samba - Apr 2005 - 16-bit Application Compatibility

I have samba running on an XServe under OS X 10.3.8.  Recently moved 
some files over from a Compag server which were created and accessed 
by a 16-bit application originally written for Windows 3.1.1.  The 
application sees all of the previously created file names truncated 
and doesn't recognize links to embedded image files.

I have searched the documentation and can't find a specific parameter 
setting to fix this issue and was wondering if anyone has a solution 
aside from updating to a 32-bit version of the application which is 
on order.

TIA
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===========================Frank Marder

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I had the same problem on FreeBSD/amd64 with some old 16bit application.
I fixed it by adding the following to my smb.conf:

~  mangling method = hash2
~  mangling char = ~
~  mangle prefix = 6

This *should* result in names like DOCUME~1.DOC etc.
I hope this helps you :)

Regards,

Ulrik


Frank Marder wrote:
| I have samba running on an XServe under OS X 10.3.8.  Recently moved
| some files over from a Compag server which were created and accessed by
| a 16-bit application originally written for Windows 3.1.1.  The
| application sees all of the previously created file names truncated and
| doesn't recognize links to embedded image files.
|
| I have searched the documentation and can't find a specific parameter
| setting to fix this issue and was wondering if anyone has a solution
| aside from updating to a 32-bit version of the application which is on
| order.
|
| TIA

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