Re: Problems with CVS on CIFS since kernel 2.6.30

[Suresh Jayaraman <sjayaraman-l3A5Bk7waGM@public.gmane.org>]

On 08/02/2010 09:26 PM, Jon Bramley wrote:
> On 2 August 2010 16:33, Suresh Jayaraman <sjayaraman-l3A5Bk7waGM@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> 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/Ol4EcudpnDHl7Qnj/AWg@public.gmane.org.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?
> 
> Just checked on a colleagues machine, and uname -r reports 2.6.32-24-generic
> 
> Also checked the dmesg on the Ubuntu 10.04 box:
> 
> The exact same errors that I get appear, which leads me to believe
> that this in itself is not the cause of my issue.
> 
> Any other ideas to debug further?
> 

Perhaps, try enabling debugging as mentioned in the url below before you
do the operation (for both the clients) and post

   http://wiki.samba.org/index.php/LinuxCIFS_troubleshooting

But, I still think the real problem is the server-side one and perhaps
the Ubuntu client has just got lucky in this case..

Thanks,

-- 
Suresh Jayaraman