John Anthony Kazos Jr.
2009-Dec-09 15:01 UTC
[Samba] Mangled Names, Directory Listing and Access Failure, Unix-to-Unix
I am using a recent version of Samba mounted through GVFS. If I configure with the option "mangled names" unspecified, I am able to access everything fine, but files with ':' or '?' get mangled to the point of unusability. If I specify "mangled names = no", I see everything fine with the reserved characters displayed properly, but I am unable to list or access the contents of directories with such names, and even most top-level files with such names resist most kinds of manipulation. I am not interested in making my file names usable on Windows. NFS is too clunky and difficult to secure. FTP-based solutions do not allow the quick random-access I require. Samba seems to be the only networking system available that does what I need. How do I alter Samba's configuration to allow it to manipulate files with the normal Unix naming rules?