topic Re: Windows 7 Broke my CIFS (3.2r2) in Alfresco Archive

Windows 7 Broke my CIFS (3.2r2)

ofrxnz — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:20:32 GMT

So, i have Alfresco 3.2r2 configured to use Kerberos against Active directory (2k3r2)HTTP authentication works (non-sso)CIFS authentication on XP-SP3 works flawsley (sso)but, when i try to use a domin Windows 7 box, i get different errorsif i use \\server \\server.domain.tld i receive a popup that s

Re: Windows 7 Broke my CIFS (3.2r2)

ofrxnz — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:25:45 GMT

It looks like i am successfully authenticating, so im thinking this is an SMB protocol issue not an authentication. Any chance this has to do with a SMB Version change? and if so does anyone know how to alter it?

Re: Windows 7 Broke my CIFS (3.2r2)

maximus007 — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:09:46 GMT

Did you find a solution to this? I am getting the same error, even though I have set up NTLM authentication (not kerberos).

Re: Windows 7 Broke my CIFS (3.2r2)

clancydamon — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:41:10 GMT

Same here. Any way you want to do, Windows XP can map CIFS drives without the slightest issue. Windows 7 keeps telling me bad user name or password for the mapping of the drives. It has to be a security thing, but I wouldn't even know where to start looking.

Re: Windows 7 Broke my CIFS (3.2r2)

clancydamon — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:05:56 GMT

I don't know what to make of this, but it might help someone with more knowledge.

I have a two machines on my network. One is running windows XP, the other is running windows 7. I log into the windows 7 machine and I cannot map drives to Alfresco spaces. It continually tells me unknown user name or bad password.

I log into the windows XP box using the same user name. I can map alfresco spaces just fine. No problem. I can use them. No problem. I turn back to my windows 7 box, which I have not logged out of. Now, I can map and use the spaces that I have mapped and used on the windows xp box.

I don't know how exactly Alfresco is handling the authentication, but it seems that you only need to authenticate for CIFS once. After that, you don't need to re-authenticate. Something about windows 7 is preventing this initial authentication, and I have no idea what that might be.

Re: Windows 7 Broke my CIFS (3.2r2)

clancydamon — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:41:36 GMT

Okay, this is just starting to drive me insane. I left my win7 box on and did some other things. I come back after an unknown amount of time and test the drive mapping. Suddenly, CIFS seems fine. So there's a time delay? I restart the box and start testing every couple of minutes to see when that might kick in. After about forty minutes, I give up. I shut down, and again leave the box alone while I do some other things. After an unknown amount of time that is definitely less than forty minutes, I try to map on the win7 box again. CIFS is working now.

So basically, if I leave all of the computers on overnight and try mapping in the morning, everything should work - assuming I never log off again. What the hell?