[Samba] character translations with smbclient (was Share Access)

[Thomas Robinson]

Hi,

Thanks for the tip.

I went to the Netherlands last week so didn't get a chance to try this
out until this week.

I upgraded to samba 2.2.3a and that helped. The bad news is that it only
solved some of the problems. The file link to the floppy backs up now as
the translation of the link is consistent somehow, but the character
translation on the $ (dollar sign) and £ (pound sign) is not working
yet. Admittedly it is translated to something different than when using
samba 2.2.2, but it still can't be backed up. :(

Am I sufficiently off topic yet to be completely flamed of the amanda
list? Any one else seen this whilst using amanda?

TIA,

Tom

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Bijnens [mailto:Paul.Bijnens at xplanation.com]
> Sent: 22 February 2002 13:30
> To: Thomas Robinson
> Cc: Amanda-Users (E-mail)
> Subject: Re: Share Access
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Thomas Robinson wrote:
> > 
> > I'm trying to backup some Windows shares and keep getting 
> these STRANGE
> > reports from amamnda:
> > 
> > I've found character substitutions on the some filenames 
> where some of
> > the characters in the filenames are special characters:
> > 
> > $ becomes oe   ('dollar sign'  becomes 'oe' diphthong)
> > ½ becomes «   ('1/2'          becomes '<<' double left chevrons)
> > 
> > '? ERRDOS - ERRbadfile opening remote file' on files where these
> > substitutions occur.
> 
> 
> Speaking for my experience:  it happens only with Samba 2.2.2.
> When I noticed it, I downgraded to samba 2.2.0 again, and the problem
> went away.  Recently Samba 2.2.3a is out, and it works fine there too.
> 
> I mentioned this problem on the samba list about half a year ago,
> but never got any meaningful replies, so I'm not sure if it really is
> the problem.  Anyway since I upgraded to 2.2.3a last week, the problem
> did not reappear again.  YMMV.
> 
> 
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> * I think I've got the hang of it now:  exit, ^D, ^C, ^\, ^Z, 
> ^Q, F6, *
> * quit,  ZZ, :q, :q!,  M-Z, ^X^C,  logoff, logout, close, 
> bye,  /bye, *
> * stop, end, F3, ~., ^]c, +++ ATH, disconnect, halt,  abort,  
> hangup, *
> * PF4, F20, ^X^X, :D::D, KJOB, F14-f-e, F8-e,  kill -1 $$,  
> shutdown, *
> * kill -9 1,  Alt-F4,  Ctrl-Alt-Del,  AltGr-NumLock,  Stop-A, 
>  ...    *
> * ...  "Are you sure?"  ...   YES   ...   Phew ...   I'm out  
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