[linux-cifs-client] Timestamps not preserved on CIFS mount

[Jeff Layton]

On Sat, 8 Mar 2008 01:46:14 -0500
"Eric B." <ebenze at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I am running a RHEL4 with a 2.6.9-34 kernel with CIFS 1.34.
> 
> It is my first time working with CIFS, so I am not sure if I am doing things 
> properly.  I am able to mount my external share and access it properly, 
> however, whenever I try to do a cp -a or a rysnc -t on it, the timestamps of 
> the copied files are not preserved and are given the current timestamp. 
> However, if I try to "touch" the file using a reference file (ie: touch -r 
> <file1> <file2>), the timestamp of the dest file (on the cifs mount) is 
> updated properly.
> 
> Is this a problem with CIFS 1.34, or is it rather a problem in my mounting?
> 
> I am mounting the share as:
> # mount -t cifs //<share fqdn>/share /mount/cifs -o 
> username=eric,password=eric
> 
> 
> Am I doing something wrong?  Is there anyway I can debug where this problem 
> is?  It is obviously causing me serious problems with backups.
> 

What sort of server are you doing this against?

-- 
Jeff Layton <jlayton at redhat.com>