Bug#504584: [kernel] mount.cifs fails to mount MS DFS shares (object is remote)

[ulrich.meier@ulmeco.ch]

Package: kernel
Version: 2.6.26
Severity: important

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unable to mount microsoft dfs share

as root:
mount -t cifs -o credentials=/root/user.txt -o workgroup=WG -o rw  
//test.domain.de/DB_001/Project/BO2 /root/bo2

error message: object is remote

the same share can be accessed using smbclient.

(Ubuntu 8.1 with 2.6.27 does not work either)

--- System information. ---
Architecture: i386
Kernel:       Linux 2.6.26-1-686-bigmem
Samba:      samba 3.2.4-1