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CIFS access via local user fails with error secd.cifsAuth.problem

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • CIFS

Issue

  • The CIFS vserver joined AD domain.
  • CIFS access via a local user fails with the error secd.cifsAuth.problem
Example:
12/20/2023 10:33:41 node2ERROR secd.cifsAuth.problem: vserver (svm1) General CIFS authentication problem. Error: User authentication procedure failed
CIFS SMB2 Share mapping - Client Ip = xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
[0 ms] Login attempt by domain user '.\localadmin' using NTLMv2 style security
[ 0] Using a cached connection to berlin.netdomain.local
[ 0] Authentication failed with DC donam_name. Not retriable. (Status: 0xc0000064)
[ 0] Login attempt by local user '.\localadmin' using NTLMv2 style security
[ 0] User is not known
[ 1] Using a cached connection to name.domain.local
[ 2] Unable to find the NetBIOS domain name for Active Directory '.'
**[ 2] FAILURE: CIFS authentication failed
[ 2] Using a cached connection to name.domain.local
[ 3] Unable to find the NetBIOS domain name for Active Directory '.'

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