Net use on Windows fails with "System error 86"

This topic describes how to verify and solve a "System error 86" when the user is attempting to access net use on Windows.

Description

The user is attempting to access the network and receives this error:

System error 86 has occurred.
The specified password is not correct.

The root causes for this error are the same as that for the failure of SMB client on Linux. For more information on the root cause, see SMB client on Linux fails with an "NT status logon failure".