diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'docs/manpages')
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/manpages/smb.conf.5 | 41 |
1 files changed, 41 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/docs/manpages/smb.conf.5 b/docs/manpages/smb.conf.5 index eba37ad23d..dcef2bb2f0 100644 --- a/docs/manpages/smb.conf.5 +++ b/docs/manpages/smb.conf.5 @@ -327,6 +327,8 @@ browse list character set +client code page + config file deadtime @@ -778,6 +780,38 @@ code page. Normally not set, meaning no filename translation is done. character set = iso8859-1 +.SS client code page (G) +Currently (Samba 1.9.17 and above) this may be set to one of two +values, 850 or 437. It specifies the base DOS code page that the +clients accessing Samba are using. To determine this, open a DOS +command prompt and type the command "chcp". This will output the +code page. The default for USA MS-DOS, Windows 95, and Windows NT +releases is code page 437. The default for western european +releases of the above operating systems is code page 850. + +This parameter co-operates with the "valid chars" parameter in +determining what characters are valid in filenames and how +capitalization is done. It has been added as a convenience for +clients whose code page is either 437 or 850 so a convoluted +"valid chars" string does not have to be determined. If you +set both this parameter and the "valid chars" parameter the +"client code page" parameter MUST be set before the "valid chars" +in the smb.conf file. The "valid chars" string will then augment +the character settings in the "client code page" parameter. + +If "client code page" is set to a value other than 850 or 437 +it will default to 850. + +See also : "valid chars". + +.B Default + + client code page = 850 + +.B Example + + client code page = 437 + .SS comment (S) This is a text field that is seen when a client does a net view to list what shares are available. It will also be used when browsing is @@ -2961,6 +2995,13 @@ valid chars = 0132:0172 The last two examples above actually add two characters, and alter the uppercase and lowercase mappings appropriately. +Note that you MUST specify this parameter after the "client code page" +parameter if you have both set. If "client code page" is set after +the "valid chars" parameter the "valid chars" settings will be +overwritten. + +See also the "client code page" parameter. + .B Default .br Samba defaults to using a reasonable set of valid characters |