[linux-cifs-client] Netware 6.5 Service Pack 2 cifs client problem

[Christopher R. Hertel]

Hi, Matt.

I haven't looked into the problem you're reporting but I can tell you that 
I am using the CIFS-VFS with Novell's CIFS server.  I haven't had any 
serious problems (except that the server side seems to get stuck every now 
and then and the admin-folk need to unload and reload the NLM).

I don't have time to dig further right now but I'll try to get Novell
version numbers for you.  My clients are SuSEPro9.2 and 9.3 with 2.6
kernels.

Chris -)-----
...Carleton, eh?  I'm at the UofMn.

On Fri, Oct 28, 2005 at 09:43:30AM -0500, MattSpam Bockol wrote:
> Hi Folks,
> 
> I'm running RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 4 ( 2.6.9-22.ELsmp kernel ) and
> trying to connect to a Netware 6.5 service pack 2 server via CIFS with
> limited success. I've read elsewhere that Novell's CIFS implementation is
> not compatible with the Linux CIFS client, but I'm not sure how dated that
> information was. I can connect and navigate directories but I can't read
> files from the mount. Here's the dmesg when I try:
> 
> fs/cifs/inode.c: CIFS VFS: in cifs_revalidate as Xid: 467 with uid: 0
> fs/cifs/inode.c: Revalidate: \Courses\net-map.bat inode 0xcc181c30 count 1
> dentry: 0xed5a3e8c d_time 1153926716 jiffies 1153926716
> fs/cifs/inode.c: CIFS VFS: leaving cifs_revalidate (xid = 467) rc = 0
> fs/cifs/inode.c: CIFS VFS: in cifs_revalidate as Xid: 468 with uid: 0
> fs/cifs/inode.c: Revalidate: \Courses\net-map.bat inode 0xcc181c30 count 1
> dentry: 0xed5a3e8c d_time 1153926716 jiffies 1153926716
> fs/cifs/inode.c: CIFS VFS: leaving cifs_revalidate (xid = 468) rc = 0
> fs/cifs/inode.c: CIFS VFS: in cifs_revalidate as Xid: 469 with uid: 0
> fs/cifs/inode.c: Revalidate: \Courses\net-map.bat inode 0xcc181c30 count 1
> dentry: 0xed5a3e8c d_time 1153926716 jiffies 1153927189
> fs/cifs/inode.c: CIFS VFS: leaving cifs_revalidate (xid = 469) rc = 0
> fs/cifs/file.c: CIFS VFS: in cifs_open as Xid: 470 with uid: 0
> fs/cifs/file.c: inode = 0xcc181c30 file flags are 0x8000 for \Courses\net-
> map.bat
> fs/cifs/transport.c: For smb_command 162
> fs/cifs/transport.c: Sending smb of length 126
> fs/cifs/connect.c: Peek length rcvd: 0x24 beginning 0x6e)
> fs/cifs/connect.c: Mid 0x50 matched - waking up
> fs/cifs/file.c: inode unchanged on server
> fs/cifs/inode.c: Getting info on \Courses\net-map.bat
> fs/cifs/inode.c: Old time 1153926716
> fs/cifs/inode.c: New time 1153927196
> fs/cifs/inode.c: File inode
> fs/cifs/file.c: CIFS VFS: leaving cifs_open (xid = 470) rc = 0
> fs/cifs/inode.c: CIFS VFS: in cifs_revalidate as Xid: 471 with uid: 0
> fs/cifs/inode.c: Revalidate: \Courses\net-map.bat inode 0xcc181c30 count 1
> dentry: 0xed5a3e8c d_time 1153926716 jiffies 1153927196
> fs/cifs/inode.c: CIFS VFS: leaving cifs_revalidate (xid = 471) rc = 0
> fs/cifs/cifsfs.c: In read_wrapper size 16384 at 0
> fs/cifs/file.c: CIFS VFS: in cifs_readpages as Xid: 472 with uid: 0
> fs/cifs/transport.c: For smb_command 46
> fs/cifs/transport.c: Sending smb of length 59
> fs/cifs/connect.c: Peek length rcvd: 0x24 beginning 0x27)
> fs/cifs/connect.c: Mid 0x51 matched - waking up
> fs/cifs/netmisc.c: !!Mapping smb error code 5 to POSIX err -13 !!
> CIFS VFS: Send error in read = -13
> 
> It would be good to know if Netware was responsible, if it's been fixed in
> newer kernels (or Netware versions) or if there's anyone here willing to
> look into the problem (I'm not a kernel hacker, but I can do all sorts of
> testing), or if I'm barking up the wrong tree. I was mounting via smbfs
> originally, but on several 2.6 kernels (really, every one that I tried) the
> module would oops under load, crash the system, take down my webserver and
> much suffering would ensue. Trying to figure out a fix for smbfs, everyone
> directed me toward CIFS. :)
> 
> Thanks,
> Matt Bockol
> Web Technical Administrator
> Carleton College

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