diff -Nur linux-2.6.0/fs/cifs/cifspdu.h linux-2.6.0.flo/fs/cifs/cifspdu.h
--- linux-2.6.0/fs/cifs/cifspdu.h	2003-12-18 03:59:27.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6.0.flo/fs/cifs/cifspdu.h	2003-12-30 18:31:20.000000000 +0100
@@ -1554,6 +1554,7 @@
 #define UNIX_BLOCKDEV  4
 #define UNIX_FIFO      5
 #define UNIX_SOCKET    6
+#define UNIX_UNKNOWN   0xffffffff 
 
 typedef struct {
 	__u32 NextEntryOffset;
diff -Nur linux-2.6.0/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c linux-2.6.0.flo/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
--- linux-2.6.0/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c	2003-12-18 03:58:28.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6.0.flo/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c	2003-12-30 18:30:57.000000000 +0100
@@ -42,6 +42,26 @@
 	BAD_PROT, "\2"}
 };
 
+static u32
+smb_filetype_from_mode(int mode)
+{
+	if (mode & S_IFREG)
+		return UNIX_FILE;
+	if (mode & S_IFDIR)
+		return UNIX_DIR;
+	if (mode & S_IFLNK)
+		return UNIX_SYMLINK;
+	if (mode & S_IFCHR)
+		return UNIX_CHARDEV;
+	if (mode & S_IFBLK)
+		return UNIX_BLOCKDEV;
+	if (mode & S_IFIFO)
+		return UNIX_FIFO;
+	if (mode & S_IFSOCK)
+		return UNIX_SOCKET;
+	return UNIX_UNKNOWN;
+}
+
 int
 smb_init(int smb_command, int wct, struct cifsTconInfo *tcon,
 	 void **request_buf /* returned */ ,
@@ -2462,6 +2482,8 @@
 	data_offset->DevMajor = cpu_to_le64(MAJOR(device));
 	data_offset->DevMinor = cpu_to_le64(MINOR(device));
 	data_offset->Permissions = cpu_to_le64(mode);
+	data_offset->Type = cpu_to_le32(smb_filetype_from_mode(mode));
+
 	pSMB->ByteCount = cpu_to_le16(pSMB->ByteCount);
 	rc = SendReceive(xid, tcon->ses, (struct smb_hdr *) pSMB,
 			 (struct smb_hdr *) pSMBr, &bytes_returned, 0);