[linux-cifs-client] smbfs or cifs vfs for mounting network attached storage?

[Martin Koeppe]

On Mon, 5 Jun 2006, Tim Penhey wrote:

>> Have you tried (as root)
>> $ echo 0 > /proc/fs/cifs/LinuxExtensionsEnabled
>> before issuing the mount command?
>> 
>> Martin
>
> Thanks, this was suggested by someone on the ubuntu lists and it works.
>
> Now I just have to work out how to get this done at boot time (I'm a
> recent linux convert).

I don't know, in which detail you can configure your NAS, but you 
could try to write
 	unix extensions = no
into your server's smb.conf instead of disabling the unix extensions 
on the client(s).

Martin