After a DNS record change for a CIFS server, commands are hanging on the mounted CIFS shares in a RHEL client

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Issue

  • There was a DNS record change for a CIFS server, and a RHEL client that mounts shares from that CIFS server is having issues with commands hanging. This includes df -h, and mount -o remount on the share.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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