While running ls on cifs share the error 'ls: cannot access Stale file handle' is printed

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Issue

  • When running ls of a cifs directory the following output is seen:
# ls -l Share_dir
ls: cannot access Share_dir: Stale file handle

# ls -l | grep Share
ls: cannot access Share_dir: Stale file handle
d??????????    ? ?     ?        ?         ? Share_dir

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

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