[Samba] Windows special chars in filenames, cannot access files

[Andrew Bartlett]

On Sun, 2005-09-25 at 18:18 -0400, Raymond Blum wrote:
> Hi
>    I am running Samba v3.0.20-2 on Redhat Linux.
> to get right to the point:
> THE PROBLEM:
>    I am using mount with type=smbfs to mount a WIndows XP share.  The  
> share has filenames with special chars (the Registered symbol (r)) .  
> This filename appears in Linux directory listings with a "r" in place  
> of the (r) char.  If I try to access the file, I get a "File not found".
> i.e.
>    "ls -l" shows filename "XXXr.url"
> but if I try "cat XXXr.url" I get the msg "XXXr.url no such file or  
> directory"
> 
> WHAT I HAVE TRIED:
> I have tried setting the dos charset and unix charset both to UTF-8  
> with no results, likewise to the DOS default CP850

Try using the CIFS VFS, as it can really handle unicode, where this is
just another character.

Andrew Bartlett
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Andrew Bartlett                                http://samba.org/~abartlet/
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Student Network Administrator, Hawker College  http://hawkerc.net
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