[ale] SOLVED - CIFS mounts failing

[Preston]

Very cool.  I will be archiving this.

Preston


On 11/21/2016 12:12 PM, DJ-Pfulio wrote:
> Remember a few months ago when I asked for help with Windows CIFS mounts
> that normally worked, but sometimes failed?  Didn't matter if Linux or
> Windows clients attempted access?  Didn't matter if a GUI tool or
> mount.cifs was used.
> 
> The error was:
>      mount: Remote I/O error
> 
> Found the solution today.  Registry entry needed on the Windows side.
> 
>   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
>      \SYSTEM
>       \CurrentControlSet
>        \Services
>         \LanmanServer
>          \Parameters
>     IRPStackSize DWORD 0x0000000f (15)
> 
> It is case-sensitive and after creating the IRPStackSize, need to
> restart the "Services" windows service.  Then it works, immediately.
> 
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