[Patch] New VFS module vfs_fruit

[Steve French]

The Linux cifs/smb2/smb3 client will also use the unicode remap range for :
\ > < * ?
and especially for SMB2/SMB3 mounts from Linux I wonder if these could be
mapped
by Samba (or should be mapped) and whether the catia module you mention
would
work for that?


On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 10:14 AM, Ralph Böhme <rb at sernet.de> wrote:

> Hi!
>
> Attached are two patches adding a new VFS module "vfs_fruit" demoed at
> SambaXP as "vfs_apple".
>
> Several parties expressed concerns wrt to the original module name
> "vfs_apple", so we came up with a different working title "vfs_fruit".
>
> The module provides enhanced compatibility with Apple SMB clients and
> interoperability with a Netatalk 3 AFP fileserver.
>
> I'm still working on smbtorture tests for the module, but I'd
> appreciate review and feedback now -- before the 4.2 freeze -- so
> hopefully the patch can be included for 4.2. :)
>
> Thanks!
> -Ralph
>
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-- 
Thanks,

Steve