--- zzzz-none-000/linux-2.6.19.2/fs/cifs/connect.c	2007-01-10 19:10:37.000000000 +0000
+++ davinci-8020-5505/linux-2.6.19.2/fs/cifs/connect.c	2007-01-11 07:38:19.000000000 +0000
@@ -822,13 +822,10 @@
 		} else if (strnicmp(data, "nouser_xattr",12) == 0) {
 			vol->no_xattr = 1;
 		} else if (strnicmp(data, "user", 4) == 0) {
-			if (!value) {
+			if (!value || !*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;
@@ -1645,8 +1642,6 @@
 		/* 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