File Name changes across Samba

Matthew Flaschen matthew.flaschen at gatech.edu
Tue Mar 24 20:56:21 UTC 2009


NoOp wrote:

> So here's the question: anyone know why the '?' in the file name would
> cause samba to change to 'FYL228~4.EML'?

Not really, but it sounds like some quirk in a 8.3
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8.3_filename) algorithm.  The SAMBA list
(https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba) might give you a more
definitive answer.

Matt Flaschen




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