Hi,
We are meeting some issues with DFS referrals when using CIFS for linux.
I don't know much about technical details on DFS, but before studying
further, I would like to know if this feature is even supposed to be
supported by the Linux CIFS client.
To explain the situation, we have several shares :
\\filer\main(main entry point)
\\filer\share1(scattered volumes with data)
\\filer\share2
if \\filer\main\share1points to \\filer\share1(top level) we manage to
access the share1 content correctly (so DFS mechanism seems to work)
but if \\filer\main\some\directory\remote\locationpoints to
\\filer\share2\dir1\dir2\inside\locationhere we get stuck.
The client can have the following behaviours, more or less with no
apparent logic up to now :
* "Object is remote" error
* "No such file or directory" error
* sometimes locked in infinite loop (with the older versions, see below)
* accesses it, but lists the content of \\filer\share2(top level of
the share) not the content of \\filer\share2\dir1\dir2\inside\locationso
we loose part of the link's path
With Windows 7 clients, the expected behaviour occurs correctly.
We use up-to-date debian 6.0.10 & 7.6, and CentOS 6.5 (i.e kernels
2.6.32 & 3.2.x) with stock cifs-utils package (2:4.5-2, 2:5.5-1) and the
CIFS server is NetApp OnTap 8, with the widelink feature (translation of
linux symlinks)
If this should be supported, can you provide information of the
parameters to set correctly, or if we have to compile a newer version,
which one ?
Thank you,
Franck
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