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  :description: Handling common errors with the Samba file serve
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.. _samba_fileserver_common_errors:

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Handling common errors with the Samba file server
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convert ISO to utf8
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* Stop the samba service:

  .. code-block:: bash

    systemctl stop smb

* Install the module :program:`convmv`:

  .. code-block:: bash

    # RedHat8 and derived distributions
    yum install convmv
    # Debian
    apt-get install convmv

* In a command prompt, run the conversion command on the shared directory. Here in our example, the root directory is named :file:`data`:

  .. code-block:: bash

    convmv --notest -f iso-8859-15 -t utf8 -r /data

* Then in :file:`/etc/smb.conf`, delete or comment the line *dos charset*:

* Finally, restart Samba:

  .. code-block:: bash

    systemctl restart smb
    systemctl restart winbind
    systemctl restart nmb #<== Necessary if NetBIOS is enabled.