Description of problem: CIFS mount generates strange errors Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kernel-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Mount a cifs file system from a windows 2003 server, like so mount -t cifs //apollo/general apollo/ -o Username=Administrator,uid=klattimer 2.Browse folders on the CIFS filesystem Actual results: Command line output ls: reading directory .: Invalid argument Expected results: Directory listing displayed. Additional info: This problem only applies to 2.6.18 kernels, the 2.6.17 kernels didn't display this problem.
problem also occurs on FC5 (2.6.18-1.2200.fc5) but works on 2.6.17-1.2174_FC5 with smbd Version 3.0.23c-1.fc5 It allows you to cd to a directory and then read/write, but ls fails completely
same problem
Fixed now and available in FC update (block size was shrunk in FC update, affecting readdir). Duplicate of various bug numbers, including bug 212123 This should be returned