[Samba] Mount unix samba 4 share to osx client without mangled file names

[Markus Doits]

I just found out that when a file or directory with a space at the end
is created on the osx client, the file is still displaying with an
illegal char on the linux server. If you create the file on the server,
it still displays mangled on the osx client.

But this are the only remaining mangled filenames I found for now. (And
spaces at the end of es filename should not be too common).

Markus


On 11.12.14 13:04, Markus Doits wrote:
> Hi Ralph,
>
> Thanks, it works as expected with 4.2.0rc2! I simply followed the manual
> and added this to the share's config:
>
> vfs objects = catia fruit streams_xattr
> fruit:resource = file
> fruit:metadata = netatalk
> fruit:locking = netatalk
> fruit:encoding = native
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Markus
>
>
> On 10.12.14 12:06, Ralph Böhme wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 11:10:36AM +0100, Markus Doits wrote:
>>> I have a unix server (arch linux) with samba 4.1.14. The share has files
>>> inside which where created directly on the server. Linux and OSX
>>> (10.10.1) clients should access the share and store files.
>>>
>>> When I mount this samba share into the osx client (10.10.1), files
>>> created directly on the server with special names like `File with
>>> "quotes"` are displayed mangled (`C7XSWH~V`) on the osx client.
>> these are NTFS/SMB illegal character so Samba must mangle them.
>>
>>> When I create a file with special chars on the OSX client mount, it
>>> displays correctly in OSX but on the unix server it is display with a
>>> weird symbol like `File with quotes`.
>> That's the Unicode glyph for character in the Unicode private use
>> range. OS X maps all illegal NTFS characters to the Unicode private
>> range, the mapping is the venerable SFM sheme.
>>
>>> I assume it is because OSX expects the filenames to be in utf-8 nfd
>>> form, but the filenames on the server server are stored in utf-8 nfc form.
>> No, different issue, just as bad. :)
>>
>>> Am I right about this? Is this the problem?
>>>
>>> Basically I want to have a working samba share on my linux server where
>>> users from OSX and unix clients can access and store files, and special
>>> chars in file names should be allowed. Is there any way to do this cross
>>> platform?
>>>
>>> Do I have to tell osx to simply use utf-8 nfc encoding for the samba
>>> share? Or is there some special samba server/client config?
>> yes. vfs_fruit and
>>
>>   fruit:encoding = native
>>
>> cf man vfs_fruit. You'll need 4.2 for that, if you wait a few more
>> days you'll get 4.2rc3 that'll also ship my AAPL performance patches
>> for OS X clients.
>>
>> -Ralph
>>
>