Local user account unable to access CIFS share when CIFS session security set to sign
Applies to
- ONTAP 9
- CIFS
Issue
- Local user account are unable to authenticate to active directory or ONTAP local user database
- Map the Guest User to Valid UNIX User set to pcuser, this allows these unauthenticated accounts to map as a Guest account
- SMB signing is now required access is being denied, per Microsoft guidance Guest accounts don’t support standard security features such as signing and encryption