Cifs mount fails with "failed w/return code = -22"
Issue
CIFS
mount fails with "failed w/return code = -22"
[root@example-kudryavka ~]# mount -t cifs -o rw,username=testuser //kudo-server/logs /mnt/kudologs
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on //kudo-server/logs,
missing codepage or other error
In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
dmesg | tail or so
[root@example-kudryavka ~]# dmesg | tail
fs/cifs/cifsfs.c: Devname: //kudo-server/logs flags: 0
fs/cifs/connect.c: CIFS VFS: in cifs_mount as Xid: 10 with uid: 0
fs/cifs/connect.c: Domain name set
fs/cifs/connect.c: Username: example-user
fs/cifs/connect.c: CIFS VFS: leaving cifs_mount (xid = 10) rc = -22
CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code = -22
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and older
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