1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c
index 4093d5332930..71f77914ce93 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