[linux-cifs-client] Mounting directories below share level

[Vince Negri]

IIRC, a "new" feature in Win2k was something called "reparse
points" which allow one folder in one filesystem to be made
available at another tree location in another. i.e. UNIX-style
mounts.

The ability to mount a subfolder of a share was also first
seen in win2k, so I wouldn't be surprised if what you describe
is indeed the underlying mechanism.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Christopher R. Hertel [SMTP:crh at ubiqx.mn.org]
> 
> The server in my little test was Samba, and I don't recall that we had to
> do anything to specifically support this, so my guess (without looking at
> captures) is that W2K is actually doing a tree connect to the share itself
> and then mapping the drive letter to the subdirectory (sort of like the
> old 'subst' command).
> 
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