[linux-cifs-client] Re: Re: [PATCH] CIFS: Add nodfs mount option

[Timothee Besset]

Jeff Layton wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Oct 2008 17:30:02 +0200
> Michael <auslands-kv at gmx.de> wrote:
>
>   
>> Well, you may be right from a technical point of view, but from a users
>> point of view it is very much a regression. Before kernel 2.6.25, I could
>> use my Samba server perfectly. Now it does no longer work (and there is no
>> workaround).
>>
>> So, either the Samba guys correct the DFS coding in their 3.0.24 or we need
>> the nodfs patch in the kernel.
>>
>>     
>
> ...or you need to update to a newer samba version. AFAIK, more recent 3.0.z
> samba versions have shaken out most of these bugs.
>
>   
..or more simply turn off DFS on the server (I couldn't do that though,
it breaks things for my Windows users)

TTimo