[Samba] Re: Using Special Characters
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Volker Lendecke wrote: On Fri, Apr 06, 2007 at 01:42:55AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I know these characters are not allowed in Windows file systems but I don't think that means SMB file names should be restricted (or at least not for linux clients). Anyways I'm mostly just using this Linux to Linux so if their isn't any way to do this, I guess I could just use NFS instead. With latest Samba and latest CIFS you should be able to use the posix extensions that Jeremy has put in lately. So you have a chance here. Volker If I do need a new version of samba then I've have to wait for a Gentoo ebuild for it. Right now I have samba 3.0.24 and kernel 2.6.18. Justin So far I haven't been able to upgrade samba as the latest version still isn't in portage. I did end up restarting the server and client computers though and now I can access files with special characters in them with the Linux CIFS client. So I guess this is supported in the CIFS client but it only works part of the time. Justin -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
[Samba] Re: Using Special Characters
Volker Lendecke wrote: On Fri, Apr 06, 2007 at 01:42:55AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I know these characters are not allowed in Windows file systems but I don't think that means SMB file names should be restricted (or at least not for linux clients). Anyways I'm mostly just using this Linux to Linux so if their isn't any way to do this, I guess I could just use NFS instead. With latest Samba and latest CIFS you should be able to use the posix extensions that Jeremy has put in lately. So you have a chance here. Volker If I do need a new version of samba then I've have to wait for a Gentoo ebuild for it. Right now I have samba 3.0.24 and kernel 2.6.18. Justin -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
Re: [Samba] Re: Using Special Characters
On Fri, Apr 06, 2007 at 01:42:55AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I know these characters are not allowed in Windows file systems but I > don't think that means SMB file names should be restricted (or at least > not for linux clients). > Anyways I'm mostly just using this Linux to Linux so if their isn't any > way to do this, I guess I could just use NFS instead. With latest Samba and latest CIFS you should be able to use the posix extensions that Jeremy has put in lately. So you have a chance here. Volker pgpd5lQFuugIJ.pgp Description: PGP signature -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
[Samba] Re: Using Special Characters
C.Scheeder wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: Hi, I want to shares files over samba with names like "M*A*S*H - Episode" or "Aesop And Son: Episode" but have found it hasn't worked that well. I added mangled names = no to smb.conf so the name is not mangled and what happens is the full name is included in a directory listing but I can't read the file. There were a few times it did work so I want to know if anyone knows how to make it always work. My clients are CIFS in Linux and Windows XP. Justin Hi, Simple Answer: there are a few special characters you must not use in filenames when windows is involved. They have special meaning in windows and are not allowed in filenames. Period. your examples contain 2 of them "*" and ":". these characters are simply illegal in widows/cifs/smb filenames. Christoph I know these characters are not allowed in Windows file systems but I don't think that means SMB file names should be restricted (or at least not for linux clients). Anyways I'm mostly just using this Linux to Linux so if their isn't any way to do this, I guess I could just use NFS instead. Justin -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
