Linux-kernel mailing list archive 1999-23,: Re: Do not use stock RedHat 6.0 kernels with SMBFS!

# Re: Do not use stock RedHat 6.0 kernels with SMBFS!

Aaron Tiensivu (mojomofo@ctechnix.com)
Thu, 10 Jun 1999 02:02:01 -0400

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> The real big problem is that the WIN95 workaround isnt a mount option. Or
> better yet autodetected.

Wrong..

Mount-Time Options
Windows 95 has several bugs that affect SMB operations, and smbfs includes
work-arounds for all of the bugs found (so far, at least.) These can be
enabled at compile-time with the CONFIG_SMB_WIN95 kernel option.

Unfortunately, some of the Win 95 work-arounds interact with Win NT bugs,
so if you're using several different types of servers on your network you
probably want to enable the work-arounds at mount time. To do this, answer
`N' to the CONFIG_SMB_WIN95 option, and add the needed options listed below
to the file mode argument of the mount command for the Win 95 servers.

Option Value Effect
Identify Win 95 Server 1 Enables bug fixes
Use Core Attributes 2 Speeds up directory scans, only mtime
Use Dir Attributes 4 Alternate way to get file attributes

To apply the options, sum the values and prepend it to the file mode. For
example, to use options 1 and 2 with file mode 755, you would specify 3755:

mount /mnt/tmp -f 3755

Smbfs will print a message at mount time confirming the selected options.
Note that _only_ Windows 95 servers require special treatment; using the
"core attributes" option with Win NT will give trash timestamp values.

To summarize, if your network includes both Win 95 and NT servers:
(1) Do _not_ enable the CONFIG_SMB_WIN95 kernel option

(2) Add the desired work-around options to the mount command for your
Win 95 server(s).

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