On Jan 20, 2008 6:54 PM, Tom Metro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I investigated a bit more and found that these cheap HD363N NAS boxes > > (and many others) don't support "Linux Extensions" - only a simple > > subset of CIFS - so first you have to shut that off. Here's what I'm > > using now: > > > > echo 0 > /proc/fs/cifs/LinuxExtensionsEnabled > > mkdir etc/nas > > mount.cifs //192.168.0.105/Music etc/nas -o guest > > echo 1 > /proc/fs/cifs/LinuxExtensionsEnabled > > That sounds like a good tip that should go on the wiki. Link to any > references you dug up.
I would if it actually worked fully for me. > So why do the extensions get turned on again after the initial connection? I guess in case you mount a "normal" share afterwards? > > I suspect a bug in the linux kernal of MVPMC itself? > Seems unlike. More likely a bug in your NAS box or another artifact of > the lack of full CIFS support. A quick Google around shows the (embedded only?) Linux implementation of CIFS to be a bit "unrobust" - it doesn't gracefully handle servers that aren't 100% correctly implemented. I think I even saw the programmer for that module say as much. Thanks, Ron ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Mvpmc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mvpmc-users mvpmc wiki: http://mvpmc.wikispaces.com/
