From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Suresh Jayaraman Subject: Re: Problems with CVS on CIFS since kernel 2.6.30 Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2010 21:03:56 +0530 Message-ID: <4C56E564.3020508@suse.de> References: <4C56DBDD.4070501@suse.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: linux-cifs-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Jon Bramley Return-path: In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-cifs-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-ID: On 08/02/2010 08:38 PM, Jon Bramley wrote: > >> The samba version you are using seem to be quite old.. Does better POSIX >> support/conformance sound like a good enough reason..? > > I doubt it. The problem I have is that it is working fine for Ubuntu > users (which is the vast majority) so they will not want to risk > breaking things. Of course that means I cannot currently update my > kernel (which they are less concerned about). If upgrading is not feasible, could you try patching Samba server with this patch (relatively very less risk): http://www.mail-archive.com/samba-cvs-w/Ol4Ecudpl8XjKLYN78aQ@public.gmane.org/msg55843.html I think that should help resolving the bug with posix opens against older server. >>> strange thing, is that some of my colleagues run Ubuntu 10.04, which >>> uses the 2.6.32 kernel, and they can use the share without problem. > >> What is the server version in this case? > > Exactly the same server that I'm connecting to (3.0.28a). > Strange.. Any idea whether the Ubuntu kernel is the released 2.6.32 kernel or any -rc version of 2.6.32? Thanks, -- Suresh Jayaraman