[Bug 286828] Re: Access to samba 3.0.24-3.0.25 shares using CIFS is broken on 8.10

2009-08-05 Thread Steve French
Simplifying: 1) older smbfs/smbmount had a bug: they didn't support DFS (which Windows clients do, and Linux cifs client does) which is a critical feature of the protocol in multiple server environments 2) Windows does not support Unix Extensions Samba server introduced a bug (long since

[Bug 286828] Re: Access to samba 3.0.24-3.0.25 shares using CIFS is broken on 8.10

2009-08-04 Thread Andrew McRae
As usual in the Linux world we see a lot of dodging and ducking and passing the buck and pretending that something other than Ubuntu is the problem. The bug ticket has been marked as Invalid, and yet the problem is clearly still here and has not been fixed. If you try to use smbmount (ie-

[Bug 286828] Re: Access to samba 3.0.24-3.0.25 shares using CIFS is broken on 8.10

2009-08-04 Thread Vide
Andrew: I'm no Ubuntu dev but I've been suffering this bug when first appeared and the bug is clearly and without any doubt on the Samba server side. With Samba server I don't mean upstream Samba code but the Samba server present for example in Debian Etch (and other OS/devices too, like your

[Bug 286828] Re: Access to samba 3.0.24-3.0.25 shares using CIFS is broken on 8.10

2009-07-18 Thread komputes
I can confirm having the same problem with an Apple Time Capsule. I do not know how to get it to display files or prompt for authentication. I only get a blank window with 0 items. ii samba2:3.3.2-1ubuntu3 SMB/CIFS file, print, and login server for Unix

[Bug 286828] Re: Access to samba 3.0.24-3.0.25 shares using CIFS is broken on 8.10

2009-03-06 Thread Scott Carpenter
I'm running Samba on a Linksys/Cisco NSLU2 (the slug!) and started having this problem after upgrading my client from 8.04 to 8.10. Just wanted to report that the nodfs mount option took care of the problem for me. Thanks everyone for all the work figuring this out! -- Access to samba

Re: [Bug 286828] Re: Access to samba 3.0.24-3.0.25 shares using CIFS is broken on 8.10

2009-01-22 Thread simonm
I think it's related to the Samba version in use on Time Capsule: # cat /proc/fs/cifs/DebugData Display Internal CIFS Data Structures for Debugging --- CIFS Version 1.54 Active VFS Requests: 0 Servers: 1) Name: 192.168.0.2 Domain: SM-HOME Uses: 1

[Bug 286828] Re: Access to samba 3.0.24-3.0.25 shares using CIFS is broken on 8.10

2009-01-21 Thread mbentley
i found that when i used the msdfs root = no option on my samba 3.0.24 server running debian etch, it caused my windows clients that have shares mapped to network drives to stop working and i couldn't access them by \\server\share. in order to get it working on my windows xp computers, i had to

[Bug 286828] Re: Access to samba 3.0.24-3.0.25 shares using CIFS is broken on 8.10

2009-01-19 Thread Thierry Carrez
Marking verification-done following Vide/mipper/Tom reporting success. ** Tags added: verification-done ** Tags removed: verification-needed -- Access to samba 3.0.24-3.0.25 shares using CIFS is broken on 8.10 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/286828 You received this bug notification because

[Bug 286828] Re: Access to samba 3.0.24-3.0.25 shares using CIFS is broken on 8.10

2009-01-10 Thread simonm
Symptom: When mounting remote CIFS shares from my Apple Time Capsule (either by /etc/fstab or mount command) I would only see around 150 of the 5000 directories in my Media folder. Also, redirection from stdout to a file would work when the file was created, but appending would not work. so: %

[Bug 286828] Re: Access to samba 3.0.24-3.0.25 shares using CIFS is broken on 8.10

2008-12-23 Thread Vide
I was affected by this problem as well and I can confirm that using 2.6.27-11 and the nodfs mount option the problem is solved. I tested this on x86 and x86_64. I can add that with the -9 kernel the /proc/fs/cifs/LinuxExtensionsEnabled workarond wasn't working anymore (with previous revisions it

[Bug 286828] Re: Access to samba 3.0.24-3.0.25 shares using CIFS is broken on 8.10

2008-12-23 Thread mipper
I can confirm the fix too. Doesn't work without nodfs, does with. -- Access to samba 3.0.24-3.0.25 shares using CIFS is broken on 8.10 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/286828 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to samba in

Re: [Bug 286828] Re: Access to samba 3.0.24-3.0.25 shares using CIFS is broken on 8.10

2008-12-23 Thread Tom
After adding nodfs to my kernel at boot time did NOT change anything. My MS Windows shares that use to mount automatically under 8.04 still do not mount automatically after adding that option. Yet, after boot, I can issue sudo mount /shares/windows_f and the share is mounted without incident

[Bug 286828] Re: Access to samba 3.0.24-3.0.25 shares using CIFS is broken on 8.10

