[linux-cifs-client] CIFS symlink Input/Output error (Craig P)

[Steve French (IBM LTC)]

The EIO error sounds strange - any change you could

echo 1 > /proc/fs/cifs/cifsFYI   (On the client)
then run your ln command
then send the dmesg (/var/log/messages) excerpt (on the client) caused by that
operation

other useful info would be the log.smbd output on the server - or what should
be tiny a network trace (ethereal, tcpdump etc.) of that operation - I wanted
to see if there was anything misformed on the wire - and if I can get a more
detailed idea of what caused the problem from the CIFS NT Status code returned
by the server (Rather than the more primitive unix error code EIO which the ln
command gets back)

>
> Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2004 14:38:31 +0000
> From: "Craig P" <joeblow750 at hotmail.com>
> Subject: [linux-cifs-client] Steve: CIFS symlink Input/Output error
> To: linux-cifs-client at lists.samba.org
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> Hi there,
>
> It was suggested to me that I ask Steve about the following error I am
> getting:
> ln: creating symbolic link
> `/usr/portage/packages/games-puzzle/xtris-1.15.tbz2' to
> `../All/xtris-1.15.tbz2': Input/output error
>
> Both Linux client and server are running Samba 3.0.5 with the Linux 2.6.7
> kernel.
> The client has mounted the SMB share as a CIFS filesystem with root
> privileges.
> The server smb.conf has 'unix extensions = yes; follow symlinks = yes; wide
> links = yes'
>
> I'm happy to provide any more information that could help fix this issue as
> I don't want to revert back to NFS.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Joe Blow
>
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