CIFS Mounts Fail with Kernel 3.8.1-201.fc18.i686.PAE

[Ed Greshko]

On 03/09/13 07:15, Tim Evans wrote:
> # mount //raptor/unix/FEDORA /raptor
> Password for root@//raptor/unix/FEDORA:  ********
> mount error(95): Operation not supported
> Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g. man mount.cifs)
>
> /var/log/messages says:
>
> Mar  8 18:09:28 harrier kernel: [  137.431753] FS-Cache: Loaded
> Mar  8 18:09:28 harrier kernel: [  137.450501] Key type dns_resolver registered
> Mar  8 18:09:28 harrier kernel: [  137.487793] FS-Cache: Netfs 'cifs' registered for caching
> Mar  8 18:09:28 harrier kernel: [  137.487890] Key type cifs.spnego registered
> Mar  8 18:09:28 harrier kernel: [  137.487899] Key type cifs.idmap registered
> Mar  8 18:09:28 harrier kernel: [  138.043492] CIFS VFS: Send error in QFSUnixInfo = -95
> Mar  8 18:09:28 harrier kernel: [  138.093133] CIFS VFS: cifs_read_super: get root inode failed
>
> Same mount, no problem in kernel-PAE-3.7.9-205.fc18.i686

Try adding "sec=ntlm" to the mount options. 

The error seen with recent kernels is usually "mount error(22): Invalid argument" and adding the sec option fixes it....so this may not be related.

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