Cannot mount CIFS DFS, cifs_mount failed w/return code = -6 in RHEL 6.4
Issue
- Cannot mount
CIFS DFSshare, 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.el6and likely all of2.6.32-358.el6
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