Fail to create file on CIFS share with error CIFS VFS: No writable handles for inode
Issue
- User can read and delete the files on CIFS share.
- But fails to create the files on the same CIFS share, the errors below are shown in messages
Mar 25 14:55:02 client kernel: cifs_vfs_err: 9 callbacks suppressed
Mar 25 14:55:02 client kernel: CIFS VFS: No writable handles for inode
Mar 25 14:55:02 client kernel: CIFS VFS: No writable handles for inode
Mar 25 14:55:02 client kernel: CIFS VFS: No writable handles for inode
...
Mar 25 14:55:46 client kernel: CIFS VFS: No writable handles for inode
Mar 25 14:55:47 client kernel: CIFS VFS: No writable handles for inode
Mar 25 14:55:47 client kernel: device eth2 entered promiscuous mode
Mar 25 14:55:47 client kernel: CIFS VFS: No writable handles for inode
Mar 25 14:55:47 client kernel: CIFS VFS: No writable handles for inode
Mar 25 14:55:47 client kernel: CIFS VFS: No writable handles for inode
Mar 25 14:55:48 client kernel: CIFS VFS: No writable handles for inode
Mar 25 14:55:51 client kernel: cifs_vfs_err: 9 callbacks suppressed
Mar 25 14:55:51 client kernel: CIFS VFS: No writable handles for inode
...
Mar 25 14:56:48 client kernel: CIFS VFS: No writable handles for inode
Mar 25 14:56:59 client systemd-logind: Removed session 27595.
Mar 25 14:56:59 client kernel: CIFS VFS: No writable handles for inode
Mar 25 14:57:22 client kernel: CIFS VFS: No writable handles for inode
Mar 25 14:57:37 client kernel: CIFS VFS: No writable handles for inode
Mar 25 14:57:55 client kernel: CIFS VFS: No writable handles for inode
Mar 25 14:58:09 client kernel: CIFS VFS: No writable handles for inode
Mar 25 14:58:21 client kernel: CIFS VFS: No writable handles for inode
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
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