Hadrien Grasland <grasland@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I can also provide a wireshark capture of the client-server traffic or > ask for details of server configuration if you need that. For the later, > please keep in mind that I'm a total CIFS newbie and be specific about > what you want to know. Yes this would be helpful. # make the kernel as verbose as possible echo 'module cifs +p' > /sys/kernel/debug/dynamic_debug/control echo 'file fs/cifs/* +p' > /sys/kernel/debug/dynamic_debug/control echo 1 > /proc/fs/cifs/cifsFYI echo 1 > /sys/module/dns_resolver/parameters/debug # get kernel output + network trace dmesg --clear tcpdump -w trace.pcap & pid=$! sleep 3 mount.cifs ....cd ... ls.. blahblah sleep 3 kill $pid dmesg > trace.log this should produce a trace.pcap and trace.log file. If the server is a samba server, the /etc/samba/smb.conf would be helpful. Cheers, -- Aurélien Aptel / SUSE Labs Samba Team GPG: 1839 CB5F 9F5B FB9B AA97 8C99 03C8 A49B 521B D5D3 SUSE Linux GmbH, Maxfeldstraße 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GF: Felix Imendörffer, Jane Smithard, Graham Norton, HRB 21284 (AG Nürnberg) -- 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