[Bug 382501] Re: CIFS File Transfer from Ubuntu to Windows Share results in 0 Bytes File ! The File is LOST

[Thierry Carrez]

Windows does not support ":" in filenames. It will end up creating a
stream device (with a name up to the ":" character) with 0-length.

CIFS/Windows interaction should detect that though (rather than fail miserably), this seems like a CIFS client or Windows server issue. Could you try the following:
- try the same with 9.04 to see if it was fixed in later versions
- on 8.04.2, cifs.mount your Windows share with the "mapchars" option and see if it changes anything
- on 8.04.2, open a windows share from Nautilus (using smb://server/share in the location bar) and try transfering a file with ":"

What version of Windows is your share on ?

** Changed in: samba (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

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CIFS File Transfer from Ubuntu to Windows Share results in 0 Bytes File ! The File is LOST
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/382501
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