This might not be entirely samba server related, but the problem I am experiencing is affecting a planned implementation of a new Samba Server, and from the smbmount man page, it appears that this is the recommended list to reqest help - so hopefully someone might be able to assist :-).
I am running a Debian Linux machine (kernel 2.6.0) with Samba 3.0.1 which will soon be replacing an existing Windows PDC here. We are looking at transferring files from the existing Windows server to the linux box, but have a problem with some of the files. For example, file names with apostrophes (i.e., "company's.exe"), and question marks (i.e., "Help?.doc") do not seem to be manageable, while everything other file in a given subdirectory will be fine. We're pretty much just mounting the share on the windows box as a smbfs off a local mount point, and we only need this temporarily as the windows server will be decommissioned once the files are across.
The fstab entry;
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//windowsserver/D$ /mnt/windowsserver/D smbfs defaults,rw,username=validuser,password=validpass
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The file can be seen by doing a wildcard ls;
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# ls -l /mnt/windowsserver/D/fred/Eudora/Attach/c*
-rwxr--r-- 1 root root 24576 Nov 14 2001 /mnt/windowsserver/D/fred/Eudora/Attach/company's.exe
-rwxr--r-- 1 root root 162816 Aug 30 2001 /mnt/windowsserver/D/fred/Eudora/Attach/corporate_plan.doc
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Trying to access the file without the apostrophe works fine, but the one with the apostrophe doesn't;
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# ls -l /mnt/windowsserver/D/fred/Eudora/Attach/corporate_plan.doc
-rwxr--r-- 1 root root 162816 Aug 30 2001 /mnt/windowsserver/D/fred/Eudora/Attach/corporate_plan.doc
# ls -l /mnt/windowsserver/D/fred/Eudora/Attach/company\'s.exe
ls: /mnt/windowsserver/D/fred/Eudora/Attach/company's.exe: No such file or directory
# ls -l "/mnt/windowsserver/D/fred/Eudora/Attach/company\'s.exe"
ls: /mnt/windowsserver/D/fred/Eudora/Attach/company\'s.exe: No such file or directory
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To try and resolve the problem, I've done all the following without achieving success;
- tried all kind of varieties of backslashes, quotes, etc to try and get the system to see the file
- searched the samba archives as well as plenty of google searches for possible solutions
- messed around with the codepage and iocharset options for smbmount
Strangely, if I create a new file within the mounted windows file system tree with an apostrophe, it is recognised and accepted;
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# touch /mnt/windowsserver/D/fred/Eudora/Attach/test\'ing.exe
# ls -l /mnt/windowsserver/D/fred/Eudora/Attach/test\'ing.exe
-rwxr--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 3 16:35 /mnt/windowsserver/D/fred/Eudora/Attach/test'ing.exe
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If anyone has any suggestions as to how I can further pursue a resolution to this behaviour, I would be most appreciative!
thanks in advance, Mark
-- Mark Dorset IT Department, Trinity College p:03 9348 7465 m:0412 28 3311 Royal Parade, Parkville VIC 3052 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.trinity.unimelb.edu.au
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