Bug 15827 - POSIX SMB connections should optionally allow case-insensitivity
Summary: POSIX SMB connections should optionally allow case-insensitivity
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: Samba 4.1 and newer
Classification: Unclassified
Component: File services (show other bugs)
Version: 4.22.0
Hardware: All All
: P5 enhancement (vote)
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Samba QA Contact
QA Contact: Samba QA Contact
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Reported: 2025-03-15 09:44 UTC by Björn Jacke
Modified: 2025-03-16 23:58 UTC (History)
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Description Björn Jacke 2025-03-15 09:44:19 UTC 
POSIX SMB mounts are currently case-sensitive only.

Just like many POSIX filesystems allow case-insensitive mounts, SMB mounts with POSIX extensions should ideally also allow case-insensitive mounts.
Comment 1 Jeremy Allison 2025-03-16 23:58:01 UTC 
This (case insensitivity) was explicitly discussed and ruled out-of-scope for SMB3 POSIX extensions - at least the first version.

I think this should be shelved as a "feature request" until after we have much more experience with working SMB3 POSIX.