Linux not interpreting UTF8 encoded characters

apache-2.2centosencodinglinuxutf-8

So, having the following file Adán-y-Eva-50x50.jpg when I try to access it, apache translates it to Ad\xc3\xa1n-y-Eva-50x50.jpg and won't find it, even though it exists.

This happens only for filenames that contain UTF8 characters.

I have already the following configuration in my /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

...
AddDefaultCharset UTF-8
...
IndexOptions FancyIndexing VersionSort NameWidth=* HTMLTable +Charset=UTF-8
...

And added also this to my root .htaccess on the first line:

IndexOptions +Charset=UTF-8

All this with no effect to load those kind of files. Any suggestions?

UPDATE

Just to mention it: I'm running the websites on a CentOS server with plesk panel preconfigured

Best Answer

The problem here doesn't seem to be on your browser nor your Apache configuration. You need to double check the locale settings of your system.

You need to check if the locale apache is running is UTF-8 enabled. To do so you may run the command:

$ sudo su -l -c locale www-data

where www-data is the apache user. Check if the locale returned doesn't looks like, for example, es_ES.UTF-8 it means your locale doesn't have UTF-8 enabled.

If this is the case, you may change this configuration, on a CentOS machine, at /etc/sysconfig/i18n, changing the line LANG="es_ES" to LANG="es_ES.UTF-8". But, still, in order for this to work, your system need the locale file for this language. To check if it existes, use locale -a to get a list of locales available.

If your system doesn't have a UTF-8 enabled locale, you may generate one using the command:

$ sudo localedef -i es_ES -f UTF-8 es_ES.utf8

and set it as your default language.

Hope this help!

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