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Linux client mounts CIFS share fails with error "write-protected, mounting read-only"

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • Clustered Data ONTAP 8

Issue

Get the following error when mounting a CIFS share on a Linux client:

[root@promote ~]# mount -t cifs -o username=username,password=password //192.168.1.108/mysqldata /mydata/data/mount

mount: //xx.xx.xx.xx is write-protected, mounting read-only

mount: cannot mount read-only

 

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