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

Riley Williams (rhw@MemAlpha.CX)
Fri, 11 Jun 1999 00:00:46 +0100 (GMT)


Hi Michael.

> Ok... I reported this problem to RedHat several days ago, so
> they have had at least a small chance to look it over and be
> ready for this announcement. I'm continuing to hear complaints
> about corrupted timestamps on smbfs mounts so this word needs to
> get out.

Fair enough.

> Synopsis:

> Do NOT use the stock RedHat kernels from RedHat 6.0 if you are
> using SMBFS with Windows NT, Windows 2000, or Windows 98. These
> kernels were incorrectly compiled with a configuration option,
> the Windows 95 bug workaround, that will cause corruption of
> timestamp information on shares mounted from any of those other
> systems.

===8<=== CUT ===>8===

I've just read through your description of the problem, and if I'm
understanding it correctly, then it's impossible to set up SMBFS to
work in a network where both Win95 and Win98 are in use.

If so, this needs to be sorted out.

Best wishes from Riley.

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