linux-kernel - Re: NCPFS can't handle extended characters.

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Date:	Tue, 22 May 2007 13:53:30 +0100
From:	Chris Malton <chrism@...oftuk.dyndns.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: NCPFS can't handle extended characters.

Oops, see inline comments!

Chris Malton wrote:
> I found a bug in NCPFS that I haven't the time to fix right now.
> 
> Here's the problem: if a file contains an extended (Charcodes 128-255) 
> character, especially ` (or a even worse, an word converted ' (curled 
> apostrophe) NCPFS goes butter side down on the directory listing.
> 
> It doesn't hand the machine, but it does cause some serious issues on 
> our network, is there a way to make NCPFS understand extended characters 
> in file names?

I mean hang, and our network has lots of extended file system characters 
on it.

> 
> I would appreciate this being patched.
> 
> I'll get round to it post-exams if nobody else does.
> 
> Chris

Chris

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