Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 11 Jun 1999 00:00:46 +0100 (GMT) | From | Riley Williams <> | Subject | Re: Do not use stock RedHat 6.0 kernels with SMBFS! |
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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.
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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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