I've never had a problem with. We have a "General Corporate-Use Information" share (I wish I was joking). They created me a GenCorp share over the same folder, and I was off to the races.
-----Original Message-----
From: Rob Berendt [mailto:rob@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2018 7:06 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: QNTC to access Windows file server
My biggest issue with QNTC going to Windows servers was that someone would create a share on the Windows server which exceeded a set number of characters (I think anything over 11 is an issue). Even if I was not using that share but I was using another share simply the existence of that share was an issue.
Found it, it's 12 characters.
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Ensure that all Windows based shares are 12 characters or less in length.
This is a permanent restriction as it causes the Windows server to return a 3406 error code from the SMB transaction.
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http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas8N1018146
This is dated information and I've asked for it to be updated.
Since IBM's website is currently undergoing a massive failure I can't search cover letters or anything.
Rob Berendt
midrange.com
