ntfs-3g allows creation of illegal (Windows) names
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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ntfs-3g (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Running ntfs-3g, extracting some archive to a Windows ntfs volume created a file-name and a directory-name that were both illegal by Windows standards. WindowsXP reported "the filename, directory name or volume label syntax is incorrect". Both entries could not be accessed under Windows (and could therefore not be changed under Windows).
Ntfs-3g purports to be a Windows-compatible interface and can therefore be expected to prevent the creation of illegal files. It did not. Accordingly, this is a bug.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: ntfs-3g 1:2012.
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-29-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelMo
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu12
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Sep 4 14:48:06 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_AU:en
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ntfs-3g
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-05-01 (126 days ago)
Please read http:// www.tuxera. com/community/ ntfs-3g- faq/#posixfilen ames2