thomas62186218@aol.com
2008-Jan-14 23:10 UTC
[Samba] Samba shares are case-sensitive in Windows = bad
Hi, I am a Samba newbie using 3.0.27 and noticed that Samba allows me to create directories in Samba shares on Windows that have the same name, but different case. For example, "TEST", "tEsT", "test", and "TESt" are all permitted directory names in the same path (root directory of the Samba share). This seems like a bad thing since Windows itself does not allow this with local hard drives. Am I missing a very simple setting in Samba to suppress this "feature"? Thank you so much in advance for helping out a Samba newbie! :-) Best regards, Thomas ________________________________________________________________________ More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail ! - http://webmail.aol.com
Michael Heydon
2008-Jan-14 23:28 UTC
[Samba] Samba shares are case-sensitive in Windows = bad
thomas62186218@aol.com wrote:> Hi, > > I am a Samba newbie using 3.0.27 and noticed that Samba allows me to > create directories in Samba shares on Windows that have the same name, > but different case. For example, "TEST", "tEsT", "test", and "TESt" > are all permitted directory names in the same path (root directory of > the Samba share). This seems like a bad thing since Windows itself > does not allow this with local hard drives. > > Am I missing a very simple setting in Samba to suppress this > "feature"? Thank you so much in advance for helping out a Samba newbie! > > :-) > > Best regards, > Thomas >Yes there is a simple setting, "case sensitive = auto" (or "no" if you really want) but this should be set by default. You don't have "case sensitive = yes" in your config by any chance do you? *Michael Heydon - IT Administrator * michaelh@jaswin.com.au <mailto:michaelh@jaswin.com.au>
> I am a Samba newbie using 3.0.27 and noticed that Samba allows me to > create directories in Samba shares on Windows that have the same name, > but different case. For example, "TEST", "tEsT", "test", and "TESt" > are all permitted directory names in the same path (root directory of > the Samba share). This seems like a bad thing since Windows itself > does not allow this with local hard drives.Linux will allow you to add directories in this way, but not Samba. If you try to create a directory as stated above using Samba, you will get an error from the windows OS that tells you that a directory with that name already exists. What exactly is being done to create the directories? -Aubrey
thomas62186218@aol.com
2008-Jan-15 07:50 UTC
[Samba] Samba shares are case-sensitive in Windows = bad
Hi, Thank you for the quick response. Here are more details: Linux 2.6.20.11 64-bit SMP kernel-based Xeon server running Samba 3.0.27 Shares created on the Linux server using Samba to export to Windows clients On the Windows client, access the Samba share. Create directories called "TEST", "test", "TesT" all in the same directory on the Samba share. It is permitted. I do not get any notification from Windows that the directory name already exists. The new directories get created successfully. I can provide a screenshot if needed. If I try to do this on a local Windows hard drive (C:), it of course will warn me about the directory name already existing. Thank you in advance for your help! -Thomas -----Original Message----- From: maillist <maillist@emailacs.com> Cc: samba@lists.samba.org Sent: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 3:32 pm Subject: Re: [Samba] Samba shares are case-sensitive in Windows = bad> I am a Samba newbie using 3.0.27 and noticed that Samba allows me to > create directories in Samba shares on Windows that have the samename,> but different case. For example, "TEST", "tEsT", "test", and "TESt" > are all permitted directory names in the same path (root directory of > the Samba share). This seems like a bad thing since Windows itself > does not allow this with local hard drives.Linux will allow you to add directories in this way, but not Samba. If you try to create a directory as stated above using Samba, you will get an error from the windows OS that tells you that a directory with that name already exists. What exactly is being done to create the directories? -Aubrey -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba ________________________________________________________________________ More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail ! - http://webmail.aol.com