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Jeff
"Jeff V. Merkey" wrote:
>
> There is some problem with the conversion of names on the server. Oddly
> enough, NetWare actually stores the names on the server file system in
> US characters, and the Novell supplied clients perform the character set
> conversion to UNICODE and special character sets. From what you
> describe, it appears that perhaps DOS and NT users are accessing the
> same files as clients on the same server as your Linux box, which means
> that they may be using the Novell method of UNICODE name conversion at
> the client. This means is you create names of files that are opened by
> DOS or NT "Novell Client Software" they may end up converting some of
> the characters when the files are written back. Novell uses unicode
> tables that are incompatible with some characters above 127 -- French is
> typically the language that is affected most when using MS clients vs.
> Novell clients (this was intentional to break MS clients in the early
> 90's). It could be that the new ncpfs client (which is using improved
> namespace support over previous versions) is exploiting more features in
> your server, and the result is that another client is modifying the
> names with Novell's broken unicode implementation for Russian. Is this
> a legal 3.12 as opposed to a pirated and what language version did you
> install? If you do not have the correct international NetWare version
> installed, you are guranteed that the client software if going to
> malfunction.
>
> :-)
>
> Jeff
>
> Info wrote:
> >
> > I try 2.4test4 with test5pre3 patch and find problems
> >
> > My stable configuration:
> > RedHat 6.2 (russian Black Cat modification)
> > kernel 2.2.13 without module support (monolyte)
> > KDE
> > no SCSI
> >
> > This machine uses as workstation to acess Novell 3.12 server. Novell volume
> > constattly mounted to linux filesystem by ncpfs.
> > There are no problems in stable configuration with 2.2.13 kernel.
> >
> > I change only kernel. When I try 2.4, I find unstable work with Novell volume.
> >
> > 1. New kernel sometimes understand files with russian names as
> > directories and directories with russian names as files in Novell volume. But
> > the others (in russian too) are recognized correctly (screenshots attached).
> >
> > 2. It's strange conversion upper and low russian letters. If you
> > compare two screenchots you can see that some directories under 2.4 became
> > lowcase (from uppercase), some namese became uppercase from lowercase, and some
> > does not changed.
> >
> > 3. It,s strange limitation of access to server. I login to Novell as
> > supervisor, and as root to Linux. but you can see closed directiries.
> >
> > 4. In some Novell directories it normally go doun, but when your want to move
> > up by the tree, machihe hangs. Its no reaction both on ctrl-alt-backspace
> > (shutdown X session) or in ctrl-alt-del. Only hard reset is avaliable.
> > In some Novell directories it is stable mistake (each attempt to gu up ended
> > by hang). In other directories it is no problems. I can't detect any regularity.
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Name: screen-2.2.13.gif
> > screen-2.2.13.gif Type: GIF Image (image/gif)
> > Encoding: base64
> >
> > Name: screen-2.4.0.gif
> > screen-2.4.0.gif Type: GIF Image (image/gif)
> > Encoding: base64
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