Problem with accented character using Samba 3

Monkey114 · 10-10-2010, 12:21 AM

Hi,

I have a Linux Slackware 13.1 box running Samba 3.5.5. Stored on it are a bunch of files with accented characters in the name, they are stored on a Ext4 filesystem. The problem is that when I try to list the filenames from another Windows XP or Linux computer all accented characters in the filenames are replaced by underscores ( "_" )... Are there ways to get Samba to show the real accented characters instead of these underscore??

Thanks in advance, any help would be appreciated!

dr_agon · 10-11-2010, 08:13 AM

I had problem with accented characters when mounting windows share from Ubuntu. I realize you have the connection in different direction (from Windows to SMB), but maybe it will give you a hint:
Adding iocharset=utf8 to mount options, and setting proper locale for console (LANG=pl_PL.UTF-8) solved it.
Good luck.