[Samba] smbfs mount issues

[Anton K.]

Culver, Chuck wrote:

>I am having a similar problem on a Domain.
>
>The problem only seems to be when mounting a share located on a Windows
>2003 server.
>
>My problem is this:   I run the mount command.  It completes without
>error.  However, the mount path disappears.
>
>In your example, /path/to/mount/dir would be mounted, but the "dir"
>would disappear from view.
>
>If I open a terminal, SU, and then ls -la /path/to/mount
>It will not show anything at all.
>
>If I run unmount the share, the folder reappears.
>
>
>This used to work on an older version of Samba.. like 2.28 or early 3.
>Now I am running 3.0.7-2 on Mandrake 10.1.
>
>The stranger part is, I can "preview" the contents with SMB4K or LAN://
>but once it is mounted....
>
>
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: samba-bounces+cculver=sussex.tec.nj.us at lists.samba.org
>[mailto:samba-bounces+cculver=sussex.tec.nj.us at lists.samba.org] On
>Behalf Of Jason Pirok
>Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 2:03 PM
>To: samba at lists.samba.org
>Subject: [Samba] smbfs mount issues
>
>This problem began a couple months ago with my new install of (you
>guessed it) XP sp2.  Now, when i mount a share from the xp machine to
>my debian box, everyone, including rot, gets a permission denied
>trying to ls the dir.
>
>I've read posts about switching to cifs, but that has opened a whole
>new can of worms.  I'd just like to see smbfs mount my shares properly
>the way they used to.
>
>My version of samba is 3.0.7-1 according to dpkg on debian unstable.  
>the mount command is
>
>mount -t smbfs -o
>credentials=cred.file,netbiosname=intruder,workgroup=workgroup,ip=111.11
>1.111.111
>//host/share /path/to/mount/dir
>
>I've done lots of look ups on google regarding many combinations of xp
>smbfs and the problems encountered to no avail.  I'm at wits end and
>don't know what else to do.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Jason
>  
>
This might be coused by buggy kernel, I had sa similar problem with 
kernel 2.6.1-...
which come with Fedora Core2 test1.
When I upgrade the kernel it was OK.
What kernel are you using