Long Filenames on Samba Shares:

dstranathandstranathan
Posted:
in Genius Bar edited January 2014
When XP PCs create files with long filenames on my Samba Server (OS X 10.2.4), and they exceeed the Mac OS 9 character limit of 32 chars, it causes a problem.



When a Mac OS 9 client mounts the Samba share and sees the files, the names are truncated and a hex value is appended to the name like so:







(Example PC Word file with long name





reallyreallyreally_long_file_name.doc



(looks something like this on the OS 9 Mac



reallyreallyreally_long_file_n#FF2B.doc





Thats OK, I can deal with this until I migrate to OS X (Quark!). I can also tell my PC users to 'make shorter names'. BUT:



If I try and open a Word file which has a long filename (and a hex# appended), both Word 98 and Word 2001 freeze the entire Mac and forces me to reboot.



If I remove the hex# and rename the file, then it seems like the Word file opens in OS 9 just fine.





Have you seen this?



Can I fix it?



Thanks!
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