Christian Anders
2004-Jan-27 07:37 UTC
[Samba] Windows NT, long filenames, drag-n-drop, file not found
Hi, I have a problem using drag-n-drop with files that are located on samba shares, and that are not following the Dos 8.3 file convention, with a cmd-file on a Windows NT Workstation. I am running Windows NT Workstation with Service Pack 6a in connection with Samba 2.2.8a shares on Suse Linux 9.0 Kernel 2.4.21-166. By double clicking such a file with a suffix like mdb, doc or xls the programs associated with these suffixes will open and load the files without any problems. Here comes the problem: On the NT Workstation I have a small cmd-file. @ECHO OFF ECHO "%1" copy "%1" c:\ pause When I am using the file as follows test.cmd H:\1234567890.mdb test will copy the file from the samba share to drive c:. No Problem. Now using drag-n-drop H:\1234567890.mdb onto the icon of test.cmd results in the following messages "H:\1234567890.M" The system cannot find file ..... 0 File(s) copied The problem is specific to Windows NT Clients. It does not occur on Windows XP clients. The problem is specific to Samba Server. It does not occur on Windows Servers. I can switch that problem on and off with samba parameter mangled names. But it not possible to configure mangled names = yes. So I am looking for a solution within Windows. Thanks in advance -- +++ GMX - die erste Adresse f?r Mail, Message, More +++ Bis 31.1.: TopMail + Digicam f?r nur 29 EUR http://www.gmx.net/topmail