On Fri, Aug 24, 2007 at 10:21:38PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > reasign 439435 linux-2.6 > tags 439435 upstream > thanks > > On Fri, Aug 24, 2007 at 11:03:26PM -0400, Greg Reagle wrote: > > mount.cifs ignores the uid and gid options "when the target server > > supports the CIFS Unix extensions". This causes a serious problem when > > the target server doesn't do the uid and gid properly. I know because I > > just experienced this problem tonight. See > > http://lwn.net/Articles/232430/ as a reference. > > No, the problem is that the kernel ignores the uid and gid that mount.cifs > passes it when using CIFS Unix extensions. Reassigning to the kernel, this > can't be fixed in the userspace tools. > > > Another good thing to do would be to put the workaround solution in the > > man page. I know it works because I tried it tonight. The workaround > > is "echo 0 > /proc/fs/cifs/LinuxExtensionsEnabled" before mounting. > > I'm much more interested in having the issue in the kernel addressed so that > this isn't necessary. :)
Is this fixed in the Lenny kernel? Cheers, Moritz -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org