msdosfs: Lookup of some existing files fails when mounting with long names
Fabian Keil <[email protected]> Thu, 21 May 2026 11:31:27 +0200
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I recently got an USB stick which contains a bunch of mp4 files that I want to watch on an ElectroBSD amd64 system currently based on stable/15 b718f7d881. Unfortunately some of the files can't be looked up when mounting the file system with long file names (the default). The stick could be copied to a file without problems and the issue remains reproducible. When the image is mounted with: fk@t520 ~ $sudo mount_msdosfs -m 640 -M 750 -L de_DE.UTF-8 -u youtube -o ro -l /dev/md0p1 /mnt/datentausch/ some files can't be properly looked up: [youtube@t520 ~]$ ls -lh /mnt/datentausch/*pstei* ls: /mnt/datentausch/Epstein-Akten Deutsche Namen aufgetaucht ?í´.mp4: No such file or directory -rw-r----- 1 youtube fk 413M 2026-04-13 20:47:46 /mnt/datentausch/Epstein Es ist noch widerlicher, als wir glauben.mp4 -rw-r----- 1 youtube fk 1.2G 2026-03-07 00:57:00 /mnt/datentausch/Epstein, Ukraine, Covid - Uns müsste schlecht werden.mp4 When mounting the image with: fk@t520 ~ $sudo mount_msdosfs -m 640 -M 750 -L de_DE.UTF-8 -u youtube -o ro -s /dev/md0p1 /mnt/datentausch/ the offending file appears and can be opened by vlc so I have a work-around: [youtube@t520 ~]$ ls -lh /mnt/datentausch/*pstei* -rw-r----- 1 youtube fk 1.2G 2026-03-07 00:57:00 /mnt/datentausch/epstei~1.mp4 -rw-r----- 1 youtube fk 349M 2026-03-21 09:50:54 /mnt/datentausch/epstei~2.mp4 -rw-r----- 1 youtube fk 413M 2026-04-13 20:47:46 /mnt/datentausch/epstei~3.mp4 There are a couple of other files that are affected but their file names are sensitive ... When ls complaints about them, their names contain suspicious strings like "?í´¥", "?í·", "?í´¥", "?íº" etc. Mounting the file system without the -L option results in even more lookup failures. Reverting 29af6d2e2ec9fe8 didn't make a difference. AFAIK, the files were copied to the stick from a GNU/Linux system. Fabian