[Samba] filename problem

[Mirek Hankus]

On Win2k sp3 Polish and XP Polish  " are preserved when dragging
drive to desktop, so I've got big problem.

 Have you tried to create a file with " on server (directly in shell), 
and see how
client see it ???

Mirek



Bernd Wölfel wrote:

>strange...
>just tried it with servers win2k,samba 2.2.3a, samba 2.2.6 and clients
>2kpro sp3, xp sp1 (all german edition)
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>under my computer I see the natwork drive as "blabla" on server xyz(z)
>but as soon as i drag the share to the desktop the " charcters are
>automagically removed
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>my smb.conf
>says
>character set = ISO8859-15 (but I think this has nothing to do with the
>problem)
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>which client operating system are you using?
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>bernd
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>>Problem is that Windows creates such file automatically. Steps to
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>create such file.
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>>1. mount your home directory under h:
>>2. open "my computer" and drag h: drive  to your desktop.
>>3. now you have file with " character, which can be copied to samba,
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>but not from samba to windows.
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>>Mirek
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>Bernd Wölfel wrote:
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>correct me if i am wrong but " is no allowed character within a filename
>under windows
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>hope that helps
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>bernd
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>  I got problem with filenames. Some info on my configuration
>	Samba 2.2.6
>	client code page=852
>	character set=ISO8859-2
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>  When serving files with " character, example:
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>	user on "server" (H).lnk
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>(standard link to home drive). Windows 2000 sees something
>like
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>	user~x%
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>It is even worse when such file is located in user profile, 
>which makes 
>it impossible to save user profile to samba server.
>Coping is possible only from windows to samba (filename is preserved) 
>but coping back fails besause windows see different filename.
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>Regards
>	Mirek
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