diff --git a/fs/cifs/CHANGES b/fs/cifs/CHANGES
index 301631c..62dcf63 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/CHANGES
+++ b/fs/cifs/CHANGES
@@ -2,7 +2,11 @@ Version 1.49
 ------------
 IPv6 support.  Enable ipv6 addresses to be passed on mount (put the ipv6
 address after the "ip=" mount option, at least until mount.cifs is fixed to
-handle DNS host to ipv6 name translation).
+handle DNS host to ipv6 name translation).  Accept override of uid or gid
+on mount even when Unix Extensions are negotiated (it used to be ignored
+when Unix Extensions were ignored).  This allows users to override the
+default uid and gid for files when they are certain that the uids or
+gids on the server do not match those of the client.
 
 Version 1.48
 ------------
diff --git a/fs/cifs/README b/fs/cifs/README
index 080c5eb..93fe359 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/README
+++ b/fs/cifs/README
@@ -257,13 +257,19 @@ A partial list of the supported mount op
 		mount.	
   domain	Set the SMB/CIFS workgroup name prepended to the
 		username during CIFS session establishment
-  uid		If CIFS Unix extensions are not supported by the server
-		this overrides the default uid for inodes. For mounts to
-		servers which do support the CIFS Unix extensions, such
-		as a properly configured Samba server, the server provides
-		the uid, gid and mode.  For servers which do not support
-		the Unix extensions, the default uid (and gid) returned on
-		lookup of existing files is the uid (gid) of the person
+  uid		Set the default uid for inodes. For mounts to servers
+		which do support the CIFS Unix extensions, such as a
+		properly configured Samba server, the server provides
+		the uid, gid and mode so this parameter should  not be
+		specified unless the server and clients uid and gid
+		numbering differ.  If the server and client are in the
+		same domain (e.g. running winbind or nss_ldap) and
+		the server supports the Unix Extensions then the uid
+		and gid can be retrieved from the server (and uid
+		and gid would not have to be specifed on the mount. 
+		For servers which do not support the CIFS Unix
+		extensions, the default uid (and gid) returned on lookup
+		of existing files will be the uid (gid) of the person
 		who executed the mount (root, except when mount.cifs
 		is configured setuid for user mounts) unless the "uid=" 
 		(gid) mount option is specified.  For the uid (gid) of newly
@@ -281,8 +287,7 @@ A partial list of the supported mount op
 		the client.  Note that the mount.cifs helper must be
 		at version 1.10 or higher to support specifying the uid
 		(or gid) in non-numberic form.
-  gid		If CIFS Unix extensions are not supported by the server
-		this overrides the default gid for inodes.
+  gid		Set the default gid for inodes (similar to above).
   file_mode     If CIFS Unix extensions are not supported by the server
 		this overrides the default mode for file inodes.
   dir_mode      If CIFS Unix extensions are not supported by the server 
diff --git a/fs/cifs/TODO b/fs/cifs/TODO
index b70a69b..78b620e 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/TODO
+++ b/fs/cifs/TODO
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ need to add ability to set time to serve
 
 u) DOS attrs - returned as pseudo-xattr in Samba format (check VFAT and NTFS for this too)
 
-v) mount check for unmatched uids - and uid override
+v) mount check for unmatched uids
 
 w) Add mount option for Linux extension disable per mount, and partial
 disable per mount (uid off, symlink/fifo/mknod on but what about posix acls?)
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifs_fs_sb.h b/fs/cifs/cifs_fs_sb.h
index fd1e52e..4cc2012 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifs_fs_sb.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifs_fs_sb.h
@@ -22,12 +22,14 @@
 #define CIFS_MOUNT_SET_UID      2 /* set current->euid in create etc. */
 #define CIFS_MOUNT_SERVER_INUM  4 /* inode numbers from uniqueid from server */
 #define CIFS_MOUNT_DIRECT_IO    8 /* do not write nor read through page cache */
-#define CIFS_MOUNT_NO_XATTR  0x10 /* if set - disable xattr support */
-#define CIFS_MOUNT_MAP_SPECIAL_CHR 0x20 /* remap illegal chars in filenames */
-#define CIFS_MOUNT_POSIX_PATHS	0x40 /* Negotiate posix pathnames if possible. */
-#define CIFS_MOUNT_UNX_EMUL	0x80 /* Network compat with SFUnix emulation */
-#define CIFS_MOUNT_NO_BRL	0x100 /* No sending byte range locks to srv */
-#define CIFS_MOUNT_CIFS_ACL	0x200 /* send ACL requests to non-POSIX srv */
+#define CIFS_MOUNT_NO_XATTR     0x10  /* if set - disable xattr support       */
+#define CIFS_MOUNT_MAP_SPECIAL_CHR 0x20 /* remap illegal chars in filenames   */
+#define CIFS_MOUNT_POSIX_PATHS  0x40  /* Negotiate posix pathnames if possible*/
+#define CIFS_MOUNT_UNX_EMUL     0x80  /* Network compat with SFUnix emulation */
+#define CIFS_MOUNT_NO_BRL       0x100 /* No sending byte range locks to srv   */
+#define CIFS_MOUNT_CIFS_ACL     0x200 /* send ACL requests to non-POSIX srv   */
+#define CIFS_MOUNT_OVERR_UID    0x400 /* override uid returned from server    */
+#define CIFS_MOUNT_OVERR_GID    0x800 /* override gid returned from server    */
 
