43.9. Editing File Naming Options
Samba has several options that control how UNIX filenames are converted to names suitable for Windows systems. These days, most of them are no longer needed, as Windows versions 95 and above have been able to support long filenames properly. Only Windows 3.1 and DOS were stuck with the old 8.3 filename format, and they are hardly used anymore.
To edit the naming options for a share that are relevant to modern clients, follow these steps:
1. | Click on the name of the share on the module's main page, then on the File Naming icon. |
2. | When the Case sensitive? field is set to No, the server will ignore case when opening files requested by clients. This is the way Windows filesystems work and so this is the default ... |
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