Only short filenames using ncpfs

BroX · 03-07-2007, 07:53 AM

Hi list,

I mount my personal directory on our institute's netware server using ncpfs. But the filenames are shortened to 8 characters, and I am not able to write files with long file names.

What do I need to do to enable long filenames? I Googled but couldn't find anything. Our sysadmin has no problems when he mounts the volumes on his Suse pc. He sent me his mount script, so it can't be related to mount options.

Slackware-current, kernel 2.6.20, uhm what else?

Cheers, Leon.

stress_junkie · 03-07-2007, 04:27 PM

Your sysadmin should be able to help you figure this out.

Here are some links to documentation.

http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/IPX-HOWTO.html

http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/IPX-HOWTO-9.html#ss9.4

BroX · 03-08-2007, 03:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stress_junkie

Your sysadmin should be able to help you figure this out.

Here are some links to documentation.

http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/IPX-HOWTO.html

http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/IPX-HOWTO-9.html#ss9.4

Thanks for the links.

However, the howto doesn't mention anything related to length of filenames. Just to be clear, I can see and mount volumes on the netware file server. It's just that they appear with abbreviated 8.3 filenames. Which is very annoying ;-)

Cheers, Leon.

BroX · 03-12-2007, 12:43 PM

SOLVED

It turned out to be a kernel config option:
NCPFS_OS2_NS needs to be enabled for long file names.

Cheers, Leon.