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Error Mounting Share - "CIFS VFS: cannot query dirs between root and final path, enabling CIFS_MOUNT_USE_PREFIX_PATH" (Doc ID 2724766.1)

Last updated on OCTOBER 30, 2020

Applies to:

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Version N/A and later
Linux OS - Version Oracle Linux 7.0 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

Mounting two different sub-directories in the same Windows share show the same content in both mount points.

Kernel messages show the error:

CIFS VFS: cannot query dirs between root and final path, enabling CIFS_MOUNT_USE_PREFIX_PATH

Cause

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Symptoms
Cause
Solution
 Solution
 Workaround to mount two directories from the same share in two different mount point
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