[Samba] Invalid Argument ls dir mounted share

[Anderson Kopke]

Max,

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=211070

  It was confirmed. 

  I splitt my big directory in two directories. After that ... ls and
konqueror read it fine :-)

  I will update my FC6 .. and pray this cifs bug being solved.

  



Max Kipness wrote:
> 
> Thanks for the reply. The Samba list is probably the hardest list to get
> an answer from, it's very strange. 
> 
> Anyway, it's good to know I'm not the only one that noticed this. I'm
> thinking I did not have this issue with prior versions of Fedora, but I'm
> not positive. I'm wondering if it's a cifs bug. Hopefully someone that
> knows more about this will reply.
> 
> Have you found any pattern to your problem? As far as contents of the
> directory?
> 
> If I find a solution, I will be sure and let you know.
> 
> Thanks,
> Max
> 
> Anderson Kopke wrote:
>> 
>> Man... 
>> 
>>  Im having this same problem. Im also using Fedora Core 6, and i will
>> sugest you make a test. Try to open your directory with firefox (like
>> file:///<mountpoint>). When i do that, firefox open the directory
>> normally. I know, it inst solve our problem but its a evidence.
>> 
>>   Well, i will try to find more information about it, if i solve it first
>> than you .. i will tell you. ok?
>> 
>>   Good Luck.
>> 
>> 
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>> 
>> Max Kipness wrote:
>>> 
>>> Anyone, please?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Max Kipness wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> I'm using Fedora Core 6 which uses cifs.mount version 1.10. When
>>>> mounting shares from a particular Windows 2003 R2 server, I cannot read
>>>> certain directories. For example, when performing an 'ls' command as
>>>> follows:
>>>> 
>>>> [root at backup Admin]# ls /share/CORP-SERVER/C\$/Corp/User\ Files/xxx\
>>>> Finacial\ Shared/Admin/Freddie\ Mac/
>>>> ls: reading directory /share/CORP-SERVER/C$/Corp/User Files/xxx
>>>> Finacial Shared/Admin/Freddie Mac/: Invalid argument
>>>> 
>>>> No matter how I try to read this directory 'Freddie Mac' I get the same
>>>> error. I can even CD into the directory, but when doing an 'ls' from
>>>> inside, I get the same error.
>>>> 
>>>> The mount with cifs succeeds fine, no errors. 98% of the directories
>>>> can be read fine, but there are a few that give this error.
>>>> 
>>>> After some testing it seems like the problem has to do possibly with
>>>> the type of files, or characters in the name. In this directory there
>>>> are many .docx files. Also some of the files names have pound signs and
>>>> some file names start with a number. The strange thing is that if I
>>>> move all files except for 47 of the files, I can do the 'ls' from
>>>> linux. However, if I add the 48th file back to this directory I start
>>>> getting the 'Invalid Argument'
>>>> error again. I tested other directories with more than 48 files and
>>>> never get this error, so it has something to do with these files and
>>>> having more than 48. I also moved the files to a different folder, and
>>>> still had the same error reading the new folder contents.
>>>> 
>>>> Anybody have any clue as to what the problem might be? Any tips on what
>>>> I can try to remedy? Anything?
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Max
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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