Basically, I have a samba server running that has some windows systems connecting that run older DOS programs. short preserve case should make it so that the 8.3 filenames that get created drop to lowercase, (as per the default case setting), but it has no effect. # rpm -q -a |grep samba redhat-config-samba-1.0.16-2 samba-common-3.0.9-1.3E.3 samba-client-3.0.9-1.3E.3 samba-swat-3.0.9-1.3E.3 samba-3.0.9-1.3E.3 Linux archimedes 2.4.21-27.0.2.ELsmp #1 SMP Wed Jan 12 23:35:44 EST 2005 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS release 3 (Taroon Update 5) testparm output: # Global parameters [global] workgroup = MATHEMATICS netbios name = SAMBA netbios aliases = archimedes, newton server string = Mathematics File Server log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log max log size = 50 socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 mangle prefix = 5 add user script = /usr/sbin/useradd -d /dev/null -g 100 -s /bin/false -M %u logon script = network.bat logon path = \\%L\profiles\%U\.Windows\profile logon drive = H: logon home = \\%L\%U domain logons = Yes os level = 199 preferred master = Yes domain master = Yes wins support = Yes cups options = raw short preserve case = No [homes] comment = Home Directories read only = No create mask = 0700 directory mask = 0700 browseable = No [office] comment = Office directory path = /home/office valid users = @offices read only = No create mask = 0660 inherit permissions = Yes sync always = Yes browseable = No oplocks = No level2 oplocks = No -- Don Eisele, KSU Mathematics Systems Administrator -- eisele@xxxxxxx Cardwell Hall - 201-C 785-532-0561 -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list