Cifs Log In Issues; Cifs Does Not Log In And Throws "Password Has Expired" Error; Cifs Loading Issues; Cifs Is Not Starting - Novell OPEN ENTERPRISE SERVER 2 SP2 - ADMINISTRATION Manual

10.2 CIFS Log In Issues

Section 10.2.1, "CIFS does not log in and throws "Password has expired" error," on page 68
10.2.1 CIFS does not log in and throws "Password has
expired" error
Error: Password has expired.
Cause: Password expiry is set for security purposes. The password has expired.
Action: Reset the password and try to log in again.

10.3 CIFS Loading Issues

Section 10.3.1, "CIFS is not starting," on page 68
Section 10.3.2, "Newly created NSS volumes are not being shared in CIFS," on page 68

10.3.1 CIFS is not starting

Cause: The proxy user password was changed in eDirectory™ by using iManager or command line
interdace.
Action: Reconfigure the CIFS services through YaST. Use the same proxy user and the changed
password or create a new proxy user.
1 Launch YaST on the OES 2 Linux Server.
2 Open the Novell CIFS Service Configuration screen.
3 Change the password in the CIFS Proxy User Password field.
NOTE: Specify a password that adheres to the password policy restrictions.
4 Retype the password in the Verify CIFS Proxy User Password field.
5 Click Next and continue with the remaining configuration steps in
Configuring a CIFS Server through YaST," on page
10.3.2 Newly created NSS volumes are not being shared in
CIFS
Description: When a new volume is created in a cluster/non-cluster environment, the dynamic
detection of the NSS share does not happen.
Cause: eDirectory server might be restarted without restarting CIFS.
Action: Restart the CIFS service whenever eDirectory service is restarted.
Or
Description: Cluster resource gets into commatos mode when migrating the cluster resource.
Error: 22101. An invalid path.
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