Some CIFS operations in RHEL 8.5 and above fail after the server is rebooted

Solution In Progress - Updated -

Issue

  • Some operations on a CIFS share fail with ENOENT ("No such file or directory") after a Windows server is restarted.
  • Most common with mv

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.5
  • CIFS share mounted from a Windows server

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