msclient and Case

[Michal Jezierski]

Steve Grose wrote:
> 
> Hello Everyone,
> 
> I recently installed a MSCLIENT machine each time it writes to my samba
> 2.04b share it produces all uppercase filenames. Is the best way to handle
> this with
> 
> "preserve case = yes/no" controls if new files are created with the case
> that the client passes, or if they are forced to be the "default" case.
> Default Yes.
> 
> "short preserve case = yes/no" controls if new files which conform to 8.3
> syntax, that is all in upper case and of suitable length, are created upper
> case, or if they are forced to be the "default" case. This option can be use
> with "preserve case = yes" to permit long filenames to retain their case,
> while short names are lowered. Default Yes
> 
> Although both are defaulted to yes, I was hoping that msclient has a switch
> to toggle the case. Just might be too sophisticated for MSCLIENT though. :)
> 

Why don't you set default case = lower...

Cheers,

Michal