Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

Has anyone successfully mounted a CIFS share from a Windows 2008 box (with or without a Windows domain)? AIX version is 5.3 TL07.

We upgraded a file server from 2003 to 2008 and noticed that a particular CIFS share will no longer mount. We have a few other CIFS mounts which connect to other servers (still running 2003) and those are still working just fine. Any attempt to mount the share from the 2008 server results in the standard CIFS error message which tells you to check the nsmb0 device availability.

I'm guessing Microsoft changed something in the SMB or security in Windows Server 2008. I've tried the latest bos.cifs* packages to no avail.

I've also tried mounting the same CIFS share from an AIX 6.1 LPAR with the latest patches - same results...it doesn't mount. Any help or advice would be appreciated.

-Charles
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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

I believe I've found a couple of APARs (IZ44103 and IZ50887) on the issue. Unfortunately I can't read them. I've added my customer number to my account but it still tells me I'm not authorized. This even though we paid for 3 years software maintenance and support for AIX...

Anyone able to view these and tell me if they say anything to the effect of a possible fix coming down the pipe?
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Originally posted by: CRM

The APAR (you want the 44103 for AIX 6.1) is just in the open state, i.e. no fix has been provided yet.

You may need to add your machines and entitlement to your IBM ID to be able to view the APAR, it works fine for me.

regards

Chris
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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

Thanks. I'll see about that. I'm actually looking for support in 5.3 - just mentioned 6.1 because I tried it there also with the latest patches.
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