2008-12-23 Thread Thierry Carrez
Tom: nodfs is not a kernel boot parameter. It's a CIFS mount option, you should add it to your /etc/fstab (only) for mounts targeting the affected servers. -- Access to samba 3.0.24-3.0.25 shares using CIFS is broken on 8.10 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/286828 You received this bug

[Bug 286828] Re: Access to samba 3.0.24-3.0.25 shares using CIFS is broken on 8.10

2008-12-23 Thread Jim Lehmer
It did not work for me as a mount parameter. To recap: 1) When both the client and server were Ubuntu 8.04 the boot-time CIFS mounts on the client just worked. See my post above for fstab entries. 2) Upgraded client to 8.10, boot-time CIFS mounts stopped working, although can still get to the

Re: [Bug 286828] Re: Access to samba 3.0.24-3.0.25 shares using CIFS is broken on 8.10

2008-12-23 Thread Tom
Thank you for the clarification, Thierry. I changed my fstab entry like this: //192.168.4.10/NetworkShare /shares/windows_f cifs nodfs,auto,rw,credentials=/root/.creds,uid=ttwaro,gid=ttwaro 0 0 and rebooted. Still does NOT work. However, when manually running sudo mount /shares/windows_f I now

Re: [Bug 286828] Re: Access to samba 3.0.24-3.0.25 shares using CIFS is broken on 8.10

2008-12-23 Thread Steve French
On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 5:54 AM, Tom ttw...@gmail.com wrote: After adding nodfs to my kernel at boot time did NOT change anything. My MS Windows shares that use to mount automatically under 8.04 still do not mount automatically after adding that option. Yet, after boot, I can issue sudo mount

Re: [Bug 286828] Re: Access to samba 3.0.24-3.0.25 shares using CIFS is broken on 8.10

2008-12-23 Thread Tom
I have just upgraded to kernel 2.6.27-11-generic and running nodfs as a mount option as previously posted. I no longer get the error message but the mount still does not happen automatically during/after boot. I still need to mount the share manually. This worked every time in 8.04 and 7.10.

[Bug 286828] Re: Access to samba 3.0.24-3.0.25 shares using CIFS is broken on 8.10

2008-12-23 Thread Jim Lehmer
Steve: I still wonder if it's a timing issue, i.e., if there was a subtle change in services start order or else in the time it is taking networking to completely come up? That could explain why (a) it worked in 8.04 but not in 8.10, and (b) after the boot is complete and issuing a mount command

Re: [Bug 286828] Re: Access to samba 3.0.24-3.0.25 shares using CIFS is broken on 8.10

2008-12-23 Thread Tom
I tried this but it didn't work. Isn't this for nfs fstype only? I have CIFS. I could be misunderstanding something, though. Vide wrote: Tom, but your mount at bootime issue it's a completely different topic (do you put the _netdev label in the fstab options? it's mandatory for network

Re: [Bug 286828] Re: Access to samba 3.0.24-3.0.25 shares using CIFS is broken on 8.10

2008-12-23 Thread Tom
One more thing, this is on my laptop connecting wirelessly to the shares. This worked perfectly EVERY time under 8.04 but never has worked under 8.10. I'm sure it is a timing issue (waiting for the wireless connection) but it had to do this under 8.04 too. To reiterate: * Window XP share *

[Bug 286828] Re: Access to samba 3.0.24-3.0.25 shares using CIFS is broken on 8.10

2008-12-22 Thread Thierry Carrez
Could those affected by the bug test that mounting with the nodfs mount option on the current kernel in intrepid-proposed works around the issue ? Thanks. -- Access to samba 3.0.24-3.0.25 shares using CIFS is broken on 8.10 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/286828 You received this bug

[Bug 286828] Re: Access to samba 3.0.24-3.0.25 shares using CIFS is broken on 8.10

2008-12-18 Thread Steve Langasek
Accepted into intrepid-proposed, please test and give feedback here. Please see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance! ** Tags added: verification-needed -- Access to samba 3.0.24-3.0.25 shares using CIFS is broken

[Bug 286828] Re: Access to samba 3.0.24-3.0.25 shares using CIFS is broken on 8.10

2008-12-11 Thread mipper
@Skokie Thanks very much for this tip. That's sorted me out nicely. I've contacted D-Link regarding a firmware fix for this issue and received the following reply: A firmware is being develop, we don't have an ETA or upgrades that it will have, i invite you to go to forums.dlink.com, you can

[Bug 286828] Re: Access to samba 3.0.24-3.0.25 shares using CIFS is broken on 8.10

2008-12-08 Thread Keller Giacomarro
I can confirm that upgrading the server-side to Samba 3.2.5 fixed the issue. -- Access to samba 3.0.24-3.0.25 shares using CIFS is broken on 8.10 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/286828 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to samba

[Bug 286828] Re: Access to samba 3.0.24-3.0.25 shares using CIFS is broken on 8.10

