samba - Jul 2006 - Length of share name

I am new at setting up Samba3. I had heard that the name share name is
supposed to be limited to 8 characters or less; i.e., [home] or [configs],
etc. Is this correct, or can the name be longer? Also, are there any
specific characters that are not allowed? I am not planning on using any,
but I was just wondering.

Ciao!


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Gerard Seibert
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A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little
statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul
has simply nothing to do.

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Gerard Seibert wrote:
> I am new at setting up Samba3. I had heard that the 
> name share name is supposed to be limited to 8
> characters or less; i.e., [home] or [configs], etc.
> Is this correct, or can the name be longer? Also,
> are there any specific characters that are not
> allowed? I am not planning on using any, but I
> was just wondering.
The 8 character limit is for Windows 9x clients.  If
you don't have those, you can use longer.  Up to 256
character IIRC.




cheers, jerry
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