[Samba] Cannot change case of existing file names

[Michael Gasch]

what are your settings concerning case mangling?

cheerz

Jordan Russell wrote:
> Server OS: Linux / Fedora Core 6
> Samba version: 3.0.24, 3.0.23 (binary packages for FC6)
> Samba configuration: All defaults
> Client OS: Windows XP SP2, Windows 2000 SP4
> 
> In recent versions of Samba (including 3.0.24), attempting to rename a
> file to a new name that differs only in case appears to have no effect:
> 
> X:\tmp>echo . > FILE.txt
> 
> X:\tmp>dir
> 02/05/2007  08:21p                   4 FILE.txt
> 
> X:\tmp>ren FILE.txt file.txt
> 
> X:\tmp>dir
> 02/05/2007  08:21p                   4 FILE.txt
> 
> I'm pretty sure this worked in older versions.
> Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks.
> 

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