NWFS mangled name algorithm.

[Gerald Carter]

Jeremy Allison wrote:
> 
> Andrew, any comments on changing to one of these in Samba
> instead of the (rather crappy:-) str_checksum() function ?

Just a comment here.  Every time the filename mangling 
code changes to produce a different name, it is possible
to break PIF file shortcuts under Windows 9x.  I noticed 
this between 2.0.3 and 2.0.6.  Only affects PIF files 
to DOS programs whose filenames are not 8.3 compliant 
obviously.  Most often occurs when a batch file uses a LFN.



Cheers,
jerry
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                            Gerald ( Jerry ) Carter	
Engineering Network Services                           Auburn University 
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