Richard Heggs
2005-Mar-09 16:22 UTC
[Samba] Filenames apparently truncated when acessing Samba share from XP.
Hi List, This one is puzzling me. I suspect it is largely due to a badly-behaved installer, but I would appreciate any help. I'm so puzzled, I'm not even sure how to explain the problem, but here goes... I have a Samba 3.0.1 system on AIX 5.2, which a number of XP users connect to, in order to access an application installed there. The upgrade installer for said application is causing me trouble. The installer gets almost all the way through the process, unpacking files and so on. The problem occurs when it tries to run one of those files. I can see this directory in My Computer, and using the DIR command in a dos box: G:\uniform7\hometest\installation Ths installer is complaining that it cannot access G:\uniform7\hometest\installation\definitions-SDE.bat (which is definitely there) Upon inspection I notice that when I use the 'ls' command from XP, I see that all the files have been truncated (not mangled - I turned that off) to 8 characters. I've tried with mangling turned on, and I get a slightly different error, in that the file which the installer cannot find is mangled. I suspect that the problem is that the installer is using an odd method of file access, and is for some reason seeing the directory structure as XP's 'ls' does, rather than as XP's file explorer does. Does anyone have any idea how I can make XP's 'ls' dispplay the full and unmangled filename? The share for this directory is: [uniform] comment = Uniform path = /uniform05 read only = no public = yes case sensitive = no preserve case = yes short preserve case = yes mangle case = no mangled names= no All suggestions gratefully received, I'm at a loss. Cheers, Richard ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. This e-mail message has been scanned for Viruses and Content and cleared by NetIQ MailMarshal. This e-mail (and any attachments) is confidential and may contain personal views which are not the views of Nottingham City Council unless specifically stated. If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system, do not use, copy or disclose the information in any way nor act in reliance on it and notify the sender immediately. Please note that Nottingham City Council monitors e-mails sent or received. Further communication will signify your consent to this.
John H Terpstra
2005-Mar-09 19:31 UTC
[Samba] Filenames apparently truncated when acessing Samba share from XP.
Richard, Best advice is to update to Samba-3.0.11. If my memory is not missing too many bits the name trucation problem was a bug in 3.0.1 with certain clients. If the problem persists with 3.0.11 please file a bug report on https://bugzilla.samba.org. - John T. On Wednesday 09 March 2005 09:39, Richard Heggs wrote:> Hi List, > > This one is puzzling me. I suspect it is largely due to a badly-behaved > installer, but I would appreciate any help. I'm so puzzled, I'm not even > sure how to explain the problem, but here goes... > > I have a Samba 3.0.1 system on AIX 5.2, which a number of XP users connect > to, in order to access an application installed there. The upgrade > installer for said application is causing me trouble. > > The installer gets almost all the way through the process, unpacking files > and so on. The problem occurs when it tries to run one of those files. > > I can see this directory in My Computer, and using the DIR command in a dos > box: > G:\uniform7\hometest\installation > > Ths installer is complaining that it cannot access > G:\uniform7\hometest\installation\definitions-SDE.bat > (which is definitely there) > > Upon inspection I notice that when I use the 'ls' command from XP, I see > that all the files have been truncated (not mangled - I turned that off) to > 8 characters. > > I've tried with mangling turned on, and I get a slightly different error, > in that the file which the installer cannot find is mangled. > > I suspect that the problem is that the installer is using an odd method of > file access, and is for some reason seeing the directory structure as XP's > 'ls' does, rather than as XP's file explorer does. > > Does anyone have any idea how I can make XP's 'ls' dispplay the full and > unmangled filename? > > The share for this directory is: > [uniform] > comment = Uniform > path = /uniform05 > read only = no > public = yes > case sensitive = no > preserve case = yes > short preserve case = yes > mangle case = no > mangled names= no > > All suggestions gratefully received, I'm at a loss. > > Cheers, > Richard > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. > > > This e-mail message has been scanned for Viruses and Content > and cleared by NetIQ MailMarshal. > > This e-mail (and any attachments) is confidential and may contain personal > views which are not the views of Nottingham City Council unless > specifically stated. If you have received it in error, please delete it > from your system, do not use, copy or disclose the information in any way > nor act in reliance on it and notify the sender immediately. Please note > that Nottingham City Council monitors e-mails sent or received. Further > communication will signify your consent to this.-- John H Terpstra Samba-Team Member Phone: +1 (650) 580-8668 Author: The Official Samba-3 HOWTO & Reference Guide, ISBN: 0131453556 Samba-3 by Example, ISBN: 0131472216 Hardening Linux, ISBN: 0072254971 Other books in production.