Permission changes via `chmod` are not reflected on a remotely mounted Windows directory (using CIFS) in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Issue
- On a CIFS mount, exported from a shared Windows NTFS filesystem, the
chmod
command does not change permissions on the directory, nor is an error generated.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Windows
NTFS
filesystem mounted viaCIFS
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