[This seems like it should be a FAQ, but I searched for quite some time without finding anything.]
Mounting a samba share using smbmount under linux leads to problems when dealing with filenames that differ in case only. These problems do not affect WinXP mounting the same share, so it looks like a client issue.
The server is running Samba 3.0.1 on linux, kernel 2.4.20. The relevant part of smb.conf looks like:
case sensitive = yes preserve case = yes short preserve case = yes
On the server I create two files, "test" and "TEST", as follows:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] echo test > test [EMAIL PROTECTED] echo TEST > TEST
Running some commands from the linux client, after mounting with smbmount/3.0.1 (kernel 2.4.25):
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ls TEST test [EMAIL PROTECTED] cat TEST test [EMAIL PROTECTED] cat test test [EMAIL PROTECTED] mv test Test mv: overwrite `Test'? n
It appears 'cat' can only see the lowercase file. Same for when you try to move the file. Instead of renaming, it thinks you want to overwrite the existing file. Other file utilities are affected in similar ways.
I believe the server is properly configured, since under WinXP the behavior is as one would expect:
> dir ............. TEST ............. test > type TEST TEST > type test test > move test Test ... > dir ............. TEST ............. Test
I find this odd, because I would expect the Linux client to be at least as capable as the WinXP client in handling the case differences (if anything I'd expect the XP machine to be the one with the problems).
Have I overlooked something?
Thanks, Michael Carmack [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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