Dear All, I have encountered a strange bug that occurs (I think) with Unicode related file names in samba. Let me illustrate the example: I have a Win2k box with IP 192.168.0.2. This box has an NTFS folder called "Music" on it, which is shared for only one user. I have a Debian Unstable box with IP 192.168.0.1 which coincidentally acts as the router for the Win2k box. Both machines are connected via crossover cable. The Linux box has the following line in its /etc/mtab file: //192.168.0.2/Music /var/ftp-shares/Music/Albums smbfs ro 0 0 And the following line in the /etc/fstab file: //192.168.0.2/Music /var/ftp-shares/Music/Albums smbfs credentials=/etc/ftp-credentials/Music,ro 0 0 Using the credentials listed in that "Music" file, the "Music" share is mounted into /var/ftp-shares/Music/Albums as an smbfs file system. Now, the bug. While browsing through the Albums directory, I noticed a few irregularities. This is the "ls" output from /var/ftp-shares/Music/Albums/Sigur R*s/Von (note that the * is some special character that looks like a small c with two lines coming out of it, one from the top and one from the bottom): Sigur R?s - Von - 01 - Sigur R?s.mp3 Sigur R?s - Von - 02 - D?gun.mp3 Sigur R?s - Von - 03 - H?n J?rd.mp3 Sigur R?s - Von - 04 - Leit Ad L?fi.mp3 Sigur R?s - Von - 05 - Myrkur.mp3 Sigur R?s - Von - 06 - 18 Sek?ndur Fyrir S?laruppr?s.mp3 Sigur R?s - Von - 07 - Hafss?l.mp3 Sigur R?s - Von - 08 - Ver?ld Ny Og Od.mp3 Sigur R?s - Von - 09 - Von.mp3 Sigur R?s - Von - 10 - Mistur.mp3 Sigur R?s - Von - 11 - Syndir Guds (Opinberun Frelsarans).mp3 Sigur R?s - Von - 12 - Rukrym.mp3 See how riddled the filenames are with question marks representing special (Unicode I think) characters. Now, these files exist on the Win2k box. They are valid mp3's that can be played and sound fine. However, if I try and copy track #11 to a different location on the linux box, this is what I get: adar@dh2:/var/ftp-shares/Music/Albums/Sigur R?s/Von$ cp Sigur\ R?s\ -\ Von\ -\ 11\ -\ Syndir\ Guds\ \(Opinberun\ Frelsarans\).mp3 ~/test.mp3 cp: cannot stat `Sigur R\242s - Von - 11 - Syndir Guds (Opinberun Frelsarans).mp3': No such file or directory Now, notice how the character between the 'R' and the 's' is now '\242'. And when I try and copy track 10: adar@dh2:/var/ftp-shares/Music/Albums/Sigur R?s/Von$ cp Sigur\ R?s\ -\ Von\ -\ 10\ -\ Mistur.mp3 ~/test.mp3 adar@dh2:/var/ftp-shares/Music/Albums/Sigur R?s/Von$ It works just fine. This inconsistency between what files "are there" and what files "aren't" is across the board in this directory, some files being affected and others not. For the record, in this directory, I tried copying all the files and the following failed: adar@dh2:/var/ftp-shares/Music/Albums/Sigur R?s/Von$ mkdir ~/test adar@dh2:/var/ftp-shares/Music/Albums/Sigur R?s/Von$ cp * ~/test cp: cannot stat `Sigur R\242s - Von - 03 - H\243n J\224rd.mp3': No such file or directory cp: cannot stat `Sigur R\242s - Von - 04 - Leit Ad L\241fi.mp3': No such file or directory cp: cannot stat `Sigur R\242s - Von - 08 - Ver\224ld Ny Og Od.mp3': No such file or directory cp: cannot stat `Sigur R\242s - Von - 11 - Syndir Guds (Opinberun Frelsarans).mp3': No such file or directory Whereas the others succeeded. Anyone have any idea what is going on, and how I might resolve this problem short of renaming everything? -Adar