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Here's a tricky one:<br />
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I've defined a share in smb.conf:<br />
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<pre><code id="code-10-27867212-1">(...)

[THESHARE]
	comment = /THESHARE
	inherit acls = Yes
	path = /THESHARE
	read only = No
	valid users = theuser

(...)</code></pre>
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If I access that share from a windows machine (Win7 or XP to be precise, don't know the behaviour of other Win's), with explorer, the share's name is shown in lower case as <b>theshare</b>. This is irritating some users.<br />
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Furthermore, when accessing the root via Samba, the case of /THESHARE is shown correct in upper case. <br />
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The question: Is there a way to force samba (or Windows ???) to present the shares with the correct case ?
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Here's a tricky one:

I've defined a share in smb.conf:

(CODE)

If I access that share from a windows machine (Win7 or XP to be precise, don't know the behaviour of other Win's), with explorer, the share's name is shown in lower case as theshare. This is irritating some users.

Furthermore, when accessing the root via Samba, the case of /THESHARE is shown correct in upper case. 

The question: Is there a way to force samba (or Windows ???) to present the shares with the correct case ?

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