[Samba] AutoCAD file names UPPER CASE on samba

[Martyn Ranyard]

I've not been following this thread, so forgive the late intrusion, but :

First, don't rely on anything other than testparm to tell you what default 
is - it will imho always retain the same as the running smbd.

Secondly - are you absolutely sure that what you are seeing is what is 
actually there?  My reason for this question is the following :

On W95+/Nt4+, if a file is stored on a local disk with the name FILE.TXT it 
will be displayed by explorer (and the common file dialogs) as File.txt if 
it is less than 8 characters long.
This is a damn nuscience and I wish I knew a way to turn this off.  It 
harks back to the DOS filesystem, where all files were 8.3 
uppercase.  Billy-boy decided that it would be more friendly to show them 
as First char upper, rest lower.  Winfile.exe on NT will show you the real 
names on local disks.

Why windows shows the files on Samba servers in their real format, I don't 
know, but if you save a file on the windows box called AbC.txt, that will 
preserve it's case (because it's mixed), copy that onto the samba share, 
and it should maintain it.  This will tell you if samba is at fault or just 
windows display being inconsistent (maybe it expects the "NT Server" to 
mess the case back down.)

Hope this helps,

Martyn

At 09:26 AM 5/28/02 -0300, Roberto João Lopes Garcia wrote:
> >>preserve case = yes
> >>
> >>
> >>default case   - not set - default = lower
> >>mangle case    - not set - default = no
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>---------------------- Forwarded by Peter A Bryant/EngServ/QMR/Au on 
> 24/05/2002
> >>01:32 PM ---------------------------
> >>
> >>
> >>Peter A Bryant
> >>24/05/2002 01:31 PM
> >>
> >>To:   samba at lists.samba.org
> >>cc:
> >>Subject:  AutoCAD file names UPPER CASE on samba
> >>
> >>Hi folks, we are experiencing a problem when AutoCAD 2000+ drawing files
> >>are saved on a Samba (2.0.8) file share.
> >>Regardless of what the file is 'saved as', the name is always converted 
> to all
> >>capitals.
> >>     e.g.  Drawing1 becomes DRAWING1
> >>
> >>Just wondering if anyone else has experienced this problem.
> >>Seems strange that it is only AutoCAD files, but I think it is Samba 
> related,
> >>not AutoCAD, since the files save ok on local  drives.
> >>
> >>We are using a mixture of NT and 2000 clients.
> >>Samba 2.0.8 is running on Solaris 8 servers.
> >>
> >>Any help appreciated.
> >>thanks
> >>
> >>-peter.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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Martyn Ranyard

I am not a member of the samba team,
and anything that I say may not be as
accurate as a response from one of the
team.  I reply to save those more
qualified time, which can more usefully
be spent developing SAMBA further.