Environment
Novell Open Enterprise Server 2 (OES 2) Linux Support Pack 3
Situation
Users randomly fail to authenticate.
CIFS is running
NMAS is returning a -625 error
Wait a minute or so and authentication for the same user will work again
CIFS is running
NMAS is returning a -625 error
Aug 11 15:37:19 es CIFS[219]: CRITICAL: AUTH: User authentication failed for user: cn=Test.o=novell, Err: -625
Aug 11 15:37:19 es CIFS[219]: CRITICAL: VERB: NMASCIFSClientAuthenticate() failed
Wait a minute or so and authentication for the same user will work again
Resolution
- Disable the NCP watchdog function
- Edit /etc/opt/novell/ncpserv.conf
- Change the
FIRST_WATCHDOG_PACKET 1
to
FIRST_WATCHDOG_PACKET 0