smbmount and smbfs (was Re: smbmount et al...)

[Andrew Tridgell]

> With regards to the timestamp problem, I would suspect that you've
> mounted the volume with incorrect bug-workaround flags. There are
> differences in the way timestamps are handled in Win95 vs NT smb
> servers, so if smbfs thinks it's talking to a Win95 system,
> timestamps will probably be wrong.

you might like to change smbfs to look at the capabilities bits from
the negprot response:

if (capabilities & CAP_NT_SMBS) {
  use_nt_code();
} else {
  use_win95_code();
}

or should smbmount do this and pass a flag to the kernel?