Files with names larger than 128 characters become inaccessible after applying March update.

  • 7016443
  • 21-Apr-2015
  • 21-Apr-2015

Environment

Open Enterprise server version 11 sp2 with the March 2015 channel patches applied.  Using NSS volumes with file/directory names longer than 128 characters.

Situation

After applying the March 2015 patches.  The attempt to copy, move, open or delete the files with names greater than 128 would fail with the error "The system cannot find the path specified."

Resolution

Engineering has provided a patch to address this issue which should be available in the May release of the OES 11 sp2 patches.