[Samba] Filename problem (filenames containing slashes aka. \and /)

[rruegner]

Hi Mark , what about a using a mac server, this should solve your 
problems and you should be able to compile samba 3 on mac os 10 too
Regards


Mark C. Casey schrieb:
> If I can add more to that...
> 
> It needs to be accessible from both OS 9.x, 10.x and possibly (maybe) >from Windows.
> 
> So, for me Samba seems like the best option since all three can access Samba.
> 
> Netatalk seems to have the most elegant solution of file naming but that isn't accessible from Windows unless I have both Netatalk and Samba running on the same machine sharing the same directory. (which I currently do)
> 
> I guess you need to see my other post to understand.
> 
> The whole "test / sedrs \ sfg" and "test :2f sedrs \ sfg" thing.
> 
> Mark
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: samba-bounces+markcc=jadepress.co.uk at lists.samba.org
> [mailto:samba-bounces+markcc=jadepress.co.uk at lists.samba.org]On Behalf
> Of Mark C. Casey
> Sent: 21 September 2004 17:10
> To: rruegner
> Cc: samba at lists.samba.org
> Subject: RE: [Samba] Filename problem (filenames containing slashes aka.
> \and /)
> 
> 
> They use a mixture of OS 9.x (primary Mac OS they use) and 10.x.
> 
> So NFS is probably out of the question.
> 
> Mark
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rruegner [mailto:robert at ruegner.org]
> Sent: 21 September 2004 17:04
> To: rruegner
> Cc: Mark C. Casey; samba at lists.samba.org
> Subject: Re: [Samba] Filename problem (filenames containing slashes aka.
> \ and /)
> 
> 
> Hi Mark,
> as thought about your problem....
> did you try nfs or ssh for this file types,
> as your users use mac os 10 this maybe a possible solution,
> but i am nearly sure that windows will fail to open it , if your try to 
> catch them afterwards from a win client.
> but perhaps its a workaround
> Regards
> 
> rruegner schrieb:
> 
> 
>>Hi Mark,
>>i had this problems too, when i worked with some grafics ,
>>i wrote a bash script which renamed there special filenames every day.
>>Maybe a guru has an solution for you , but in case of /\ i dont know any
>>Regards
>>
>>Mark C. Casey schrieb:
>>
>>
>>>Unfortunately this is something that is extremely important.
>>>
>>>There are LOTS of filenames which contain slashes.
>>>
>>>Some of these are also customer artwork, meaning we cannot go about 
>>>renaming them either.
>>>
>>>Mark
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: rruegner [mailto:robert at ruegner.org]
>>>Sent: 21 September 2004 14:50
>>>To: Mark C. Casey
>>>Cc: samba at lists.samba.org
>>>Subject: Re: [Samba] Filename problem (filenames containing slashes aka.
>>>\ and /)
>>>
>>>
>>>Hi Mark,
>>>as far i know,
>>>\ / are interpreted as path signs, i am not clear why any software 
>>>should interpret this in another way.
>>>using special signs as filenames are a bug in user brain not in the 
>>>software of fileservers, whatever you use
>>>Regards
>>>
>>>Mark C. Casey schrieb:
>>>
>>>
>>>>I'm currently in the process of creating a fileserver so some mac 
>>>>guys at the company I work at can save files as a backup medium. 
>>>>(long story short i'm creating a fileserver running samba 3 with 1TB 
>>>>of storage)
>>>>
>>>>However, a lot of the files that they want backed up contain 
>>>>characters that samba refuses to accept (when I try transferring a 
>>>>file to the samba share with say the filename as "test \ test / test" 
>>>>the mac reports that it cannot transfer the file.
>>>>
>>>>I've been told there is a way to use UTF8 with Samba 3 so it can 
>>>>accept these, how can I do this?
>>>>
>>>>Mark