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From: Zenin <zenin@best.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: NFS with Windows 95 Long Filenames?
Date: 11 Jul 1997 04:51:16 GMT
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Dan Star <danstar@execpc.com> wrote:
> Could someone tell me if NFS on FreeBSD supports long filenames with a
> Win 95 client.  I would greatly appreciate any information regarding
> this topic.

	That would be a client issue (Win95 groups), not a server issue
	(FreeBSD).  The server just hands the client the filename, it's
	up to the client to do whatever it wants with that information.

-- 
-Zenin
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