On Tue, 22 May 2012 15:24:56 +0200 Michael Wood <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 21 May 2012 17:44, Jeff Layton <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mon, 21 May 2012 09:59:44 -0500 > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Early responses are not encouraging. It sounds like this was not an > >> accidently happening, but they *intend* to obscure the root level of the > >> share. > >> > >> Might it work to try to downgrade my Samba installation to a version prior > >> to the introduction of this bug? If so, do you know which version would > >> be the latest to still work? > >> > > > > No, it was not intentional, just not simple to fix. > > I think you misinterpreted Scott's message :) > > I read it to mean that the people who set up his NAS intended for the > root of the share to be "obscured". Not that the cifsfs developers > intended to break things. > Yes, he mailed that to me privately later. He also asked whether downgrading the client's kernel might help here. It might, but you'll need to go pretty far back -- pre-3.0 or so... -- Jeff Layton <[email protected]> -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
