cli_negprot error, smbfs vs cifs

I ran into cli_negprot: SMB signing is mandatory and we have disabled it. while trying to migrate a subversion repository from my linux box to a Win2k3 server at work. Theres a good bit on google about changing smb.conf settings, which didn’t seem to work for me. I finally tried CIFS, and it worked without any issue. I’m currently moving the 2gb repository over. So if you run into the signing issue when attempting to access a windows share, use mount.cifs and save yourself some trouble.