Any other suggestions on this? On Sun, Jun 15, 2014 at 4:31 PM, Timothy Davenport <warrickguy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Steve: > > The NAS's (servers) run linux but are managed through a web interface > and have no root access. > > I added, unix extensions = yes to /etc/samba/smb.conf [global] on > my client (debian) machine but it didn't help. > > I added it to /usr/share/samba/smb.conf also for good measure even > though I don't think it's used > > I retired from IBM in 2010 > > > > On Sun, Jun 15, 2014 at 3:31 PM, Steve French <smfrench@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Are Unix extensions enabled in the smb.conf on your server? >> >> The default on the server is unix extensions = yes but I wonder if >> unix extensions are getting turned off somehow on client or server >> >> On Sun, Jun 15, 2014 at 2:23 PM, Timothy Davenport <warrickguy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> I've noticed a problem with case insensitivity on my cifs mounts. I >>> ran into it when upgrading from Linux Mint 13 to 17. I've since >>> determined that the problem also exists on debian testing. >>> The shares on my NAS boxes (Buffalo and ZyXEL) are case sensitive with >>> Mint 13 and debian stable (wheezy). They are case insensitive on Mint >>> 17 and debian testing (jessie). I do a lot of file renaming >>> (upper/lower casing) and the insensitivity poses a real problem. >>> >>> Here is an example from fstab for one of my shares and the mount command used. >>> >>> //10.2.76.31/android /mnt/ls-pro-android cifs >>> users,noauto,credentials=/home/trdavenport/sambapw,iocharset=utf8 0 >>> 0 >>> >>> mount /mnt/ls-pro-android >>> >>> As a test I first installed a new instance of debian stable (Linux >>> 3.2.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.2.57-3+deb7u2)(cifs.ko v.1.76), >>> installed cifs-utils (2:5.5-1) and configured everything to access my >>> shares. This resulted in case sensitive access to all my shares. >>> >>> Without making any other changes I installed a backported kernel >>> (Linux 3.12-0.bpo.1-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.12.9-1~bpo70+1)(cifs.ko >>> v.2.02) and with that all my shares are case insensitive. Using grub >>> I can switch back and forth between the two kernels and the results >>> are consistent. >>> >>> Have I missed an option or configuration that would address this? I >>> think the nocase option is supposed to turn off sensitivity, but can't >>> find anything to turn it on. >>> >>> Could this fix ( http;//article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.cifs/8832 >>> ) from 2013-09-12 have something to do with it? >>> >>> If I use fuse/gvfs, all the shares are case sensitive on debian stable >>> and testing as well as Mint 13 and 17. >>> >>> -- >>> Tim Davenport >>> Gatlinburg, Tennessee USA >>> -- >>> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-cifs" in >>> the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >> >> >> >> -- >> Thanks, >> >> Steve > > > > -- > Tim Davenport > Gatlinburg, Tennessee USA -- Tim Davenport Gatlinburg, Tennessee USA -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-cifs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
