[linux-cifs-client] How to get /proc/fs/cifs/LinuxExtensionsEnabled without an error?

[Jeff Layton]

On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 11:59:02 +0000
Chris G <cl at isbd.net> wrote:

> I recently got excellent advice from here on how to get a Network
> Drive with an oldish Samba implementation to mount successfully using
> mount.cifs.
> 
> To get the mount to work root needs to:-
> 
>     echo 0 > /proc/fs/cifs/LinuxExtensionsEnabled
> 
> However I have just discovered that this fails until a CIFS mount has
> been attempted because /proc/fs/cifs/LinuxExtensionsEnabled doesn't
> exist.
> 
> So is there a clean way of
> getting /proc/fs/cifs/LinuxExtensionsEnabled to exist?
> 
> E.g. I can get it to work by doing the following:-
> 
>     mount /freecom
>     echo 0 > /proc/fs/cifs/LinuxExtensionsEnabled
>     mount /freecom
> 
> But I'd really prefer a cleaner way than using that first mount that
> fails.  (the mount works because there's an entry in /etc/fstab BTW)
> 

Try:

# modprobe cifs

-- 
Jeff Layton <jlayton at redhat.com>