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Access to a cifs share is blocked by a firewall

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • CIFS/SMB
  • NT4.0

Issue

  • Access from an NT4.0 client to a cluster share is not working:
C:\> net use t: \\cluster.domain.com\share_test /user:dom\tester
System error 53 has occurred.
The network path was not found.
  • Bad image error may be seen on some clients
  • Ping is operational
  • CIFS share is still accessible through file explorer.

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