
>     .              <DIR>        07-20-00 11:06a .
>     ..             <DIR>        07-20-00 11:02a ..
>     SL99-~#5 CRD         1,024  03-09-99 11:03a SL99-1.CRD
>     SL99-~W8 IDX         2,048  03-09-99 11:03a SL99-1.IDX
>              2 file(s)          3,072 bytes
>              2 dir(s)        7,615.00 MB free
> The old DOS program needs the short name.
> 
> We are running Red Hat 6.2 installed from the box (Samba 2.0.6)
> It is important that all W98 Autocad workstations have full
> access and that the file attributes are retained for backup.
> I copied the R: directory using the Xcopy command.
> Attached is the results of the testparm command.
>  
> Here is the  smb.conf  file:
> # /etc/smb.conf for RedMan Server Lx1
> # 17Dec1999 Larry Sanders - copied from original
> #
> #======================= Global Settings ===========
> [global]
> # workgroup = NT-Domain-Name or Workgroup-Name
>     workgroup = WORKGROUP
> # server string is the equivalent of the NT Description field
>     server string = Abit BE6  P2-400 Linux RedHat 6.2
>     hosts allow = 192.168.49.  127.
>     hosts deny = 192.168.49.112
>     log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
>     max log size = 50
>     security = share
>     socket options = TCP_NODELAY
>     comment = LX1 Linux file server
>     dns proxy = no
>     encrypt passwords = no
>     password level = 0
>     preferred master = no
>     os level = 0
>     null passwords = no
>     dead time = 0
>     debug level = 0
>     domain master = no
>     unix password sync = no
>     map to guest = never
>     wins support = no
>     load printers = no
> #============================ Share Definitions =====
> [homes]
>     comment = Home Directories
>     browseable = yes
>     writable   = yes
>     available  = yes
>     public     = yes
>     only user  = no
> # the public open partition for drawing data base.
> [R]
>     comment = RedMan drive R
>     path = /home/rdata/R
>     public         = yes
>     read only      = no
>     guest ok       = yes
>     case sensitive = no
>     mangle case    = yes
>     preserve case  = yes
>     browseable     = yes
>     writable       = yes
>     printable      = no
>     map archive    = yes
>     map hidden     = yes
>     map system     = yes
>     create mask    = 0777
>     directory mask = 0777
> #
> [tmp]
>     comment = temporary for testing
>     path = /home/rdata/tmp
>     read only = yes
> # end    


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Christopher R. Hertel -)-----                   University of Minnesota
crh at nts.umn.edu              Networking and Telecommunications Services

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