Cifs mount fails with "failed w/return code = -22"

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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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