[PATCH] LP #220658 stat broken for CIFS filesystem

[Tim Gardner]

Jim Lieb wrote:
> This is a regression from 7.10 and other linux CIFS clients.
> 
> This patch enables CONFIG_CIFS_XATTR and CONFIG_CIFS_POSIX to
> change the protocol options to request Posix functionality.
> 7.10 and other Linux distros such as Fedora enable these options in order
> to allow full UNIX f/s functionality between Linux client/server(s).  See the
> commit comments for the details.
> 
> This patch applies to Intrepid.
> 
> Proposing for SRU to Intrepid and Jaunty.
> 

ACK - though I suspect Stefan would prefer to wait until the current
Intrepid kernel is promoted to -updates. Furthermore, I don't think its
fair to say that this is a regression from 7.10. As far as I can tell,
no Ubuntu release (7.10 or otherwise) has enabled CIFS_XATTR.

You'll want to engage at least Steve Langasek as he seems to be quite
interested in Samba issues.

rtg
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Tim Gardner tim.gardner at canonical.com