[linux-cifs-client] Re: Can't mount NAS device

[Steve French (smfltc)]

strace did show something useful
    mount(...) = -1 ENOTDIR (Not a directory)

and then that led me to spotting the obvious bug which is
on your NAS device (server).  The server is returning a
malformed (illegal) response.

The Linux cifs client was getting a 22 byte response to a level 0x200
(FILE_UNIX_BASIC_INFO) request that is supposed to be 100 bytes.

Basically connecting the mount to the server succeeded but the stat of 
"." (the top directory in the mount) failed since it is not recognized 
as a directory.

When you disable the Unix Extensions on the client ie
    echo 0 > /proc/fs/cifs/LinuxExtensionsEnabled
you bypass the bug on the server, because the response to
the call which is malformed is not issued (and an older
infolevel is requested).

If your server vendor produces a fix let me know and I can add
the information about the required level of server to the Linux cifs 
client "how-to" / user's guide.