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-rw-r--r--fs/cifs/connect.c7
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c
index 4093d533293..71f77914ce9 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/connect.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c
@@ -822,10 +822,13 @@ cifs_parse_mount_options(char *options, const char *devname,struct smb_vol *vol)
} else if (strnicmp(data, "nouser_xattr",12) == 0) {
vol->no_xattr = 1;
} else if (strnicmp(data, "user", 4) == 0) {
- if (!value || !*value) {
+ if (!value) {
printk(KERN_WARNING
"CIFS: invalid or missing username\n");
return 1; /* needs_arg; */
+ } else if(!*value) {
+ /* null user, ie anonymous, authentication */
+ vol->nullauth = 1;
}
if (strnlen(value, 200) < 200) {
vol->username = value;
@@ -1642,6 +1645,8 @@ cifs_mount(struct super_block *sb, struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb,
/* BB fixme parse for domain name here */
cFYI(1, ("Username: %s ", volume_info.username));
+ } else if (volume_info.nullauth) {
+ cFYI(1,("null user"));
} else {
cifserror("No username specified");
/* In userspace mount helper we can get user name from alternate