[gentoo-user] Re: CIFS mounts started misbehaving

[Grant Edwards]

On 2017-03-06, J. Roeleveld <joost@××××××××.org> wrote:
> On March 6, 2017 5:14:39 PM GMT+01:00, Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@×××××.com> wrote:
>>On 2017-03-06, Kai Krakow <hurikhan77@×××××.com> wrote:
>>
>>>> I'm going to try to set up a Wireshark capture in ring-buffer mode
>>and
>>>> somehow detect the failure and stop the capture...
>>>
>>> Did something on the Windows side change?
>>
>>Probaby, but I've learned not to ask questions like that.  They never
>>get answered, and it just causes problems when it is revealed that the
>>client having problems is a Linux machine.
>>
>>> Maybe force Windows down to a lower SMB version or reduce/disable
>>> SMB client side caching?
>
> Windows sharing is designed as a 'link when used' option. Not as a
> permanent mount like Linix treats it.
>
> Even 'mounting' in Windows doesn't mean the share is actually
> accessed.
>
> A windows CIFS server will not be reliable enough for long term
> mounting. With Samba, it does work more reliable. (In my experience)

It's worked perfectly fine for 10+ years, and apparently continues to
do so for other Linux users in the office.

> For this reason, I use KDE/Dolphin to access CIFS shares. It is
> closer to how Windows expects the shares to be treated.

I don't see how things like shell scripts or other applications that
need to access files on the CIFS mounts would use something like that.

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