GVFS-SMB clients fail to read/write/modify files from command line

Solution In Progress - Updated -

Issue

  • Seeing "can't open the linked file for writing" when trying to access/read/write/delete files from GVFS mounted shares via the command line.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • GVFS
  • GVFS-FUSE
  • CIFS

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