Mount -F smbfs //[EMAIL PROTECTED]/sharename mntpoint Where the machinename is an XP machine with all updates applied.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Alan M Wright > Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 4:47 PM > To: Karl > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [cifs-discuss] CIFS stumblings > > On problem 2 - this is probably a client-side problem. The SMB > client is probably using legacy SMB requests that cannot handle > 64-bit offsets (similar to that Windows 2000 problem I mentioned). > > How did you mount/map the share on the Solaris box? > > Alan > -- > > On 12/09/08 13:30, Alan M Wright wrote: > > On 12/23/+( 11:59, Karl wrote: > >> I have been looking at using OpenSolaris 8.11 and have found a > couple > >> problems. > >> > >> Problem 1. > >> > >> Seem to have a problem copying a file that is a symlink to a vista > >> machine. In the directory: > >> > >> /export/home/kstrauss/downloads/gnu/gcc/objDir42/i386-pc- > solaris2.11/amd64/libstdc++-v3/include > >> > >> There is a linked file: > >> > >> lrwxrwxrwx 1 kstrauss staff 84 Jun 26 21:47 ios -> > >> /export/home/kstrauss/downloads/gnu/gcc/gcc-4.2.0/libstdc++- > v3/include/std/std_ios.h > > > > Yes, currently the CIFS server cannot process symlinks to absolute > > paths. The service will not allow you to go above the share root > > and an attempt to follow an absolute path violates that rule. We are > > investigating ways to deal with this: > > > > 6705814 CIFS: full path symlinks for files within the same > > share should be supported > > > >> when trying to access the file from a vista machine I get: > >> > >> C:\temp\sxc\solaris>type > >> "s:\kstrauss\downloads\gnu\gcc\objDir42\i386-pc- > solaris2.11\amd64\libstdc++-v3\include\ios" > >> > >> The system cannot find the file specified. > >> > >> Problem 2. > >> > >> Trouble working with files greater than 4gb. For example if I mount > a > >> share from an XP machine and do the following: > >> > >> Cat largefile > /dev/null > >> > >> This task runs forever. Looking through filemon on the XP machine > the > >> file offset being requested by the solaris box flips back over to 0. > >> > >> Are these known problems or is this because of my incompetence? If > the > >> latter some help would be much appreciated. > > > > This was a problem with the original release of Windows 2000 due to > > the use of SMB requests that are limited to 32-bit offsets. It was > > fixed in a service pack (IIRC, SP2). This may be something similar. > > > > We will investigate. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Alan > > _______________________________________________ > > cifs-discuss mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/cifs-discuss _______________________________________________ cifs-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/cifs-discuss
