topic Space name can end in '.' and break CIFS in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/space-name-can-end-in-and-break-cifs/m-p/12748#M5248 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>If one tries to create a folder in Windows Explorer which ends in "." ( like "company inc." for example) then Windows will truncate the "." for compatibility.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>The same happens if you create a space in Alfresco via CIFS, predictably.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>You can, however, create a space name in the web client with a trailing "." and when you try to access it via CIFS, you get the Windows error: "…refers to a location that is unavailable…yada yada"</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I hit this today working at a law firm that set up a space name ending in "Inc."&nbsp; Seems like the trailing punctuation needs to be validated for CIFS compatibility.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 25 Jul 2006 02:14:10 GMT hikenboots 2006-07-25T02:14:10Z Space name can end in '.' and break CIFS https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/space-name-can-end-in-and-break-cifs/m-p/12748#M5248 If one tries to create a folder in Windows Explorer which ends in "." ( like "company inc." for example) then Windows will truncate the "." for compatibility.The same happens if you create a space in Alfresco via CIFS, predictably.You can, however, create a space name in the web client with a traili Tue, 25 Jul 2006 02:14:10 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/space-name-can-end-in-and-break-cifs/m-p/12748#M5248 hikenboots 2006-07-25T02:14:10Z Re: Space name can end in '.' and break CIFS https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/space-name-can-end-in-and-break-cifs/m-p/12749#M5249 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Indeed this is an issue, please raise an issue in </SPAN><A href="http://www.alfresco.org/jira/secure/Dashboard.jspa" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">JIRA</A><SPAN>.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 25 Jul 2006 09:37:37 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/space-name-can-end-in-and-break-cifs/m-p/12749#M5249 gavinc 2006-07-25T09:37:37Z Re: Space name can end in '.' and break CIFS https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/space-name-can-end-in-and-break-cifs/m-p/12750#M5250 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive-quote">Indeed this is an issue, please raise an issue in <A href="http://www.alfresco.org/jira/secure/Dashboard.jspa" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">JIRA</A>.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR /><A href="http://www.alfresco.org/jira/browse/AWC-817?page=all" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://www.alfresco.org/jira/browse/AWC-817?page=all</A></BODY></HTML> Tue, 25 Jul 2006 13:16:44 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/space-name-can-end-in-and-break-cifs/m-p/12750#M5250 hikenboots 2006-07-25T13:16:44Z