Problem with mounting CIFS subdirectories

Solution In Progress - Updated -

Issue

  • CIFS subdirectories cannot be mounted.
  • It is possible to mount the main share and then switch to the subdirectory.
# mount -t cifs //server/share$ /mnt -o username=<user>,password=XXXXXXX
# cd /mnt ; cd "SPARE SHARE"
  • However, while mounting subdirectory directly if fails with an error "mount error 6 = No such device or address"
# mount  -t cifs //server/share$/SIG /mnt -o username=<user>,password=XXXXXXX
mount error 6 = No such device or address

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux

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