A standalone CIFS servers administrator password HAS TO BE CHANGED from a Windows computer BEFORE it can be used after creation – see the CIFS manual  I’ve heard comments that people had challenges using Windows 7 for that – I suggest to use a Windows XP box (for now) It doesn’t matter whether its in workgroup mode or part of a domain – it makes things simpler though if its in the same subnet so that it can easily resolve the CIFS servers name
I'm testing out using the standalone server option in celerra. I can create the standalone server just fine using server_cifs server_2 -add standalone=kyindstd02,workgroup=workgroup,interface=10-163-220-29-test,local_users  It prompts for a password and I supply one but then trying to access it, I get told that I need to change the password; I have a windows 7 workstation in workgroup mode and try to change the password by doing a ctrl-alt-del and change password option but it's not working.  I'm stymied and don't know what else to try. thanks for any help.  net use \\10.163.220.29 /user:administrator The password or user name is invalid for \\10.163.220.29.  Enter the password for 'administrator' to connect to '10.163.220.29': System error 1907 has occurred.  The user's password must be changed before logging on the first time.
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