On Thu, Aug 07, 2008 at 12:01:31 +1000, Robert S wrote: > I have several mounted CIFS shares to a Win XP Pro server. This > usually functions well for a few days/hours then I get input/output > errors. When I unmount them and try to reconnect I get: > > # mount -a -t cifs > mount error 5 = Input/output error > Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g.man mount.cifs) > mount error 5 = Input/output error > Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g.man mount.cifs) > > > I get this in my syslog > > Aug 7 11:39:38 debian kernel: CIFS VFS: Send error in SessSetup = -5 > Aug 7 11:39:38 debian kernel: CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code = -5 > Aug 7 11:39:38 debian kernel: CIFS VFS: Send error in SessSetup = -5 > Aug 7 11:39:39 debian kernel: CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code = -5 > > I hope somebody can help with this - its a very frustrating problem. > I haven't found a fix anywhere on the net.
This is a stab in the dark: Did you already try to explicitly disable the Linux extensions? Run echo "0" > /proc/fs/cifs/LinuxExtensionsEnabled before you mount the share. -- Regards, | http://users.icfo.es/Florian.Kulzer Florian | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
