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CIFS "timeout" problem
Hi, I am mounting a Windows share to a RHEL3 box using CIFS. The mount works perfectly and I can change into the directory (and any subdirectories) without a problem, but if I attempt to 'ls' in any directory in the mount I get an error saying "unable to allocate memory". If I 'ls' a known...- adamroper
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Samba vs CIFS - permissions
On mount I set fmask=777, dmask=777, and umask=000 so as far as I'm aware this should allow me to change the permissions on all contents of the mount point to anything I like. However it only reports success if I set the value to 777 or 555. If I begin the argument with a 7 or 5 then it...- adamroper
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Samba vs CIFS - permissions
No I should have said, but I specify the user using an environment variable in the smbfs option. I'm reading a lot of tips about "umask". Is that a server or client side argument?- adamroper
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Samba vs CIFS - permissions
Hi guys, Firstly I'll describe the environment: Basically I have a linux box acting as a CVS server, and the repository is on a remote Windows machine (XP or 2003) for IT reasons :-$ Anyway when I mount the partition to the linux server using smbfs I cannot change the permissions of any of the...- adamroper
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