Colon in file name makes Samba fail

[ajaaskel]

- Ubuntu 10.10
- Long file names including colon
- Samba with mangling disabled


I inserted "mangled names = no" to /etc/samba/smb.conf because I need to see long file names. That works ok except with those file names containing colon. I have a lot files containing colon in file name since those files are originally named according to date and time. That is very common with videos and photos. I have Linux-only environment i.e. colon is a legal character in a file name.

Is there a way to fix that in Samba ?

[dtfinch]

This https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6196 claims it was fixed in 3.3.3, and Maverick has 3.5.4. Maybe this would make a good bug/regression report, though I haven't tried to verify it myself. I wasn't aware colons were supported for non-Windows clients before now.

[HermanAB]

Uhmmm... if you have a Linux only environment, why are you using Samba? Samba is for Windows. NFS is for UNIX.

[ajaaskel]

Uhmmm... if you have a Linux only environment, why are you using Samba? Samba is for Windows. NFS is for UNIX.

Ubuntu defaults to Samba when you share a folder. While Samba is easy for a temporary share NFS is ok for more permanent sharing. For a quick directory share NFS is cumbersome and too complicated for an average user:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SettingUpNFSHowTo

[strid3r]

Just run this following script to take out all of the colons

 
#!/bin/bash
find "$@" -name '*:*' -exec rename 's/://g' {} +

Name save it with root priveledges in /bin/ and name it something like colonremover (lol)

sudo gedit /bin/colonremover

colonremover /path/to/folder/or/file

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