Cannot mount CIFS DFS, cifs_mount failed w/return code = -6 in RHEL 6.4

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Issue

  • Cannot mount CIFS DFS share, mount error 6 is returned:
# mount.cifs //server/mount /mnt -o username=user,password=pass,domain=domain
Retrying with upper case share name
mount error(6): No such device or address
Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g. man mount.cifs)

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4
  • kernel version 2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 and likely all of 2.6.32-358.el6

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