Environment
Novell Open Enterprise Server 11 (OES 11) Linux Support Pack
2
Situation
Username mismatch errors seen in the cifs.log file.
Example
Feb 12 09:52:50 FS1 CIFS[16166]: ERROR: AUTH: CheckIfValidUser: User name mismatch, existing name: user1.OU=Container.O=Company.MY_TREE, retrieved name: .CN=user1.OU=Container.O=Company.MY_TREE
This end user in the error is not experiencing any adverse effects.
Example
Feb 12 09:52:50 FS1 CIFS[16166]: ERROR: AUTH: CheckIfValidUser: User name mismatch, existing name: user1.OU=Container.O=Company.MY_TREE, retrieved name: .CN=user1.OU=Container.O=Company.MY_TREE
This end user in the error is not experiencing any adverse effects.
Resolution
Reported to development.