[Samba] Dos Filenames in samba 3.0.14a

[Jeremy Allison]

On Wed, Aug 17, 2005 at 01:58:20PM +0100, Ross McInnes wrote:
> Hi "the list"
> 
> Have an odd one, Dos filenames / 16 bit applications;
> 
> In dos filenames longer that 8 chars would be something like
> 
> Myexam~1.doc (myexample.doc) but under samba its appearing as something very
> weird! Consequently it breaks any links/references to it :/
> 
> Also we run studyscan which is a 16 bit application (32bit soon hopefully)
> again all the links are messed up.
> 
> How can I turn it back to the old way?

Set "mangling method = hash" in the [global] section of smb.conf.

Jeremy.