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

[Eric B.]

>Am Samstag, 8. März 2008 schrieb Günter Kukkukk:

>just some additional thoughts on your problem i forgot
>to mention.
>When the samba server on your storage device is not running
>the cifs "unix extensions", the windows like smb functions
>are used - so you can probably been hit by the currently
>failing implementation, too.
>
>Btw - many NAS devices (even still sold today) are running
>samba-2.x.x. I've been told in many places, that users had problems
>when using cifs vfs - but smbfs was working (for their limited needs).

Thanks for the info.  I'm actually trying cifs b/c of problems I am 
encountering with smbfs; the timestamps work properly, but I keep getting 
error/warning msgs regarding inability to set permissions and/or ownership 
of the files.  For example:
# cp -a /home/eric/deploy /mount/smbfs
cp: failed to preserve ownership for `./deploy/checksum.sh~': Permission 
denied
cp: failed to preserve ownership for `./deploy/checksum.sh': Operation not 
permitted
cp: failed to preserve ownership for `./deploy/deploy-dev': Operation not 
permitted


I also get the same error msgs if I try rsync instead:
# rsync -a /home/eric/deploy
rsync: chown "/mount/bashful/cifs/deploy" failed: Operation not permitted 
(1)
rsync: chown "/mount/bashful/cifs/deploy/.checksum.sh.TDQedW" failed: 
Operation not permitted (1)
rsync: chown "/mount/bashful/cifs/deploy/.checksum.sh~.KZ1wck" failed: 
Permission denied (13)
rsync: chown "/mount/bashful/cifs/deploy/.deploy-dev.KweNfI" failed: 
Operation not permitted (1)


I figured that those probs might be avoided with cifs, and indeed they are, 
but am running into the timestamp issue.  If I could resolve the ownership / 
chown problem in smbfs, I'd be happy to stick with that as well.

Any ideas where I might be able to find help about that?  Maybe a newsgroup 
or mailing list that would be good for smb issues like this?  I was hoping 
to find a resolution for the cifs problem here, but that proves to be too 
difficult, I'll revert to looking for a smbfs soln instead.

Thanks!

Eric