webmin and ajaxterm 'special' characters

[koffie]

Hi

I have a problem I don't know how to fix. I use Webmin's File Manager and Ajaxterm for moving/copying files and directories from download directories to other locations. I run into problems whit file names with é è ç ñ etc. The copy operation is aborted, they will just not copy. I have to go to the amahi machine itself to copy these files, and then they copy fine.

I have googled the internet but I just am not savvy enough to understand the lingo on UTF-8 bla. Could someone please explain in simple terms what to do? My skill level: running Ubuntu for 3 years, and yes, I know what a shell is, too. Running AMAHI for 1 month now. AMAHI v5/F12 currently.

I'd also like to run midnight commander in Ajaxterm. Now I'm getting a visual mess on Ajaxterm when I run it although it seems to function just fine. It's more a question of character sets again. (I'm just not that fast with the linux commands and the command line. I'm more of a visual person )

Any help much appreciated. I find these two programs (the) most useful apps to manage the server and I use them a lot.

J-W

[cpg]

first, webmin is a dangerous app, it can ruin your HDA settings, in particular Amahi's settings, so be careful with shares, user and virtual hosts.

second, about the accented/special chars, i don't know much about why they would fail. why not use putty (if you are on windows) or iTerm on the mac? on Linux you have the gnome-terminal, kterm, etc. where midnight commander should work well!

some of our european users that frequent this board may be able to help.

[bigfoot65]

For moving files between clients and your HDA, the best application to use is WinSCP. It works quite well and there is a portable version for Windows available at http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/winscp_portable.

[koffie]

thanks bigfoot and cpg,

I am well aware that I can mess up my system in seconds with webmin. I don't touch what I don't understand! As for the copying, I was referring to copying files between shares on the hda itself, not to/from the hda. That means they already have the names with these special characters on the hda, and I just want to copy them to another location on the hda.

I'll try putty or the gnome terminal. Thanks. But i'd still like to know if anyone has a solution to my original question.
regards
J-W