Environment
Novell Client for Windows Vista
1.0
CIFS
CIFS
Situation
Users experience what appears to
be random lock-outs of their eDirectory accounts. In a LAN
trace, the machine first resolves the NCP shares of a server, and
then proceeds to scan for the \IPC$ share via
CIFS. If the server happens to have CIFS running, but doesn't
have a simple password configured for the user, authentication
fails repeatedly and the user is locked out.
Resolution
Solutions:
1. Configure simple password in the environment so authentcation completes successfully.
2. Resolve remote resources via distinct names rather than IP addresses. ie: 'Netware_SMB' for the CIFS access and 'Netware' for regular NCP
3. Disable CIFS if not used.
NetWare 6.5 sp6 and earlier
4. Modify the sys:\etc\cifsctxs.cfg file and add an entry for each affected user, e.g.
O=novell
-admin
-jdoe
(Both admin and jdoe would not be allowed to try to authenticate via CIFS.)
1. Configure simple password in the environment so authentcation completes successfully.
2. Resolve remote resources via distinct names rather than IP addresses. ie: 'Netware_SMB' for the CIFS access and 'Netware' for regular NCP
3. Disable CIFS if not used.
NetWare 6.5 sp6 and earlier
4. Modify the sys:\etc\cifsctxs.cfg file and add an entry for each affected user, e.g.
O=novell
-admin
-jdoe
(Both admin and jdoe would not be allowed to try to authenticate via CIFS.)