I'm using a samba server, and have used one for more than a year and
a half on various kernels and various distros - and have never had
any problem with saving files with hebrews names. You don't need
to add anything to smb.conf.
Hetz Ben Hamo wrote:
>
> If you'll look at the Linux-IL mailing lists, you'll see some lines
> which Eli Marmor has added to smb.conf (I think) which will let you save
> the files in hebrew filenames. Either look at the archive or ask Eli.
>
> Hetz
>
> Nimrod Zimerman wrote:
> >
> > Hello.
> >
> > I've recently installed a Samba server in the office here, for use by
> > several Windows 98 clients. Due to various constraints, I'm currently forced
> > not to put the data files on an ext2 filesystem, which means I have to
> > settle with vfat.
> > The problem is that vfat doesn't like Hebrew filenames. ext2 handles them
> > just fine.
> >
> > I'm looking for some workaround, that would let me do one of the two -
> > either properly use Hebrew on vfat, or force Windows 98 not to name newly
> > created directories - 'New Folder' (in Hebrew). I have an educated crowd
> > here, that knows Hebrew filenames are bad - we aren't planning on using them
> > for anything. Windows does that for us, without asking.
> > I'm hoping the 'New Folder' name is configurable somewhere. I hunted through
> > the registery, but found nothing useful.
> >
> > Technical details: The Samba daemon 2.0.5a (glibc) is running on
> > a Linux 2.2.12.
> >
> > Nimrod
> >
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