'ls' and 'cd' commands hang or show question marks on a subdirectory of a CIFS share coming from NetApp
Issue
ls
andcd
hangs on subdirectory of a CIFS share coming from NetApp in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, with the following messages in logs:
kernel: CIFS VFS: No response for cmd 50 mid 34012
kernel: CIFS VFS: RFC1001 size 174 bigger than SMB for Mid=34016
ls
in a subdirectory shows question marks on a NetApp CIFS share mounted on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 CIFS client:
-?????????? ? ? ? ? ? examplefile1.txt
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 1234567 Jan 20 16:17 examplefile2.txt
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 as CIFS client
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 as CIFS client
- NetApp
ONTAP Version 8.1.2 (7-Mode)
as CIFS server - CIFS aka Samba aka SMB network file share
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