Hi

[robertdaleweir]

I have been able to mount, using 'mount -t cifs' a Win2k filesystem. I have a full partition in shared mode on the Win side. My problem is I cannot see anything in many of the Win directories, where I know there are files.
Does anyone know how to overcome this problem. I have been unable to figure out why some are visible and some are not. Is there a rehash function on the win side or is there a setting somewhere I have to change in order to see the entire share?
Thanks in advance for any help you might provide.
Robert

[Rubberman]

There can be a problem if the directories are encrypted and/or compressed with CIFS/sambe mounts. You can use the ntfs-3g driver for a local NTFS file system and I think it handles compressed folders ok, but I'm not sure about encrypted ones.

[robertdaleweir]

Hi rubberman
Thank you for your reply. None of the folders are encrypted/and.or compressed. I believe that it is a Win side issue. The mount is on my local lan and not in my Linux box. I have not had a problem with mounting ntfs drives that are in my Linux machine.
Thanks for the info. I am almost certain that the problem is not on the Linux side. Cheers...
Robert

[Rubberman]

Well, if the folders aren't shared by Windows, or access is restricted to specific users/groups that your cifs login id/password represent, then cifs won't access them. I use cifs to remote mount my Windows file systems from Linux (both CentOS and Ubuntu) without problems, but then my cifs login is my Windows account which has administrator privileges. Sure that is a security issue, but then all this is behind my network firewall so the danger is minimal.