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greenfish

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From: eating fish in /dev/null

Registered: 2008-08-30

Posts: 229

folders (samba) on windows have weird file names compared to linux

Hi!

I'm sharing all my stuff on my server using the samba protocol to my clients (all windows). Everything works just fine (love linux) but for some reason a couple of folders have weird names in windows. A simple file search on the windows client results in 0 results due the incorrect filename.

Here's a typical example:

filename on my server (linux): The Hurt Locker Soundtrack

filename on my windows 7 box (samba): MOTD5J~B

What's going on here exactly, why the cryptic name?

samba config (linux server):

#======================= Global Settings =====================================
[global]

follow symlinks = yes
wide symlinks = yes
unix extensions = yes

workgroup = MYGROUP
server string = Samba Server
security = share
load printers = no
log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
max log size = 50
dns proxy = no 

socket options = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY SO_SNDBUF=65535 SO_RCVBUF=65535
read raw = yes
write raw = yes
large readwrite = yes



#============================ Share Definitions ==============================

[Music]
path = /media/DOWNLOAD
public = yes
writable = yes
printable = no
create mode = 0666
directory mode = 077

[Downloads]
path = /media/DOWNLOAD2
public = yes
writeable = yes
printable = no
create mode = 0666
directory mode = 0777

#[HDMOVIES]
#path = /media/DOWNLOAD2
#public = yes
#writable = yes
#printable = no
#create mode = 0666
#directory mode = 0777

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Hobbies: Running, Pistol Marksmanship, Classic Music

greenfish

Member

From: eating fish in /dev/null

Registered: 2008-08-30

Posts: 229

Re: folders (samba) on windows have weird file names compared to linux

bump, anoyone?

I still have this problem

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ARCH64 archSKYNET server AMD  Phenom(tm) II X2 550 HDD 6TB Ram 8GB
Hobbies: Running, Pistol Marksmanship, Classic Music