[linux-cifs-client] CIFS and rename of open files

[Wilhelm Meier]

Hello Jeff,

Am Freitag, 6. Juni 2008 schrieb Wilhelm Meier:
> Am Freitag, 6. Juni 2008 schrieb Jeff Layton:
> > On Fri, 6 Jun 2008 10:49:26 +0200
> >
> > Wilhelm Meier <wilhelm.meier at fh-kl.de> wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > are there any news to the issue of renaming open files -
> > > because this missing feature is preventing the use of cifs as
> > > user homes on linux systems.
> >
> > I was looking at the problem earlier this week, but haven't
> > gotten all the way to a solution. The issue is very dependent on
> > server behavior, with windows servers being particularly
> > problematic. I've been doing some experimentation, but haven't
> > found a solution that seems to work well for all cases.

is there any progess or activity from your side? I'm asking because 
this is a show-stopper using cifs-homes for users with newer 
kmail-versions.
Or do you know any workaround in this respect?

>
> Sorry for being unclear here: I mean linux-cifs in combination with
> samba-server

-- 
Wilhelm