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Re: [Re: ftpd and hebrew]



> > > I'm no big hebrew-on-unix specialist, but a healthy guess is that the>
windows smb client translates the gibberish into something that a win32> ftp
client later understands. or maybe the samba? I installed the latest> samba as
well, and that didnt solve it either. umm... can anyone shed some> light on
the subject?> To see Hebrew in a shell you need to set fonts to Hebrew, or set
the Hebrew fonts on a xterm.Then you need to run some translation script into
your shell( put it in bashrc) to make those hex codes to fonts.The fonts are
on all Linux distributions and the script was posted long ago in this list,
you need to do some archive digging> >
<-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=>>   Miki
Shapiro <aris@actcom.co.il>    "My other vehicle is flat, >   ACTCOM ACTive
COMmunication Ltd.    fast, snow covered, and  >         Tech Support Team    
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letters on the bottom"> <-=-=-=-=-=-=-{ http://www.actcom.co.il/support
}-=-=-=-=-=-=-=->> > On Mon, 14 Jun 1999, Gaal Yahas wrote:> > > On Mon, Jun
14, 1999 at 10:33:39AM +0300, Ser Lev Arris wrote:> > > > > I have a linux
fileserver which grants ftp and samba axx.> > > it has many files with hebrew
filenames that were written by windows> > > hosts. when linux lists these
files, it shows gibberish (wrong code page> > > compiled in kernel or plain
incompatibility with windows hebrew> > > codepages?). when windows shows these
files with samba, they look great.> > > > You did not tell us which software
versions you have, but if my> > guess is right and you are using stock RedHat
6.0, there's a known> > problem. The kernel is compiled with "enable win95 bug
workaround",> > which clashes with smbmount, which is now part of the samba
package. > > > > you can edit your samba config to let smbmount not enable the
fix,> > orbetter yet, leave samba alone but recompile your own kernel> >
(without the kernel workaround of course).> > > > hope this helps,> > gaal> >
-- > > believing is seeing> > gaal@forum2.org> > http://www.forum2.org/gaal/>
> > > > > 

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