samba - Jan 2003 - First letter in filenames missing

I am new to Linux and Samba, but I have resently started experimenting by
installing a Mandrake 9.0 on an old PC. I am trying to use this as a file server
accessible from my Window 98 SE PC.

So far I have managed to install Samba and the Linux PC is visible in the
Windows Network Neighborhood, but files can not be accessed. I think this is a
password issue, that I can solve by reading a bit and setting up the right users
on the Linux box. i will return if this problem persists.

BUT, The odd thing that is the issue of this mail is, that when I browse on the
Linux box to see the files on the Windows PC, I can see the shares, folders and
files, but in all filenames and foldernames the first letter is missing!

Obviously I can not access a folder when I click on it, except if I correct the
foldername in the browser by adding the missing character.

The browser I am using on the Linux box is the Konqueror browser from the KDE
environment in the Mandrake distribution.

I have searched for help on the web without any luck! Does anyone have a clue as
to what could be the reason for this?

I have tried "preserve case", "client code age" and
"character set" setting and managed to get the Scandinavian letters
correct, but this does not alter the fact that the first letter in all names are
missing.

Any hint would be appreciated!

Torben
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> Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 02:50:14 +0100
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> I am new to Linux and Samba, but I have resently started experimenting >
by installing a Mandrake 9.0 on an old PC. I am trying to use this as a >
file server accessible from my Window 98 SE PC.
> 
> So far I have managed to install Samba and the Linux PC is visible in >
the Windows Network Neighborhood, but files can not be accessed. I think >
this is a password issue, that I can solve by reading a bit and setting > up
the right users on the Linux box. i will return if this problem > persists.
Run 'smbpasswd -a <user>' as root, where <user> is replaced
with an
existing unix account (ie with 'useradd <user>') which matches the
username the user uses on windows.
> 
> BUT, The odd thing that is the issue of this mail is, that when I browse
> on the Linux box to see the files on the Windows PC, I can see the >
shares, folders and files, but in all filenames and foldernames the > first
letter is missing!
> 
Please run MandrakeUpdate. This, and many other issues (including
security vulnerabilities in other software) will be fixed.

Buchan

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