(Sorry about the self-reply) On 07/30/2012 05:41 PM, Suresh Jayaraman wrote: > Do we ignore file_mode and dir_mode options when the unix extensions > have been negotiated? On a 3.1 based kernel, I see file_mode, dir_mode > options are not being honoured when mounting a Samba Server (Linux) with > unix extensions enabled. So, the expected behavior is to get the mode > from the server and not allow the client to override the modes? > > This behavior looks different from the smbfs behavior. I couldn't > recollect or find from mailing list threads why it has done to be this > way. Could someone please enlighten me? > http://lists.samba.org/archive/linux-cifs-client/2006-December/001627.html >From this thread, the reason seems to be that we don't want to change the behavior as there would be users who might want to use the uid/gid/mode from the server when Unix Extensions are enabled. So, I'd assume that the rationale remains the same unless someone tells me that is wrong. Thanks Suresh -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-cifs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
