samba - Nov 1998 - Upper, lower case filenames...

Hello,

It is fairly important for a Windows NT machine 
to be able to see all unix filenames as lower-case
files.  I have set 

   # Case Preservation can be handy - system default is _no_
   # NOTE: These can be set on a per share basis
     preserve case = yes
   ;  short preserve case = yes
   # Default case is normally upper case for all DOS files
     default case = lower
   # Be very careful with case sensitivity - it can break things!
     case sensitive = no

in my smb.conf, but all files are still seen in a mixture 
of upper and lower case.  I need to have all files seen as 
strictly lower case, from the Windows side.

If possible, I'd like to restrict these setting
to a single directory, but am willing to tolerate
global changes if that's what's needed.

How would I do this?

I would prefer a direct, non-list response, but
responding on the list is viable.

Thanks for helping a newcomer,
  Alvin Plummer

On 25 Nov 98, at 3:26, Alvin Plummer wrote about
    "Upper, lower case filenames...":

| Hello,
| 
| It is fairly important for a Windows NT machine 
| to be able to see all unix filenames as lower-case
| files.  I have set 

I can't imagine why, but no matter...  AFAIK, there is no way to do 
that.  If the Unix filenames really have upper case letters, then 
they will show up that way to any 32-bit Windows apps.  You can make 
sure that all files *created* from the PC side have lower case names 
by setting
    preserve case = no
(which can be on a share-by-share basis), but that's it.

|...

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