CIFS Prompting For Domain Account

[Carboloy]

We need to use CIFS to get to an Access document on one of our Netware servers. However, when a user clicks on it to open it, he gets prompted for a username and password. His passwords/username are synced in both NDS and in the NT Domain. He's logging his computer into both the tree and the domain. His Novell account has full rights to that file. The reason we have to use CIFS for him is because it seems to be the only way to get around the "Disk or Network error" program when he tries to open it. Now if I put my account information in there, I can open it. I have admin rights. So how come he can access this file going through the Netware servers, but not through CIFS?

Thanks

 

[marvhuffaker]

You have to configure CIFS and tell it where to look for user accounts. Are yours and his in the same context?

Also, the Disk or Network error is probably being caused by oplocks on the server. You're trying to work around the problem but you could just fix that.

Set client file caching enabled=off
set level 2 oplocks enabled=off

Make sure you have either NW6SP4 or NW6SP3 + NW6NSS3C patches installed too.

Marvin Huffaker MCNE, CNE
Marvin Huffaker Consulting

http://www.redjuju.com

 

[Provogeek]

Also, look at the "Simple Password" is for this user. The NDS password and Simple Password are different and have different places you set them.

You can use either ConsoleOne or Remote Manager to set a simple password for a user.

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Brent Schmidt Certified nut case
Senior Network Engineer

http://www.kiscc.com

 

[Carboloy]

Marvin,

Had your suggestions in place months ago to no avail. I wasn't avoiding the problem but instead was trying to allow the end user to do his job. That's the most important thing right?

I haven't applied SP4 to that server yet, so I will do that this weekend and see what happens.

Thanks.

 

[marvhuffaker]

What Novell client are you using? There are numerous problems with file locks on client 4.9 and 4.9sp1, so I wonder what would happen if you either tried using the Microsoft client for Netware or an earlier verion of the Novell client such as 4.83sp3.

Also, going back to CIFS, were you able to look at the simple password? Brent was right on the money with that one. I forgot all about that. But You've got to do that manually. it doesn't just pick it up from the other password.

Marvin Huffaker MCNE, CNE
Marvin Huffaker Consulting

http://www.redjuju.com