This option specifies whether an 8.3 filename created by Samba on behalf of the client is created with the default case of the client operating system, or the case specified by the
default
case configuration option. The default value is
yes, which uses the case provided by the client operating system. You can let Samba choose the case through the
default
case option by setting it as follows:
[global]
short preserve case = no
If you want to force Samba to mimic the behavior of a Windows NT filesystem, you can leave this option set to its default,
yes.
