On 2017-04-25 19:05, Rowland Penny wrote:> On Tue, 25 Apr 2017 18:52:30 +1000 > Henry via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote: > >> >> Thanks Rowland, you are correct. >> My share folder name with a space was escaped using "\" and I do have >> another test share with a space in the folder name that works ! >> So changing the folder name to something new makes it work and if >> changed back it stops working so somewhere there must be a memory of >> the old folder name with retained config problems. >> I bet it's stored in a Samba db or similar however this is beyond my >> skill set. >> > > Did you restart the Samba deamons after making the changes ? > > RowlandYes, fully rebooted member server just to be sure.
On Tue, 25 Apr 2017 19:13:53 +1000 Henry via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:> > Did you restart the Samba deamons after making the changes ? > > > > Rowland > > Yes, fully rebooted member server just to be sure. >That should have cleared on local Samba caches, so I wonder if there is a windows cache involved here. What I do think is, it isn't a good idea to create Samba shares with spaces in the name, use an underscore instead. Rowland
On 2017-04-25 19:32, Rowland Penny wrote:> On Tue, 25 Apr 2017 19:13:53 +1000 > Henry via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote: > >> > Did you restart the Samba deamons after making the changes ? >> > >> > Rowland >> >> Yes, fully rebooted member server just to be sure. >> > > That should have cleared on local Samba caches, so I wonder if there is > a windows cache involved here.Where would I look for a Windows cache as Samba is both Domain Controller & Member Server? I'll try running RSAT on a different Windows client and see if there is any difference.> > What I do think is, it isn't a good idea to create Samba shares with > spaces in the name, use an underscore instead. > > Rowland
> What I do think is, it isn't a good idea to create Samba shares with > spaces in the name, use an underscore instead.Why? I have been using shares with spaces in their names for years without running into problems even once. Windows fully supports it, so should and does Samba. In a business environment you NEED proper, human readable names, not ugly convoluted substitutes. Just declare the names in smb.conf as they are, without trying to escape anything. It just works.