2008-12-02 Thread Skokie
Thank you to all who have taken the time to investigate! The DNS323 suffers from this server side DFS bug but it is possible to work around it!!! Connect to the DNS using the web GUI and goto tools-system. In this page you can save the configuration to your workstation. After saving edit the

[Bug 286828] Re: Access to samba 3.0.24-3.0.25 shares using CIFS is broken on 8.10

2008-12-01 Thread mipper
So to summarize your summary, if you don't have any control over the server - which was running fine with the 8.04 client - you're stuffed! I don't understand how a bug in the server is causing something that works under 8.04 to stop working under 8.10, and I really can't understand why fixing

[Bug 286828] Re: Access to samba 3.0.24-3.0.25 shares using CIFS is broken on 8.10

2008-12-01 Thread Thierry Carrez
mipper: This is a bug about servers claiming they support something that they don't. If client stuff makes use of that something and trust servers to properly implement what they claim they do, it doesn't work. It happens that the client stuff in Intrepid takes advantage of those advanced

[Bug 286828] Re: Access to samba 3.0.24-3.0.25 shares using CIFS is broken on 8.10

2008-12-01 Thread Jim Lehmer
To follow up on mipper's point, here's what I don't understand: 1) My server is Ubuntu 8.04, currently patched. 2) I upgraded my workstation from 8.04 to 8.10 and lose the ability to have my CIFS shares on the server mounted automatically at boot time as they were right up until I upgraded. 3)

Re: [Bug 286828] Re: Access to samba 3.0.24-3.0.25 shares using CIFS is broken on 8.10

2008-12-01 Thread mipper
Thanks for the clarification, Thierry. I am, alas, in the last position, so am very interested in knowing when the new kernel will be published. I can't find any target dates on this bug report and it's the lack of any visibility on when the fix might be released that's so frustrating. How does

[Bug 286828] Re: Access to samba 3.0.24-3.0.25 shares using CIFS is broken on 8.10

2008-12-01 Thread Thierry Carrez
mipper: According to the kernel team, the patch is still in the pipeline. It /should/ appear in the next kernel published in intrepid-proposed. -- Access to samba 3.0.24-3.0.25 shares using CIFS is broken on 8.10 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/286828 You received this bug notification because

[Bug 286828] Re: Access to samba 3.0.24-3.0.25 shares using CIFS is broken on 8.10

2008-11-29 Thread mipper
Forgive my ignorance here, but I can see that there appears to have been a fix committed for this bug, but I can't see when or how it's going to be released. This is an absolute show stopper bug as far as I can see, so how and when can I get a fix for it? -- Access to samba 3.0.24-3.0.25 shares

Re: [Bug 286828] Re: Access to samba 3.0.24-3.0.25 shares using CIFS is broken on 8.10

2008-11-29 Thread Steve French
Just to summarize again: 1) A few versions of Samba server had a bug parsing DFS paths (fixed in Samba server 3.0.26). You can see which version of server you have mounted to by doing cat /proc/fs/cifs/Debug Data on the client). When the Linux CIFS client added support for DFS last year, those

[Bug 286828] Re: Access to samba 3.0.24-3.0.25 shares using CIFS is broken on 8.10

2008-11-27 Thread Martien Verbruggen
I just installed the new kernel (2.6.27-9-generic x86_64), but this fix doesn't seem to have made it in there yet. nodfs seems to be an unknown mount option for cifs. Any indication as to which update will have this fix? Thanks, -- Access to samba 3.0.24-3.0.25 shares using CIFS is broken on

[Bug 286828] Re: Access to samba 3.0.24-3.0.25 shares using CIFS is broken on 8.10

2008-11-25 Thread Holger Schletz
A warning about the msdfs root = no workaround: This broke some of the drive mappings on Windows clients. Shares that are mapped via NET USE (like in a logon script) don't seem to be affected - a name is a name - but connections manually set up through the GUI seem to store some additional

[Bug 286828] Re: Access to samba 3.0.24-3.0.25 shares using CIFS is broken on 8.10

2008-11-24 Thread Holger Schletz
Another workaround: set msdfs root = no on affected shares or in the [global] section of smb.conf. If you don't use DFS at all you can also disable it completely with host msdfs = no. This also made UNIX extensions finally work. Note that I had to remount all shares to get things working. I don't

[Bug 286828] Re: Access to samba 3.0.24-3.0.25 shares using CIFS is broken on 8.10

2008-11-24 Thread MichaelE
Can confirm the bug on 8.10 with a samba server on Debian etch. Disabling DFS solves it. Display Internal CIFS Data Structures for Debugging --- CIFS Version 1.54 Active VFS Requests: 0 Servers: 1) Name: x.y.z.a Domain: EITELWEIN Mounts: 7 OS: Unix

[Bug 286828] Re: Access to samba 3.0.24-3.0.25 shares using CIFS is broken on 8.10

2008-11-21 Thread Tim Gardner
SRU Justification Impact: see bug description Patch Description: add a nodfs mount options that forces a share to be used with non DFS paths, even if the server claims, that it supports it. Patch: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/ubuntu-