Errors connecting to Apple CIFS Share

Errors connecting to Apple CIFS Share

In order to connect to OES2 and Netware CIFS shares, some additional parameters need to be added to the webNetwork.lax file.  These parameters are incompatible with Apple CIFS shares.

Below are some errors that can be encountered if the OES2/Netware specific parameters exist in the webNetwork.lax file.  Obviously, this means that it is not possible to configure webNetwork File Nodes to connect to both Apple and OES2/Netware CIFS shares.


Having the -Djcifs.smb.lmCompatibility=1 parameter set in the webNetwork.lax file can cause the following error:
SMBException "This client does not support the negotiated dialect"



Having the -Djcifs.smb.client.useExtendedSecurity=false set in the webNetwork.lax can cause the following error:

Testing the File Server Connection...
Username:  smbuser
Host:  172.16.4.197 [172.16.4.197]
File Server Connection Test was not successful
Error:  Unable to resolve host address.

Complete Error Message:
StonewareException: I/O Error (9): I/O Error
Root Cause:
jcifs.smb.SmbException: Failed to connect: 0.0.0.0<00>/172.16.4.197 jcifs.util.transport.TransportException
jcifs.smb.SmbException: This client does not support the negotiated dialect.



Having the -Djcifs.smb.lmCompatibility=1 parameter set in the webNetwork.lax file will cause a bad username/password error for Apple CIFS shares.

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