Files that end with punctuation (PR#61)

[Andrew Tridgell]

> Surely this is a frequently-asked-question, but I couldn't find it anywhere.
I'm
> running samba on an IRIX host and using NT 4.0 as the client. I've noticed
that
> files or directories that end in punctuation (such as a period) cause
problems.
> Just trying to switch to a directory "test." in the windows explorer results
in:
> 
> G:\test. is not accessible
> 
> The folder was moved or removed.
> 
> Any idea if there's a fix for this? 

Try the "strip dot = yes" option.

It's actually a bug in the Microsoft clients. They silently remove the .
from the end of names, so to be compatible Samba has to as well.

Andrew