Changes between Version 31 and Version 32 of FAQ

Timestamp:

Oct 16, 2009, 8:22:33 AM (15 years ago)

Author:

Herwig Bauernfeind

Comment:

Add codepage FAQ

FAQ

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 == Installation and configuration ==
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+=== Samba Codepage support seems to be broken from 3.0.35 onward - why does this not work anymore? ===
+Older Samba Server releases had the codepage settings hardwired to SYSTEM and later releases to IBM-850. This turned out to be the culprit for various problems regarding codepages with the Client.
+Therefore this was changed to a dynamic code page detection with changeset [http://svn.netlabs.org/samba/changeset/307 307 for 3.0.x] and [http://svn.netlabs.org/samba/changeset/308 308 for 3.3.x].
+
+However, while this solved the problems with the client, it turned out to be problematic on the server.
+
+So the advice is to set the following settings manually in smb.conf:
+
+{{{
+[global]
+   ...
+   dos charset = ASCII
+   unix charset = UTF-8
+   display charset = UTF-8
+   ...
+}}}
+
+The following codepage values have been tested with the following results:
+|| UTF-8   || works completely ||
+|| IBM-850 || works completely ||
+|| IBM-437 || works partly, 82 out of 128 characters work, 44 mismatches, 2 cannot be written ||
+|| UTF-16  || crashes Samba, do not try that ||
+|| IBM-863 || not tested, but we'd like to get results ||
+|| IBM-866 || not tested, but we'd like to get results ||
+
+General advice:  Enter UTF-8, even if your system is running on other codepages, this will most likely give you the best results. On systems running on IBM-850 no change is required).
+
+''Note: Characters below 128 work on any codepage. Issues are only seen when using characters between 128 and 255 in file and directory names.''[[BR]]
+''Note: Recent sscc.exe knows these issues and provides appropriate additions to smb.conf.''
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 === The Samba Client is really a mess, there is ndpsmb.dll, Netdrive, EVFS, EVFSGUI, the Samba client utilities - what is all this about and how do these go together? ===