---
name: "make_unicodemap"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "samba"
version: "2.2.3a-15"
release: "Debian 3.0 (Woody)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/make_unicodemap"
---

# make\_unicodemap(1)

construct a unicode map file for Samba

## NAME

make\_unicodemap - construct a unicode map file for Samba

## SYNOPSIS

**make\_unicodemap** **codepage** **inputfile** **outputfile**

## DESCRIPTION

This tool is part of the Samba suite.

**make\_unicodemap** compiles text unicode map  files into binary unicode map files for use with the  internationalization features of Samba 2.2.

## OPTIONS

- **codepage**

  This is the codepage or UNIX character  set we are processing (a number, e.g. 850).

- **inputfile**

  This is the input file to process. This is a  text unicode map file such as the ones found in the Samba *source/codepages* directory.

- **outputfile**

  This is the binary output file to produce.

## SAMBA UNICODE MAP FILES

A text Samba unicode map file is a description that tells Samba  how to map characters from a specified DOS code page or UNIX character  set to 16 bit unicode.

A binary Samba unicode map file is a binary representation  of the same information, including a value that specifies what  codepage or UNIX character set this file is describing.

## FILES

*CP\<codepage\>.TXT*

These are the input (text) unicode map files provided  in the Samba *source/codepages*  directory.

A text unicode map file consists of multiple lines  containing two fields. These fields are :

- •

  *character* - which is  the (hex) character mapped on this line.

- •

  *unicode* - which  is the (hex) 16 bit unicode character that the character will map to.

*unicode\_map.\<codepage\>* - These are  the output (binary) unicode map files produced and placed in  the Samba destination *lib/codepage*  directory.

## INSTALLATION

The location of the server and its support files is a matter for individual system administrators. The following are thus  suggestions only.

It is recommended that the **make\_unicodemap**  program be installed under the  *$prefix/samba* hierarchy,  in a directory readable by all, writeable only by root. The  program itself should be executable by all. The program should NOT be setuid or setgid!

## VERSION

This man page is correct for version 2.2 of  the Samba suite.

## SEE ALSO

**[smbd(8)](/smbd/8.md)**,  [smb.conf(5)](/smb.conf/5.md)

## AUTHOR

The original Samba software and related utilities  were created by Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed by the Samba Team as an Open Source project similar  to the way the Linux kernel is developed.

The original Samba man pages were written by Karl Auer.  The man page sources were converted to YODL format (another  excellent piece of Open Source software, available at ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/ \<URL:ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/\>) and updated for the Samba 2.0  release by Jeremy Allison. The conversion to DocBook for  Samba 2.2 was done by Gerald Carter