[Pkg-samba-maint] Bug#590923: Bug#590923: smbclient: Mounted directory does not show all directories or hung up

[Steve Langasek]

reassign 590923 linux-2.6
severity 590923 important
tags 590923 moreinfo
thanks

On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 09:16:38AM +0200, Jaekle, Andreas wrote:
> Package: smbclient
> Version: 2:3.2.5-4lenny9
> Severity: critical
> Justification: breaks the whole system

> When I cifs mount a directory from a Netapp-Filer ONTAP 7.3.2 with a lot
> of subdirectories in it (~3000)
> and do a ls to get a directory listing the machine hangs up or I can
> just see a part of the directories.

This will be a bug in the kernel, not in smbclient.  smbclient has nothing
to do with cifs mounts.

When the hang occurs, is it a whole system hang or does it just lock up your
current process/session?  I'm assuming the latter and downgrading the bug
severity accordingly.

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