On 2011-11-03 at 15:20 +0000 Anton Altaparmakov sent off: > Hi, > > Our CIFS server problems seem to have no end… The Novell CIFS server does not support server inode numbers (when I try the mount option I get the message it is being turned off as server does not support it) and thus each inode gets a different number each time it is accessed and it gets a different number again for each readdir call. > > The fun happens with rename() when the rename source and target only differ in case, e.g. > > touch foo > mv foo Foo somehow related seems https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39512 (as long as kernel bugzilla is dead, see http://www.linux.sgi.com/archives/xfs-masters/2011-07/msg00022.html ) Case insensitive filesystems seem to be a problem in general on Linux. Not sure how far kernel and/or glibc are involved in the problem. As a workaround for the mess you need to do a temporary rename to a different name (not just a case equivalent name). Björn -- SerNet GmbH, Bahnhofsallee 1b, 37081 Göttingen phone: +49-551-370000-0, fax: +49-551-370000-9 AG Göttingen, HRB 2816, GF: Dr. Johannes Loxen -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
