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Word file naming issue when copying to Samba shares
Authored by: twa on May 21, '03 12:17:08PM
I ran into the same issue while trying to copy a buch of files from a 10.2.6 Mac PowerBook to a Samba 2.2.8a share on a FreeBSD 4.8 server. The only files I could successfully copy had filenames like "test.txt" and similar very simple ones.

MP3-files and video clips with underscores, parenthesis and hyphens in the filename would appear briefly after copying and then disappear - just like in your case.

The solution was to edit smb.conf *on the server* and change the line fstype = NTFS to fstype = Samba in the share section.

After that, the Samba share accepted any file the Mac could throw at it.

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-twa-

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