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

[Eric B.]

"Jeff Layton" <jlayton at redhat.com> wrote in message 
news:20080308070914.7c2c8b4e at tleilax.poochiereds.net...
> 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?

I'm not quite sure I understand the question.  Are you asking about the 
hardware itself?
It's an IBM X series (350 - I think), so a 64 bit installation.  The remote 
mount is a Maxtor Shared Storage device.
# uname -a
Linux apollo 2.6.9-34.ELsmp #1 SMP Tue Mar 21 19:33:58 CST 2006 x86_64 
x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Is that helpful?

Thanks,

Eric