Is CIFS limited for Sharing ?

[Sheraz]

Why CIFS fails to show longer file name more then 13 characters while accessing throgh any samba client???

can anyone pls help me for this to understand...

[benoit Bruckert]

Hi,
Do you have any specific conf in your smb.conf file ???
If you can post it , we could see further.
On my server, it works for file name longer tahn 13 !
regards
Benoit

[Stefan Schulz]

Hi,

i do have far longer filenames here. So this is no general problem of samba/CIFS. Itmust be something in your specific configuration.

Tell us more about:

clients
CIFS Version
Server OS
smb.conf

Regards Stefan

[John Bolene]

Maybe you are using Win 95 clients.

I see very long file names with Win 98 and above.

[Sheraz]

Clarification for Shares:

I have Window2K Server Running in the Network which is a master browser server and Win2k is using CIFS implementation offcourse....while browsing throgh samba client from any Linux machine (e.g konqurer browser) it doesn't give me the longer Share name greater then 12 character......(of win2k machine)......
similar kinda problem has been monitored while accessing one Linux shares to another Linux machine...... i probably think that it is some Protocol level thing which is not being implemented yet.....or what......i need to figure out this.....???

[Nag Varma]

Hi,

If you got to the swat screen , you will find an option in " GLOBAL variables " under " Filename Handling "...the option is " short preserve case "
you have to set this option to " yes "

" short preserve case = yes "

You can go to swat screen by
" http://hostname.domain.com:901/ "

Thanks
Nag Varma