Applies to ONTAP 9 7 mode CIFS Issue After migrating from 7-mode to C-mode, users are prompted to enter their username and password with error "Access is denied" when they don't have permission to acc...Applies to ONTAP 9 7 mode CIFS Issue After migrating from 7-mode to C-mode, users are prompted to enter their username and password with error "Access is denied" when they don't have permission to access the shares. Cluster mode: Before migration, users would directly get an access denied error if they don t have an access to the shares and it will not prompt for entering the username and password. 7 mode: