[PATCH] LP #220658 stat broken for CIFS filesystem

[Stefan Bader]

Tim Gardner wrote:
> 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

Yes, hopefully this won't be long but I'll get back as soon as I am done there.

> 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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