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Article #773Re: Problems with Hebrew folder names on 3.12 server
From: Akira
Date: Thu, 08 Jul 1999 00:00
Date: Thu, 08 Jul 1999 00:00
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--------------20A54824132B02D91CE5A27A Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Paz Engineering & Management wrote: > HI! > I support an office with netware 3.12 and 4 Win95 Hebrew workstations. > I've added OS/2 name space to support long file names. > > The problem: > ========== > When using folder names in Hebrew, The users sometimes can't access and > save files in the Hebrew folders. > Renaming the folder to an English name overcomes it. > > The questions: > =========== > Is there a fix or trick to solve the problem and allow Hebrew folder names? > Can I/Should I change the codepage of the server? > Is saving files with Hebrew file names ok, or should I save files only in > English? > > More info: > ======= > The server is patched only with 2 patches for Y2K (CLIB & 312Y2K) > I don't remember which Client32 version is installed, probably an old one. > > Thanks > Yizhar Hurwitz > yizhar@mail.com > pazadm@netvision.net.il This is what I found on Novell's site. "If different code pages are to exist on different workstations, it may be advisable to select NetWare filename format, so that the server does not try to remap any characters in the hexadecimal 80 to FF range." For more information, see DOS vs. NetWare filename format Also, when installing the Y2K patches, Novell recommends that ALL current patches are loaded prior to the Y2K update. --------------20A54824132B02D91CE5A27A Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> Paz Engineering & Management wrote: <blockquote TYPE=CITE>HI! <br>I support an office with netware 3.12 and 4 Win95 Hebrew workstations. <br>I've added OS/2 name space to support long file names. <p>The problem: <br>========== <br>When using folder names in Hebrew, The users sometimes can't access and <br>save files in the Hebrew folders. <br>Renaming the folder to an English name overcomes it. <p>The questions: <br>=========== <br>Is there a fix or trick to solve the problem and allow Hebrew folder names? <br>Can I/Should I change the codepage of the server? <br>Is saving files with Hebrew file names ok, or should I save files only in <br>English? <p>More info: <br>======= <br>The server is patched only with 2 patches for Y2K (CLIB & 312Y2K) <br>I don't remember which Client32 version is installed, probably an old one. <p>Thanks <br>Yizhar Hurwitz <br>yizhar@mail.com <br>pazadm@netvision.net.il</blockquote> This is what I found on Novell's site. <p>"If different code pages are to exist on different workstations, it may be advisable to select NetWare filename format, so that the server does not try to remap any characters in the hexadecimal 80 to FF range." <p>For more information, see <a href="http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/search.pl?database_name=kb&type=HTML&docid=%036F16059%3a931394810%3a%20%28%20language%20support%20for%20filenames%20%29%20%20%07%01%00&byte_count=11532">DOS vs. NetWare filename format</a> <p>Also, when installing the Y2K patches, Novell recommends that ALL current patches are loaded prior to the Y2K update. <br> </html> --------------20A54824132B02D91CE5A27A--
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