[Samba] filename problem

[Bernd Wölfel]

yes, could be a bug, maybe someone else could check it too? 
I am far to inexperienced to judge whether or not samba has a bug...

just changed my regional settings and input settings to polish but i am
still not allowed to create a "" file

seems like you need the polish edition of windows to do this...

your codepage file for 852 is in the right directory (default:
/usr/local/samba/lib/codepages)

sorry but there's nothing more that comes to my mind.. for the moment


regards
 bernd


>I can't turn character encoding off right now (too many users are using
this server), but 
>in my opinion if you created file named: "test".txt you should see it
in
>the same way in windows. Windows in Polish editions allow to create
files 
>with " characters. You can store, and use them from Win2k server, but
not from 
>Samba server. Notice that it is posible to copy file with " from
windows to samba (file 
>is created correctly in unix filesystem), but that is all you can do.
File created in that
>way can't even be deleted. In my opinion it is bug in Samba. Should I
report it ??
>
> Mirek
>

Bernd Wölfel wrote:

alright.. just tried it with 2.2.3a and 2.2.6

i created a file "test".txt with vi \"test\".txt, the file shows up
correctly within the shell as "test".txt

when i look under windows (2k sp3 and xp sp1 both german)
the file shows up as TEST~AO.TXT same on samba 2.2.3a and 2.2.6 (see the
filename is converted to uppercase?!)

could still be your characterset or your codepage could you comment both
lines out just for testing?



  
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)

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

my smb.conf
says
character set = ISO8859-15 (but I think this has nothing to do with the
problem)

which client operating system are you using?

bernd


  
Problem is that Windows creates such file automatically. Steps to
    
create such file.
  
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,
    
but not from samba to windows.
  
Mirek


    
Bernd Wölfel wrote:

correct me if i am wrong but " is no allowed character within a filename
under windows

hope that helps

bernd
  
  I got problem with filenames. Some info on my configuration
	Samba 2.2.6
	client code page=852
	character set=ISO8859-2


  When serving files with " character, example:

	user on "server" (H).lnk


(standard link to home drive). Windows 2000 sees something
like

	user~x%

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.


Regards
	Mirek