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Home share sub-folder copied itself, relies on copy
Firmware 6.4.2 In the last week or so, I have had a regularly used sub-folder ("Expense Reports") in my home share duplicate itself, with the copy cryptically named "EQ5GJE~Q". So I had two fold...
Yes, mapping as my J:, from a Windows 7 PC.
I'm familiar with the old 8-character naming limits... from 40 years ago.
Wouldn't it have been "Expens~1" though, instead of random "EQ5GJE~Q"?
Anyway... question remains WHY am I seeing this? How do I fix it?
Thanks.
shadowIT wrote:
Wouldn't it have been "Expens~1" though, instead of random "EQ5GJE~Q"?
There are a couple of different name-mangling algorithms out there, I'm not sure which one is used by the current SAMBA.
shadowIT wrote:
Anyway... question remains WHY am I seeing this? How do I fix it?
That is the right question of course. It's unusual behavior (I haven't seen it posted here before). Hopefully someone from Netgear will comment.
There is a way to turn name-mangling off in SAMBA, but not in the admin gui or SMB-PLUS. So it would require ssh access.
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