MS-DOS client don't shows long filenames on Windows 2003 networksh

Hi Everyone

I've got a strage problem here.

I have 2 windows 2003 servers with the same security settings and the same
services settings.

On one of the servers I've got this problem:
If I connect with a ms-dos client a network share on the 'problem' server,
the ms-dos client is not able to see files longer than 12 characters with the
DIR, COPY and XCOPY command. This dos commands show only 8.3 files.

I checked share and security settings, user rights etc. the 2 servers are
the same, but only on one server, the same ms-dos client is not able to see
long filenames, it don't converts the files with ~1 at the end, it don't
shows long files at all.
Files with more than 12 characters are invisible.

Anyone has encountered a similar problem?

Regards
Andre

DOS only does 8.3,...that is where the whole 8.3 term came from.

Only the DOS from Win95, 95A, 95B,Win98, 98SE, 98ME can read long file
names. The last "real" DOS was 6.22,...8.3 filenames only. To have a DOS
OS from those versions, make a bootable floppy from one of those versions
and copy Format.com, Sys.com and the FDisk file to the floppy. Use the
floppy to make the Hard Drive bootable. Then steal the files from the
"C:\Windows\Command" folder and place them in a folder on the DOS Machine's
HD.

To have to "ultimate" version of DOS on a machine:
1. Install DOS 5.0 Full
2. Upgrade to 6.0
3. Upgrade to 6.22
4. Make a Win98ME bootable floppy and copy the
SYS command file on it. It can be found in the
"c:\windows\command" folder.
5. Boot using the floppy and run "A:\SYS c:"
6. Collect all the files in the "c:\windows\command" folder on the
Win98ME machine
7. Copy them to the "c:\dos" folder on the DOS machine letting them
overwrite any of the same name.

When you type "ver" from a prompt it will say that you have Win98ME even
thought you will really have a DOS Machine.

I have to keep reminding myself that a lot of todays IT people were in
Grammer School when DOS 6.22 stop being used. Heck, when I started, a guy
was in Hog Heaven if you had DOS 3.1 with 4 meg or RAM. RAM was $40 a meg
back then and "big" hard drives were 80meg.

--
Phillip Windell [MCP, MVP, CCNA]
www.wandtv.com

"Adime" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:52F37CE3-D187-49B4-B924-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi Everyone
>
> I've got a strage problem here.
>
> I have 2 windows 2003 servers with the same security settings and the same
> services settings.
>
> On one of the servers I've got this problem:
> If I connect with a ms-dos client a network share on the 'problem' server,
> the ms-dos client is not able to see files longer than 12 characters with
the
> DIR, COPY and XCOPY command. This dos commands show only 8.3 files.
>
> I checked share and security settings, user rights etc. the 2 servers are
> the same, but only on one server, the same ms-dos client is not able to
see
> long filenames, it don't converts the files with ~1 at the end, it don't
> shows long files at all.
> Files with more than 12 characters are invisible.
>
> Anyone has encountered a similar problem?
>
> Regards
> Andre

Thanx alot for your reply Philipp, but its's not exactly what i searched for.

I had to hurry with my post friday afternoon, so I think, I was not clear
with explaining my problem. So here I have an example of my problem:

I boot a client with a 6.22 Dos boot disk and I make 'net use F:
\\server1\share' and 'net use G: \\server2\share'.

The shares on server1 and server2 have the same files, user rights and
sharing rights. The Servers have the same patch level, security templates and
services settings. The OS is Windows 2003 on both servers.

The files look like this on the two shares:

1234.txt
12345678.exe
12345678test.txt
12345678programm.exe

If I make a Dir from F: and a Dir from G: the result is not the same:

F:>dir

1234.txt
12345678.exe
12345678~1.txt
12345678~1.exe

G:>dir

1234.txt
12345678.exe


The 2 files with long filenames are not listed with the dir command on drive
G.

Is there a setting in Windows 2003 that prevents Dos to see files with long
filenames?

Thanx in advance for any help on this

"Adime" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> F:>dir
>
> 1234.txt
> 12345678.exe
> 12345678~1.txt
> 12345678~1.exe
>
> G:>dir
>
> 1234.txt
> 12345678.exe
>
>
> The 2 files with long filenames are not listed with the dir command on
drive
> G.
>
> Is there a setting in Windows 2003 that prevents Dos to see files with
long
> filenames?

I don't know. But if you build up your version of DOS on the machine the
way I described I think it would show the long file names and you would
avoid the whole issue.

--
Phillip Windell [MCP, MVP, CCNA]
www.wandtv.com

Hi

I finally found the solution with fsutil.exe:

fsutil.exe behavior set disable8dot3 0

On one of the two Servers, disable8dot3 was set to 1 so there where no 8.3
filenames created.

See also:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro...c13621675.mspx

Regards
André

OK. Very good.

--
Phillip Windell [MCP, MVP, CCNA]
www.wandtv.com

"Adime" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:A9116AED-1A77-4213-A4F9-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi
>
> I finally found the solution with fsutil.exe:
>
> fsutil.exe behavior set disable8dot3 0
>
> On one of the two Servers, disable8dot3 was set to 1 so there where no 8.3
> filenames created.
>
> See also:
>
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro...c13621675.mspx
>
> Regards
> André
>