I just took on a new client who is having a curious problem with mangled
names. Here's the history as I understand it:
Originally they were on an NT server and there was no issue.
My predecessor moved them to a samba server running on gentwo. I do not know
what version of samba or how he moved the data, but when he did so, any files
and folders with more than 8 characters started appearing mangled from two and
only two apps. Those two apps are qbtimer (Quickbooks) and "RAM Structural
System".
I have moved them to a new server running 3.0.13 under Mandriva. The file
names still appear mangled.
Examples of how they are mangled:
Engineering -> EHTEC6~Q
MSWord Templates -> MLLW2U~K
The apps are running under XP and my user swears they didn't have a problem
under the old NT server. My assumption is that these two apps are using an
old broken API, but if it really worked fine to an NT server, then there must
be something better we can do...if we just get more standard looking 8.3
mangling, that would help.
Any ideas?
Chris
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President 1611-B West 6th Street
Austin, TX 78703-5074
512-322-0180 http://www.trinsics.com
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uptime or reactively pay for downtime?
Trinsic Solutions
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On Tue, Nov 01, 2005 at 12:20:48PM -0600, Chris Garrigues wrote:> I just took on a new client who is having a curious problem with mangled > names. Here's the history as I understand it: > > Originally they were on an NT server and there was no issue. > > My predecessor moved them to a samba server running on gentwo. I do not know > what version of samba or how he moved the data, but when he did so, any files > and folders with more than 8 characters started appearing mangled from two and > only two apps. Those two apps are qbtimer (Quickbooks) and "RAM Structural > System". > > I have moved them to a new server running 3.0.13 under Mandriva. The file > names still appear mangled. > > Examples of how they are mangled: > > Engineering -> EHTEC6~Q > MSWord Templates -> MLLW2U~K > > The apps are running under XP and my user swears they didn't have a problem > under the old NT server. My assumption is that these two apps are using an > old broken API, but if it really worked fine to an NT server, then there must > be something better we can do...if we just get more standard looking 8.3 > mangling, that would help.You can use the old mangling method by specifying : mangling method = hash in your smb.conf. The default method is hash2 which gives better collision properties but less readable names as you noticed. Jeremy.
I just took on a new client who is having a curious problem with mangled
names. Here's the history as I understand it:
Originally they were on an NT server and there was no issue.
My predecessor moved them to a samba server running on gentwo. I do not know
what version of samba or how he moved the data, but when he did so, any files
and folders with more than 8 characters started appearing mangled from two and
only two apps. Those two apps are qbtimer (Quickbooks) and "RAM Structural
System".
I have moved them to a new server running 3.0.13 under Mandriva. The file
names still appear mangled.
Examples of how they are mangled:
Engineering -> EHTEC6~Q
MSWord Templates -> MLLW2U~K
The apps are running under XP and my user swears they didn't have a problem
under the old NT server. My assumption is that these two apps are using an
old broken API, but if it really worked fine to an NT server, then there must
be something better we can do...if we just get more standard looking 8.3
mangling, that would help.
Any ideas?
Chris
--
Chris Garrigues Trinsic Solutions
President 1611-B West 6th Street
Austin, TX 78703-5074
512-322-0180 http://www.trinsics.com
Would you rather proactively pay for
uptime or reactively pay for downtime?
Trinsic Solutions
Your Proactive IT Management Partner
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