[Samba] Question marks, asterisks, colons in filenames

[Ray]

Am 2013-02-22 08:36, schrieb Günter Kukkukk:
> Am Freitag, 22. Februar 2013, 05:09:58 schrieb Günter Kukkukk:
>> Am Freitag, 22. Februar 2013, 04:18:33 schrieb Günter Kukkukk:
>> > Am Montag, 18. Februar 2013, 20:16:15 schrieb Ray:
>> > > Hi,
>> > >
>> > > I suppose this question must have been posted a hundred times, 
>> but
>> > > Google brings up nothing useful:
>> > >
>> > > Consider "The Wall" from Pink Floyd in an MP3 collection. 
>> There's "In
>> > > The Flesh.mp3" and "In The Flesh?.mp3" as tracks. Or, another 
>> example
>> > > in an MP3 collection: There's a Band called "Stellar", but 
>> there's
>> > > also a band called "Stellar*". Naming files like this is no 
>> problem in
>> > > Linux.
>> > >
>> > > Now I had the idea of using my files on other computers such as 
>> Macs
>> > > and Windows-boxes, but both Systems have trouble with the 
>> characters
>> > > mentioned above.
>> > >
>> > > My question is how Samba can help me to map these characters to
>> > > something else so that the files become usable on the 
>> Windows/Mac side
>> > > *without destroying the readability of the filenames entorely*. 
>> Hashing
>> > > into 8.3 random character sequences with "mangled names = yes" 
>> is not
>> > > really an option.
>> > >
>> > > What is the successor of the removed "mangled map" option? I did 
>> not
>> > > find anything in the current man page of smb.conf (5).
>> > >
>> > > I'm running Samba 3.5.10, which is the latest in CentOS 6.3.
>> > >
>> > > Surely there must be some elegant way to fix this? I don't want 
>> to
>> > > rename all my files at the Linux end.
>> > >
>> > > Any help would be very appreciated.
>> > >
>> > > Cheers,
>> > > Raimund
>> >
>> > Hi Raimund,
>> > I guess you were the one to whom i was talking on IRC some days 
>> ago.
>> > I assured you to have a look at the source of VFS vfs_catia.c, 
>> because
>> > we were not able to get it working and it caught my inetrest, too.
>> >
>> > Also there is nearly NO info on the web about the usage of this
>> > re-written vfs module - the samba man page is useless (only old
>> > usage info)
>> >
>> > I now found the bug in vfs_catia.c and will push a fix soon.
>> > See http://pastie.org/6313997
>> > how it is working. One can specify translations for all
>> > invalid windows characters \ / : * ? " < > | and even more ones.
>> >
>> > I hope this is the one you were looking for.  :-)
>> >
>> > Cheers, Günter
>>
>> sorry, just a follow up.
>> I now used more invalid characters and also tried it with windows.
>> Linux and samba:
>> http://pastie.org/6314301
>>
>> Windows screenshot:
>> http://picpaste.com/pics/vfs_catia-pcvuDc44.1361505596.JPG
>>
>> Cheers, Günter
>
> sorry, another follow-up...
>
> I've posted a patch to
>     
> https://lists.samba.org/archive/samba-technical/2013-February/090653.html
>
> Until i've updated the manual page for vfs_catia, use the following 
> in smb.conf:
>
> Note - "vfs objects = catia" can be used in both the [global] and any 
> other
> [share] section.
> Due to performance penalties i would not recommend to use it in 
> [global],
> but that's up to the user.
>
> Sample configuration:
>
> [someshare]
> 	vfs objects = catia
> # mapping is done:
> #	hex unix char : hex windows char
> #	comma is used to separate char mappings
> #	The following will map all invalid windows filename chars:
> #	"\ / : * ? " < > |"
> #	(plus the blank char, not always allowed with legacy clients)
> 	catia:mappings =
> 
> 0x22:0xa8,0x2a:0xa4,0x2f:0xf8,0x3a:0xf7,0x3c:0xab,0x3e:0xbb,0x3f:0xbf,0x5c:0xff,0x7c:0xa6,0x20:0xb1
> #
> #	Unix chars:
> #	0x22:  "
> #	0x2a:  *
> #	0x2f:  /
> #	0x3a:  :
> #	0x3c:  <
> #	0x3e:  >
> #	0x3f:  ?
> #	0x5c:  \
> #	0x7c:  |
> #	0x20:  blank char
> #	Windows chars (not listed here) !
>
> I hope this explains the usage.  :-)

This is exactly what I was looking for! Wonderful! Thanks so much!

Do I presume right that this is not part of the official Samba code? 
Will this patch work with Samba v3.5.10 or will I need a newer release?

Cheers,
Raimund