https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=118671 Navin <navinp1912@xxxxxxxxx> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |navinp1912@xxxxxxxxx --- Comment #1 from Navin <navinp1912@xxxxxxxxx> --- Works for me.Maybe samba configuration issue. You need to have a writeable user . The below tells that issue is not with cifs driver. root@junk-foo:/mnt/3# touch foo root@junk-foo:/mnt/3# ls -l foo -rw-r--r--+ 1 root root 0 Jun 1 10:20 foo root@junk-foo:/mnt/3# mknod foo b 4 3 mknod: foo: File exists root@junk-foo:/mnt/3# mknod devfoo b 4 3 root@junk-foo:/mnt/3# mkfifo pipe root@junk-foo:/mnt/3# ls -l total 0 brw-r--r-- 1 root root 4, 3 Jun 1 10:21 devfoo -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jun 1 10:20 foo prw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jun 1 10:21 pipe root@junk-foo:/mnt/3# uname -a Linux junk-foo 4.7.0-rc1+ #1 SMP Tue May 31 21:24:09 IST 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux root@junk-foo:/mnt/3# mount | grep /mnt/3 //192.168.0.103/xyz on /mnt/3 type cifs (rw,relatime,vers=1.0,cache=strict,username=root,domain=JUNK-FOO,uid=0,noforceuid,gid=0,noforcegid,addr=192.168.0.103,unix,posixpaths,serverino,mapposix,acl,rsize=1048576,wsize=65536,echo_interval=60,actimeo=1) root@junk-foo:/mnt/3# -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching the assignee of the bug. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html