smbclient fails to create recurse folder
Applies to
- ONTAP 9
- smbclient
- CIFS
Issue
- smbclient fails to create recurse folder when the CIFS share symlink-properties is set to option "
symlinks_and_widelinks
"
[root@localhost ~]# smbclient -U testuser1 //10.10.10.100/test1
Password for [SAMBA\testuser1]:
Try "help" to get a list of possible commands.
smb: \> recurse
smb: \> mkdir q/w/e/r
smb: \> mkdir test3
mkdir 10.10.10.100\test1\test3: NT_STATUS_OBJECT_PATH_NOT_FOUND
- A packet trace shows the smbclient creates a folder with an invalid path like "
10.10.10.100\test1\10.10.10.100"
, IP address is being repeated twice
14.616964498 10.10.10.110 → 10.10.10.100 SMB2 254 Create Request File: 10.10.10.100\test1\10.10.10.100
14.617230295 10.10.10.100 → 10.10.10.110 SMB2 143 Create Response, Error: STATUS_OBJECT_NAME_NOT_FOUND