[Pkg-samba-maint] Bug#439435: Bug#439435: /usr/share/man/man8/mount.cifs.8.gz: include in man mount.cifs: "echo 0 > /proc/fs/cifs/LinuxExtensionsEnabled" to enable uid to work

[Steve Langasek]

reasign 439435 linux-2.6
tags 439435 upstream
thanks

On Fri, Aug 24, 2007 at 11:03:26PM -0400, Greg Reagle wrote:
> mount.cifs ignores the uid and gid options "when the target server
> supports the CIFS Unix extensions".  This causes a serious problem when
> the target server doesn't do the uid and gid properly.  I know because I
> just experienced this problem tonight.  See
> http://lwn.net/Articles/232430/ as a reference.

No, the problem is that the kernel ignores the uid and gid that mount.cifs
passes it when using CIFS Unix extensions.  Reassigning to the kernel, this
can't be fixed in the userspace tools.

> Another good thing to do would be to put the workaround solution in the
> man page.  I know it works because I tried it tonight.  The workaround
> is "echo 0 > /proc/fs/cifs/LinuxExtensionsEnabled" before mounting.

I'm much more interested in having the issue in the kernel addressed so that
this isn't necessary. :)

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