Mixed preserve case?

Dave Fenwick djf at assetsw.com
Sat Jan 17 22:39:50 GMT 1998


>Hi all.  I have 'preserve case = yes' set in my smb.conf.  It appears that
>some filenames are preserved, yet others are not.  I cannot find any
>pattern as to why this is happening.  Its currently set in the specific
>share that I'm working with...
>
>Do I have something configured wrong?  This is 1.9.18 on linux 2.0.33, but
>I've never had this problem before.  Could it be a windows configuration
>problem?
>
>We were using the IE desktop crap if that has anything to do with it...

More than likely it's converting short (8.3) filenames to lowercase.
Setting:

short preserve case = yes

may help.  However, there can be some dramatic side-effects.  Experiment
with it and see what results you get.

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David J. Fenwick                                        djf at assetsw.com
Nomadic Developer                                  Asset Software, Inc.




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