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Hello all:
I wanted to bring this to the attention of the group, as it could cause
some major trouble down the road...
Original Bug (I know anyone on the list should have already gotten this):
You have been subscribed to a public bug:
Two computers under Feisty Fawn.
Filesystem ext3
1) Open nautilus explorer
2) Create one file named something.txt
2) Create another file named Something.txt
3) Edit something.txt and write "aaaa". Save.
4) Edit Something.txt and write "bbbb". Save.
5) Share the folder containing the two files (Windows Sharing -
SMB).
On another computer (with nautilus):
6) Navigate through the network and copy the two files on the
Desktop (or elsewhere).
7) Open the two files with text editor
result: both files contains "aaaa".
No errors are signaled during the transfert. This problem can be
"dangerous" since the copy is not similar from the original
files.
** Affects: samba (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: Confirmed
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SMB Sharing not case sensitive
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/132233
Additional Comments:
Justin M. Wray Says -
Correct me if I am wrong, but this seems more like an issue with
the
way Windows handles filename case, not SMB/Ubuntu.
I do not experience the same issue with Sharing Linux -> Linux.
Not that it takes away the issue, just not an issue on our end.
Thanks,
Justin M. Wray
neodelphi Says-
I agree with you with the fact that Windows doesn't care about
case.
The problem is that sharing from Linux to Linux with SMB make
some
troubles; I didn't try with Windows. A common user may
encounter
difficulties with this. In fact the two files are
distinguished while
navigating through the network, but the copies are not.
[...]
> I do not experience the same issue with Sharing Linux ->
Linux.
In my case I could experience the problem twice. I'm ready to
make
further experiments if necessary to help.
The problem will remain if transferring from Linux to Windows
since
Windows won't be able to create the two files. However, it would be
better if from Linux to Linux the case was handled.
Justin M. Wray Says -
Okay, let me also do some further test, on the Linux -> Linux
side.
As that is something we can deal with.
Eitherway, we need to come up with an approach for the Linux ->
Windows example as well. As this could cause problems
for news
users, and more likely corporate adoption on the
server-side. As
such, I'll bring this to the attention of ubuntu-server
as well.
Thanks again for the report.
Thanks,
Justin M. Wray
Obviously the fear is anyone wanting to use Ubnutu Server to share files
with Windows clients would have trouble with SAMBA when two files with
the same name (and different cases) are involved.
Just wanted to bring it to everyones attention, neodelphi and I will
complete further testing, and will update the bug accordingly.
Thanks.
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Justin M. Wray
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