DFS: Accessing SMB targets fail with 'Object is remote'

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • A DFS namespace is mounted on a RHEL SMB client with the cifsacl mount option.
  • Accessing SMB targets fail with ls: cannot access '/share': Object is remote | EREMOTE
  • These same SMB targets can be accessed if the DFS namespace is not mounted with cifsacl
  • The SMB targets can be mounted through the DFS namespace with cifsacl

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • DFS
  • SMB
  • cifsacl mount option

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