This seems to be a bug with SP1 for win2k. It was working fine for us until then. NetApp has a dubbed it a bug, #28491, but the web page hasn't been updated with any info. I don't know how long it takes for the web page to be updated. I don't think they've determined who is at fault.

-Ted

-----Original Message----- From: Steve Losen [mailto:scl@sasha.acc.virginia.edu] Sent: Monday, August 07, 2000 11:41 AM To: toasters@mathworks.com Subject: W2000 CIFS login problem DOT 5.3.5R2P2

I was wondering if anyone else has seen this and if they know whether it is a problem with W2000 or DOT 5.3.5R2P2

We are using unix authentication for CIFS logins, so W2000 is set up for logging into a samba server. It works fine on a samba server but we are having problems with the filer. We turned on CIFS login logging to /etc/messages and the problem is obvious. The first character of the loginid is missing in the log message. I don't know if the PC or the filer is losing it. We'll have to set up a sniffer to find out.

Has anyone else seen this one? I'm on NOW looking for this bug. If I don't find it, I'll open a case.

There was an earlier bug where W2000 could not login to CIFS with unix authentication, but that is fixed in 5.3.5R2P2. Perhaps it wasn't completely fixed.

We are having no problems with CIFS logins from NT, W95, and W98. (Have to enable clear text passwords, of course.) And I'm pretty sure some folks have had success from W2000, so this probably does not happen to everyone.

Steve Losen scl@virginia.edu phone: 804-924-0640

University of Virginia ITC Unix Support