[Samba] XP Clients Showing Incorrect Filenames

[Jeremy Allison]

On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 12:39:07PM -0500, Andy Theuninck wrote:
> > Oh how soon we forget :-). Google for DOS 8.3 filename limitation :-).
> >
> > Remember there are some filenames (containing a : character etc.) that
> > Windows can't use.
> >
> > Jeremy.
> >
> 
> If it's 8.3, I don't get what's triggering it. It's not illegal
> characters or name length.

What does the debug level 10 say ? There's something in there
that Samba is detecting as an invalid name I think.

> To give a specific example, I have a directory full of files like this:
> ALBERTS.T111-11111.pdf
> ALBERTS.T111-11112.pdf
> ALBERTS.T111-11113.pdf
> etc
> 
> Where literally the *only* difference is the digits. Yet some are
> shortened and others aren't.

Doesn't look like a problem, but post the relevent snippets
from the debug log and let's see.

Jeremy.