 struct cifs_sb_info {
 	struct cifsTconInfo *tcon;	/* primary mount */
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
index dd03e68..24eb0c5 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
@@ -306,6 +306,14 @@ cifs_show_options(struct seq_file *s, st
 					   cifs_sb->tcon->ses->domainName);
 			}
 		}
+		if(cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags & CIFS_MOUNT_POSIX_PATHS)
+			seq_printf(s, ",posixpaths");
+		if((cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags & CIFS_MOUNT_OVERR_UID) ||
+		   !(cifs_sb->tcon->ses->capabilities & CAP_UNIX))
+			seq_printf(s, ",uid=%d", cifs_sb->mnt_uid);
+		if((cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags & CIFS_MOUNT_OVERR_GID) ||
+		   !(cifs_sb->tcon->ses->capabilities & CAP_UNIX))
+			seq_printf(s, ",gid=%d", cifs_sb->mnt_gid);
 		seq_printf(s, ",rsize=%d",cifs_sb->rsize);
 		seq_printf(s, ",wsize=%d",cifs_sb->wsize);
 	}
diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c
index c1af159..a7c6c35 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/connect.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ struct smb_vol {
 	unsigned retry:1;
 	unsigned intr:1;
 	unsigned setuids:1;
+	unsigned override_uid:1;
+	unsigned override_gid:1;
 	unsigned noperm:1;
 	unsigned no_psx_acl:1; /* set if posix acl support should be disabled */
 	unsigned cifs_acl:1;
@@ -1042,11 +1044,13 @@ cifs_parse_mount_options(char *options,
 			if (value && *value) {
 				vol->linux_uid =
 					simple_strtoul(value, &value, 0);
+				vol->override_uid = 1;
 			}
 		} else if (strnicmp(data, "gid", 3) == 0) {
 			if (value && *value) {
 				vol->linux_gid =
 					simple_strtoul(value, &value, 0);
+				vol->override_gid = 1;
 			}
 		} else if (strnicmp(data, "file_mode", 4) == 0) {
 			if (value && *value) {
@@ -1989,7 +1993,10 @@ cifs_mount(struct super_block *sb, struc
 			cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags |= CIFS_MOUNT_NO_BRL;
 		if(volume_info.cifs_acl)
 			cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags |= CIFS_MOUNT_CIFS_ACL;
-
+		if(volume_info.override_uid)
+			cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags |= CIFS_MOUNT_OVERR_UID;
+		if(volume_info.override_gid)
+			cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags |= CIFS_MOUNT_OVERR_GID;
 		if(volume_info.direct_io) {
 			cFYI(1,("mounting share using direct i/o"));
 			cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags |= CIFS_MOUNT_DIRECT_IO;
diff --git a/fs/cifs/inode.c b/fs/cifs/inode.c
index f74f37c..fe5d326 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/inode.c
@@ -139,8 +139,17 @@ int cifs_get_inode_info_unix(struct inod
 			inode->i_mode |= S_IFREG;
 			cFYI(1,("unknown type %d",type));
 		}
-		inode->i_uid = le64_to_cpu(findData.Uid);
-		inode->i_gid = le64_to_cpu(findData.Gid);
+		
+		if(cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags & CIFS_MOUNT_OVERR_UID)
+			inode->i_uid = cifs_sb->mnt_uid;
+		else
+			inode->i_uid = le64_to_cpu(findData.Uid);
+
+		if(cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags & CIFS_MOUNT_OVERR_GID)
+			inode->i_gid = cifs_sb->mnt_gid;
+		else
+			inode->i_gid = le64_to_cpu(findData.Gid);
+			
 		inode->i_nlink = le64_to_cpu(findData.Nlinks);
 
 		spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
@@ -523,6 +532,8 @@ int cifs_get_inode_info(struct inode **p
 		   or retrieve from NTFS stream extended attribute */
 		if(cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags & CIFS_MOUNT_UNX_EMUL) {
 			/* fill in uid, gid, mode from server ACL */
+			/* BB FIXME this should also take into account the
+			 * default uid specified on mount if present */
 			get_sfu_uid_mode(inode, search_path, cifs_sb, xid);
 		} else if (atomic_read(&cifsInfo->inUse) == 0) {
 			inode->i_uid = cifs_sb->mnt_uid;
diff --git a/fs/cifs/readdir.c b/fs/cifs/readdir.c
index b80b0fc..24d3133 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/readdir.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/readdir.c
@@ -357,8 +357,14 @@ static void unix_fill_in_inode(struct in
 		cFYI(1,("unknown inode type %d",type)); 
 	}
 
-	tmp_inode->i_uid = le64_to_cpu(pfindData->Uid);
-	tmp_inode->i_gid = le64_to_cpu(pfindData->Gid);
+	if(cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags & CIFS_MOUNT_OVERR_UID)
+		tmp_inode->i_uid = cifs_sb->mnt_uid;
+	else
+		tmp_inode->i_uid = le64_to_cpu(pfindData->Uid);
+	if(cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags & CIFS_MOUNT_OVERR_GID)
+		tmp_inode->i_gid = cifs_sb->mnt_gid;
+	else
+		tmp_inode->i_gid = le64_to_cpu(pfindData->Gid);
 	tmp_inode->i_nlink = le64_to_cpu(pfindData->Nlinks);
 
 	spin_lock(&tmp_inode->i_lock);
@@ -382,7 +388,6 @@ static void unix_fill_in_inode(struct in
 				tmp_inode->i_fop = &cifs_file_direct_nobrl_ops;
 			else
 				tmp_inode->i_fop = &cifs_file_direct_ops;
-		
 		} else if(cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags & CIFS_MOUNT_NO_BRL)
 			tmp_inode->i_fop = &cifs_file_nobrl_ops;
 		else