http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=350976 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=146947 libsmbclient returns EINVAL if one sends it filenames with illegal characters, like '\'. Display a more useful error message than "generic error" in that case. Index: src/file-manager/fm-error-reporting.c =================================================================== --- src/file-manager/fm-error-reporting.c.orig +++ src/file-manager/fm-error-reporting.c @@ -124,6 +124,11 @@ fm_report_error_renaming_file (NautilusF new_name_truncated); } break; + case GNOME_VFS_ERROR_BAD_PARAMETERS: + message = g_strdup_printf (_("Couldn't rename \"%s\" to \"%s\". Please make sure the new name has " + "only valid characters in it."), + original_name_truncated, new_name_truncated); + break; default: break; }