been a while since i got this answer :) Any how the big day has come and I installed a nice Samba 3 server on Debian Woody.
My advice is dont use strings, just open two microsoft explore and drag from the old samba to the new one. The string bellow converted some but also corrupted some Cheers -------------------------- Canaan Surfing Ltd. Internet Service Providers Ben-Nes Michael - Manager Tel: 972-4-6991122 Fax: 972-4-6990098 http://www.canaan.net.il -------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gal Goldschmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Dotan Mazor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Ben-Nes Michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2003 11:15 PM Subject: Re: Converting to the new samba > Hi, > > The solution is very simple, you need to convert the Hebrew file names on the > server to UTF-8 encoded. > > Here is a script adopted from the SAMBA docs: > find /path/to/share -type f -exec bash -c 'CP="{}"; ISO=`echo -n "$CP" | \ > iconv -f cp862 -t UTF-8`; if [ "$CP" != "$ISO" ]; then mv "$CP" \ > "$ISO"; fi' \; > > Bye > Gal > > > On Sunday 26 October 2003 20:07, Dotan Mazor wrote: > > Well, you could try to write "utf-8" instead of "utf". I didn't have to > > change anything, but then, I got all my Hebrew files changed to undescores > > (like this: ________.___), which made me brake a few chairs. > > > > Oh well, I guess you better take advices from someone who knows at least a > > bit of what he's talking about... > > > > Dotan > > --- > > On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 13:25:03 +0200, Ben-Nes Michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > wrote: > > > Hi All & Shana Tova > > > > > > im trying to move my files from samba 2.x to 3.x version. > > > > > > I mounted the old samba on /mnt/oldsmb but I couldn't find how to tell > > > it to > > > load it as utf ( on the Linux side ) and I just get gibberish on console, > > > win$ & putty. > > > > > > I think its something with the charset but I couldn't find the right > > > combination: > > > > > > mount -t smbfs -o iocharset=he_IL.utf,codepage=win1255 //Share2/documents > > > /mnt/oldsmb/ > > > > > > -------------------------- > > > Canaan Surfing Ltd. > > > Internet Service Providers > > > Ben-Nes Michael - Manager > > > Tel: 972-4-6991122 > > > Fax: 972-4-6990098 > > > http://www.canaan.net.il > > > -------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > > > ================================================================= > > > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > > > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > > > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
