[ale] SOLVED - CIFS mounts failing

[Derek Atkins]

Okay, so why exactly does this work?  What does this registry entry do?

-derek

DJ-Pfulio <DJPfulio at jdpfu.com> writes:

> 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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