I have a server that uses both NFS and Samba. I noticed on a Windows client that some directories and files were in the 8.3 format, and clicking on them resulted in an "Access denied." message.
I've since upgraded to 3.5.0 - now the "Access denied." message is gone and I can enter and open files, but all of the names are shown in the 8.3 format and are almost unreadable. I discovered that the filenames in question have full colons (:) in them, and this is illegal for Windows clients. Windows itself won't let you create a file with an invalid filename. I have listings like: T7UFO1~9 --TAHX6K~4.txt --TAHX6K~B.ods etc. I was browsing around in smb.conf's man page looking for a way for these files to at least be readable. Is there a way to map all of the invalid characters in Windows that linux can use so they simply appear as a hyphen (or another character?) It would be so much easier than having to open each file to identify them. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
