[linux-cifs-client] CIFS Files List Problems

Devon Harding devonharding at gmail.com
Wed Apr 19 21:20:11 GMT 2006


I've tried the NFS route (via Windows 2003 R2) but had a tough time getting
it to work.  The fs mounts fine, but had premission denied while accessing
the mount point.  Only to find out that I had to configure a NIS server on
the FC5 side, only to realise that the NIS server doese't start right.

On 4/19/06, Wagner, Chris (GEAE, CBTS) <chris.wagner at ae.ge.com> wrote:
>
> There hasn't been any movement on the 2.4 backport of CIFS for a long
> time.  We have problems too.  I hate to say it but if ur at a brick wall
> it may be best to just chuck CIFS and install a NFS server on ur Windows
> machines and let them talk over NFS.  If u can't do that then u could
> put in an intermediary Samba system which exports the same directories
> via NFS and Samba.  The linux clients can talk over the NFS side, and
> the Windows boxes can talk over the Samba share.
>
> faris wrote:
> >
> > Hi Steve & all
> >
> > I have already patched the kernel and installed cifs-1.20c-2.4.tar.gz
> > against the Redhat kernel version 2.4.21-27.0.2.ELsmp.
> > Currently i have 2 mount points for 2 different win2k server shares to
> > access by linux clients. each mount point is around 1GB and the
>
>
> --
> Chris Wagner
> CBTS
> GE Aircraft Engines
> Chris.Wagner at ae.ge.com
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