Chuck, I don't know if I'm meant to reply to this but I just had to say how impressed I am, you don't get this kind of service with Windows! (I have to use it for work).
Using Karmic on a netbook mainly and it's a real pleasure to use. Thanks, Steve H 2009/10/28 Chuck Short <chuck.sh...@canonical.com> > Statement of Impact: > > Karmic shipped with a bug in samba that if the share name is more than > 12 characters long then smbclient wont display it. > > How this bug has been addressed: > > This bug has been fixed by the upstream samba developers in > https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6829. This patch has been > accepted in Samba 3.4.3 > > I have backported the patch to Samba 3.4.0. I have attached the patch to > this bug. > > How to reproduce: > > 1. Install samba > 2. Create two shares like the following in the /etc/samba/smb.conf: > > [test1] > comment = test1 > read only = yes > path = /tmp > guest ok = yes > > [thisisareallyreallyreallylongshare] > comment = thisisareallylongshare > read only = yes > path = /tmp > guest ok = ye > > 3. Restart samba > 4. Run the following command: smbclient -L localhost > 5. The first share "test1" should be displayed in the output however the > second one will not be. > > There should not be a regression from this patch. If you have any > questions please let me know. > > Regards > chuck > > > ** Bug watch added: Samba Bugzilla #6829 > https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6829 > > -- > [SRU] [karmic] Long SMB share names invisible and corrupts encodings > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/449735 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in Samba: Unknown > Status in “samba” package in Ubuntu: Triaged > > Bug description: > Binary package hint: nautilus > > Ubuntu release: 9.10beta (I have let all the updates since installing > happen) > > Cannot see share name "stevesdocuments" on server "monster" > (\\MONSTER\stevesdocuments) > > Other shares are visible, i.e. "users", "websites", etc. > > The server is a linux (SUSE 10) machine running SAMBA. > > The share is visible on Ubuntu 8.10, 9.04 and Windows Vista. > > The share is accessible when putting full path in address bar > ("\\MONSTER\stevesdocuments") > > ProblemType: Bug > Architecture: i386 > Date: Mon Oct 12 18:48:06 2009 > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 > ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/nautilus > Package: nautilus 1:2.28.0-0ubuntu5 > ProcEnviron: > LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 > SHELL=/bin/bash > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-13.44-generic > SourcePackage: nautilus > Uname: Linux 2.6.31-13-generic i686 > -- Steve Hardy steve.hardy.hasti...@googlemail.com -- [SRU] [karmic] Long SMB share names invisible and corrupts encodings https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/449735 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs