Topic: Intl char´s in i-bay file name

[Lars Thorelius]

I use e-smith 4.0. I have an i-bay with unlimited access locally, which I use for backup purposes from the LAN Windows machines.

The problem:
e-smith can´t handle file names with the Swedish characters åäöÅÄÖ. It´s difficult to motivate backups when the users have to rename their documents for backups to work...

Can someone give me a hint how to solve this?

Regards
Lars

[Enrico Sørensen]

Yes you have a point there, I have trouble with æ,ø,å in usernames as well so how to get international keyboard incorporatet most be an issue!
                               Enrico Sørensen.

[Charlie Brady]

Lars Thorelius wrote:

> I use e-smith 4.0. I have an i-bay with unlimited access
> locally, which I use for backup purposes from the LAN Windows
> machines.
>
> The problem: e-smith can´t handle file names with the Swedish
> characters åäöÅÄÖ. It´s difficult to motivate backups when the
> users have to rename their documents for backups to work...

The e-smith server can handle such file names, but not all parts of the software will handle it correctly. You'll need to work with us to determine what software you are actually having trouble with and what changes need to be made to solve your problems.

Please email me directly and tell me exactly what symptoms you see - it isn't obvious from your posting.

Regards

Charlie

[Lasse Johanssaon]

To enable Samba to handle Swedish characters, make sure that your last lines in the "Global Settings" section of /etc/smb.conf reads like this:

# Be very careful with case sensitivity - it can break things!
  case sensitive = no                                        
  client code page = 850                                      
  character set = iso8859-1                                  
  valid chars = 0345:0305 0366:0326 0344:0304  

That should solve your problem!

Best Regards:

//Lasse Johansson

[Lars Thorelius]

Thank you for your reply! I will try that.

Lars