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5.4.2 Mangling Options

Samba allows you to give it more refined instructions on how it should perform name mangling, including those controlling the case sensitivity, the character inserted to form a mangled name, and the ability to manually map filenames from one format to another. These options are shown in Table 5.7.


Table 5.7: Name Mangling Options

Option

Parameters

Function

Default

Scope

case sensitive

(casesignames)

boolean

If yes, Samba will treat filenames as case-sensitive (Windows doesn't).

no

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default case

( upper or lower)

Case to assume as default (only used when preserve case is no).

Lower

Share

preserve case

boolean

If yes, keep the case the client supplied (i.e., do not convert to default case).

yes

Share

short preserve case

boolean

If yes, preserve case of 8.3-format names that the client provides.

yes

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mangle case

boolean

Mangle a name if it is mixed case.

no

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mangled names

boolean

Mangles long names into 8.3 DOS format.

yes

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mangling char

string (single character)

Gives mangling character.

~

Share

mangled stack

numerical

Number of mangled names to keep on the local mangling stack.

50

Global

mangled map

string (list of patterns)

Allows mapping of filenames from one format into another.

None

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