[Pkg-samba-maint] Bug#460164: smbfs: Recursive directory listing with CIFS

[Steve Langasek]

Hi Randy,

On Thu, Jan 10, 2008 at 04:58:21PM -0800, Randy Coulman wrote:
> Package: smbfs
> Version: 3.0.28-1
> Severity: important

> With the upgrade to 3.0.28-1, I am now unable to use any Windows shares
> mounted from a Windows 2003 Server using DFS.  This is because CIFS does
> not yet fully support DFS and the SMBFS-related scripts that I was using
> have
> been replaced with forwarders to CIFS.

> When I mount a Windows share from such a server, I am able to see the
> top-level directories in this share, but if I 'ls' any of these
> directories, I get another list of the top-level directories.

> Please consider keeping SMBFS support available until CIFS is able to
> replace all reasonable uses of SMBFS.  As things stand today, I am
> completely unable to access any Windows shares on my company's network.

According to
<http://archives.free.net.ph/message/20080110.202840.d90c205e.en.html>, DFS
support for Linux CIFS is already on the roadmap for inclusion in 2.6.25,
which will be out well before the lenny release.  I realize this doesn't
help you with your immediate need for smbfs support, but I do think that
dropping smbfs in favor of cifs is the right course of action for lenny.

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