CIFS with Passthru Authentication

[hm]

I configured CIFS (file-servers.xml) to use passthru authentication using the following:

<authenticator type="passthru"><Server>199.20.2.97</Server></authenticator>

I have followed the instructions in alfresco WIKI to setup NTLM passthru by modifying web.xml and ntlm-ahtentication-service.xml, NTLM passthru authentication works fine via the web-client but not via CIFS.

On startup CIFS configuration throws the following error message.

23:56:38,846 ERROR [alfresco.smb.protocol] File server configuration error, Wrong authentication setup for passthru authenticator
org.alfresco.error.AlfrescoRuntimeException: Wrong authentication setup for passthru authenticator
        at org.alfresco.filesys.server.config.ServerConfiguration.processSecurityConfig(ServerConfiguration.java:1594)
        at org.alfresco.filesys.server.config.ServerConfiguration.init(ServerConfiguration.java:489)


Is this a known problem or am I doing something wrong?

Thanks.

[kevinr]

http://forums.alfresco.com/viewtopic.php?t=2139

[hm]

So it is a known problem and based on the thread you pointed out - is it safe to assume that this functionality is not yet availble in the HEAD of the latest 1.3? Given that I am working with the community edition what is the time lag for fixes to move from the paid version to the unpaid verison?

Thanks.

[kevinr]

The time lag depends on our release schedule - of course high priority bugs like this one will come sooner!

Thanks,

Kevin

[hm]

Thanks Kevin!

Alfresco team rocks! Alfresco is to ECM as Linux is to Windows. I am amazed at the work that has gone into this and how you guys keep responding in the forums without losing your cool.