Using the "chgrp" command against a CIFS share returns successful but does not change the GID.

Solution Unverified - Updated 2016-10-13T17:44:34+00:00 -

Issue

Using the chgrp command against a CIFS share returns successful but does not change the GID.
The CIFS share is mounted with an option like gid=500, and when running # chgrp 600 /testdir, the command returns successfully, but the GID is not changed.

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