Cifs mounting subdirectories from linux

fixit_fiona

I am trying to mount two subdirectories from the same share name but cannot get it to work. # Mount the two different subfolders: # $server and $share are the same - the subfolder differs: $ subfolderA=a/b/c $ subfolderB=x/y/z $ mount -t cifs //$server/$share/$subfolderA /mnt/dirA $ mount -t cifs //$server/$share/$subfolderB /mnt/dirB # Traverse the directories - I see the same file in both directories (should only be be in dirA) $ find...

Originally asked by S.Olesen on Stack Exchange (unix) (CC BY-SA 4.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

To understand the problem deeply, try to mount with --verbose option, i.e. mount -t cifs //$server/$share/$subfolderB /mnt/dirB --verbose The possible reasons of the problem can be wrong inode numbers or caching. As workaround for the inode numbers problem try this options (one of them): --serverino --noserverino Also try different caching methods (one of them): --cache=none --cache=strict --cache=loose Read mount.cifs(8) additionally.

Full answer by Bob: https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/462688 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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