Try dir /X in a dos box.. it will show you the long and short file names.. how manny char's of the original filenames are shown.. ?? coz' i got mangle prefix on 5, and it show's 5 original char's .. but putting it on 6 doesn't make anny changes so..
l8r.. Collen Tuesday, February 17, 2004, 6:34:43 PM, you wrote: JCW> Nothing, still doesn't work. Any other ideas? What does your smb.conf JCW> look like? Maybe something else in my global section is conflicting JCW> with this. JCW> Collen wrote: >>Hmm had the same over here.. >>i got it kinda working for me with these smb.conf things.. >> >>mangle case = yes ( dunno why i use this one, but it's there) >>mangling method = hash (gues hash2 should do the trick as well..) >>mangle prefix = 6 (or 5 ??) >> >>the 6/5 stands for the number of original filename letters 12345~1.zip >>btw >>don't forget to shutdown en restart your samba server, otherwise it >>woun't work.. >> >>l8r >>Collen >> >>Tuesday, February 17, 2004, 3:29:05 PM, you wrote: >> >>T> Hi Jason, >> >>T> Tuesday, February 17, 2004, 3:02:59 PM, you wrote: >>JCW>> I have a directory that holds information in a shared directory. Its >>JCW>> f:\applications. The program thinks its under f:\applic~1 (which is the >>JCW>> same directory, it works on a windows share). I've tried everything to >>JCW>> get this to work. I've set the mangled names = yes and mangled case = >>JCW>> yes, on that share, but nothing seems to work. What am I missing? >> >>T> Old DOS-alike programs should see the long filenames as f:\applic~1, >>T> but if they are working than do not make any problem with it. >> >> >> >>>>From command line (I believe that a program that uses that >>> >>> >>T> ininformation was made by a program) there are two ways to reach a >>T> long-named directory, eg: c:\progra~1\program\run.exe or "c:\program >>T> files\program\run.exe" (note the double quotation marks: they're >>T> required if You use long-named dir/file names). They are equals! >>T> Search the problem only if You have something wrong in function. >> >>T> BYE: TeeCee :o) >> >>T> Sorry for my English ,-) >> >> >> >> >> >> -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba