Mac OS X 10.2 (Japanese): Mac OS 9 Clients Cannot Read My Shared Filenames

If names of shared files on a Mac OS X 10.2 computer contain certain characters, you may not be able to understand them when connecting from a Mac OS 9 computer.
Symptom

At a Mac OS 9 computer, the name of a file being shared by a Mac OS X computer doesn't make sense. The filenames look fine at the Mac OS X computer.

This happens when the name includes certain SHIFT-JIS encoded characters.

Solution

Avoid using these characters when possible.

This document will be updated as more information becomes available.

Published Date: Feb 18, 2012