[Unionfs] unionfs - samba mount

[Josef Sipek]

On Mon, Nov 06, 2006 at 05:42:49PM -0800, Harihara, Rama S wrote:
...
> So I can see all the pictures in samba share from /usr/pictures.
> 
> Now, I turned off my NAS box. 
> 
> But when I go do a 
> 
> unionctl  /usr/pictures -remove /share/pictures
> 
> I get a "realpath() host is down".
> 
> Is there no way to forcefully remove the directory(share/pictures) from
> the union if the host is down?

I have never heard of this, but chances are that people generally prefer
their NAS boxes to be on ;)

> If I turn back the NAS box on, then the remove call works! 

Hrm. I'm not sure where the problem is stemming from. I am somewhat tempted
to say that it's due to the fact that during branch removal, we release some
resources and the CIFS/SMBFS code gives up with the above message.

Josef "Jeff" Sipek.

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