RE: ext3 filesystem and file name restrictions
Have you tried creating a file with a colon in its name by hand?
I just tested it, both ext3 and samba don't have a problem with it (only Windows clients don't like it).
With which error message does it fail?
Tammo
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Adam Hardy [mailto:adam.ant@cyberspaceroad.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 12:05 PM
> To: List Debian User
> Subject: ext3 filesystem and file name restrictions
>
> Hi,
>
> I created a samba share on one of my debian boxes with a ext3 file system and
> unfortunately I can't write files with certain file names from Mac OSX.
>
> This disrupts the back-up process which takes about an hour every time to fail
> when I want to try it out again.
>
> For instance, there is one file name like this:
>
> 2AE2EAEE-57AC-46D8-B619-C2167D4C6786:ABPerson.abcdp
>
> which has a colon in it that I guess is the problem.
>
> After finding out all I could about Mac file systems and names, my conclusion is
> that macs are pretty special, especially their file systems.
>
> Is there a basis for the file name restrictions on ext3, i.e. can I say, well
> ext3 is based on a standard, so I'm going to restrict the file names on macs,
> otherwise they won't be backed up?
>
>
> Thanks
> Adam
>
>
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