[Samba] Linux smbfs differences

[Micha Kersloot]

Hi,

On 29-jul-04, at 12:26, Gabor Kiss [Bitman] wrote:

>>>> smbmount //server/share /mountpoint -o uid=100,gid=100
>>>> makes all the files owned by uid 100 on a 2.4 kernel. The same 
>>>> command
>>>> on a 2.6 kernel makes the mountpoint owned by uid 100, the rest of 
>>>> the
>>>> files have the uid's as set on the server.
>>>
>>> Is CONFIG_SMB_UNIX enabled in 2.4 kernels?
>>>
>>>   | CONFIG_SMB_UNIX:
>>>   |
>>>   | Enabling this will make smbfs use the CIFS Unix Extensions if
>>>   | supported by the server. These extensions allows use of unix user
>>>   | ids, permissions, file modes, symlinks, etc that normally do not
>>>   | work on smbfs.
>>>   |
>>>   | Samba 3.0 servers supports these extensions.
>>
>> No, that is not enabled, but I can't find the option in the .config of
>> 2.4 or 2.6.
>
> This is true for 2.6 (I guess extensions are always enabled)
> but my 2.4 config is here:
> #
> # Network File Systems
> #
> ...
> CONFIG_SMB_FS=m
> CONFIG_SMB_NLS_DEFAULT=y
> CONFIG_SMB_NLS_REMOTE="utf8"
> CONFIG_SMB_UNIX=y

I think your Linux vendor has patched your sources. Because if I look 
in the original sources 
(http://lxr.linux.no/source/arch/i386/defconfig?v=2.4.26) there is no 
such option. On the other hand, it doesn't make clear why several 
options need to be ignored.

Greetings,

Micha Kersloot
http://www.kovoks.nl/