CIFS 1.40 is sending blank signatures when sending the Read Andx command. This appears to occur with win2k3 servers with multiple domains.
Created attachment 1815 [details] Tcpdump of an attempt to read a file under 1.42
Created attachment 1816 [details] Same read with 1.39
yes - you are correct. I have verified this and will work on a fix.
Fix at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/sfrench/cifs-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=e9917a000fcc370408c8b7b83f2e85dba5fffbd4;hp=f1682e94a38b66ee2551f3a5e4b36259a561c411 As this is so important I may push to mainline soon.