SMB mount to iSeries (AS/400) IFS

[Spencer Elliott]

Hi,
I discovered the problem.  I needed to apply the following PTFs to my
iSeries(AS/400) V5R1 System:
MF27247, MF27248, MF27249, MF27294, MF27295, MF27446, SI02603.  These fixes
are covered in APAR II12924.

Thanks for the help,
Spencer
----- Original Message -----
From: "Urban Widmark" <urban at teststation.com>
To: "Spencer Elliott" <spencer at solution400.com>
Cc: <samba at lists.samba.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 11:17 AM
Subject: Re: SMB mount to iSeries (AS/400) IFS


> On Thu, 24 Jan 2002, Spencer Elliott wrote:
>
> > 1. I installed RedHat Linux on a LAN attached system in order to use
> > CVS from a development package on our iSeries systems. I would like to
> > place the CVS repository in the Integrated File System (IFS) of one of
> > our iSeries (AS/400) systems.
>
> I'm not so sure you want to run CVS over smbfs. What is wrong with
> setting up a CVS server in :pserver: mode?
>
> > 4. I issued the following mount command:
> > mount -t smbfs \\\\iseries\\root /misc/s270 -o
> > username=spencer,dmask=777,fmask=777
> >
> > 5. There were NO messages except asking for my password.
>
> Does 'dmesg' say anything? Both before and after trying to list the dir?
>
> > 6. The following item shows up in my mount list when I issue the mount
> > command:
> > //iseries/root on /misc/s270 type smbfs  (0)
>
> What does 'cat /proc/mounts' return?
>
> > Problems:
> > 7. The folder (/misc/s270) shows up as a "... unknown type" in the
> > Nautilus tree view and disappears when I try to open the folder.
> >
> > 8. When I issue the "ls -a /misc/s270" command I receive a "ls:
> > /misc/s270 No such file or directory" message.
> >
> > Does anyone have any suggestions as to what the problem might be?
>
> Not really.
>
> It does sound like it has problems getting any information from the
> server.
>
> Kernel version on the linux box?
> Samba version?
>
> I know someone who has successfully used smbfs with an AS/400, so it is
> possible. Perhaps there are some patches/upgrades it needs? The smb server
> on the AS/400 used to have a bug where it would always return filenames in
> unicode format.
>
> /Urban
>
>