> Surely this is a frequently-asked-question, but I couldn't find it
anywhere.
I'm> running samba on an IRIX host and using NT 4.0 as the client. I've
noticed
that> files or directories that end in punctuation (such as a period) cause
problems.> Just trying to switch to a directory "test." in the windows
explorer results
in:>
> G:\test. is not accessible
>
> The folder was moved or removed.
>
> Any idea if there's a fix for this?
Try the "strip dot = yes" option.
It's actually a bug in the Microsoft clients. They silently remove the .
from the end of names, so to be compatible Samba has to as well.
Andrew