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- <term>case sensitive = yes/no</term>
+ <term>case sensitive = yes/no/auto</term>
<listitem><para>controls whether filenames are case sensitive. If
they aren't, Samba must do a filename search and match on passed
- names. Default <emphasis>no</emphasis>.</para></listitem>
+ names. The default setting of auto allows clients that support case
+ sensitive filenames (Linux CIFSVFS and smbclient 3.0.5 and above currently)
+ to tell the Samba server on a per-packet basis that they wish to access
+ the file system in a case-sensitive manner (to support UNIX case sensitive
+ semantics). No Windows or DOS system supports case-sensitive filename so
+ setting this option to auto is that same as setting it to no for them.
+ Default <emphasis>auto</emphasis>.</para></listitem>
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