>My samba setup cannot handle files whose names >contain german umlauts (äüöß). >............ >When I create a file whose filename contains umlauts >on the samba share from the WinXP machine, the >filename is displayed with question marks instead of >.............. >Files which are created on the linux box with umlauts >in their names are not visible on the XP machine. > >the options from my smb.conf are: > >character set=iso8859-1 >client code page=850
These settings work for me. Page 850 is default but iso8859-1 has to be explicitly set, otherwise some comical effects may be seen. They're global parameters, so if you put them in a wrong place, like behind a comment or something, they may not be in force. How about putting things in perspective and posting your [global] stanza? Also the user environment on linux side - do "env | sort". There are some problems if you want to let your users login with diaresis-afflicted names and passwords, but that's another story. Filenames containing extended ASCII characters are OK, unless you really try hard to screw it up. >Is there a way to do this without upgrading to a 3.0 >beta? 3.0 is recommendable but your problem is not samba version. ____________________________________________________________ Get advanced SPAM filtering on Webmail or POP Mail ... Get Lycos Mail! http://login.mail.lycos.com/r/referral?aid=27005 -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
