This article describes the more common reasons for CIFS SETUP operations to fail in Data ONTAP 7-Mode. The following are a collection of articles to the most common causes: CIFS Setup fails with AUTH:...This article describes the more common reasons for CIFS SETUP operations to fail in Data ONTAP 7-Mode. The following are a collection of articles to the most common causes: CIFS Setup fails with AUTH: notice - Could not establish LDAP security context CIFS setup error with 'Could not set filer password in domain: (0x3c) Connection timed out.' CIFS setup fails with the following error: Could not authenticate with domain controller: Filer and Domain controller clocks are more than 5 minutes apart.