[linux-cifs-client] mount.cifs - a "DoS" against Windows 2003?

[Tomasz Chmielewski]

According to http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365247.aspx, 
"the maximum length for a path is MAX_PATH, which is defined as 260 
characters."


We can verify it by trying to create several directories/subdirectories 
with long names locally on a Windows 2003 server (and perhaps other 
Windows releases, too). Other way to verify it is to connect (i.e. 
\\server\C$) from one Windows 2003 server to another, and to try to 
create several directories/subdirectories with long names - it won't 
work when the path exceeds 260 characters.


However, when we use mount.cifs from Linux to mount a Windows 2003 
share, this limitation does not seem to apply.

We can create directories/subdirectories/files with a total path longer 
than 260 characters.

What's more, such created files/directories can't be later 
deleted/renamed/viewed on a Windows 2003 machine.


Windows bug, mount.cifs bug, or simply I misunderstand it?



-- 
Tomasz Chmielewski
http://wpkg.org