diff -aur source_orig/smbd/service.c source/smbd/service.c
--- source_orig/smbd/service.c	2009-07-28 10:30:39.000000000 +0200
+++ source/smbd/service.c	2009-08-11 23:37:03.000000000 +0200
@@ -1064,20 +1064,33 @@
 	   check during individual operations. To match this behaviour
 	   I have disabled this chdir check (tridge) */
 	/* the alternative is just to check the directory exists */
-	if ((ret = SMB_VFS_STAT(conn, conn->connectpath, &st)) != 0 ||
-	    !S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {
-		if (ret == 0 && !S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {
-			DEBUG(0,("'%s' is not a directory, when connecting to "
-				 "[%s]\n", conn->connectpath,
+
+	/* Check the directory exists is possible only if stat function 
+	   return success */
+	if ((ret = SMB_VFS_STAT(conn, conn->connectpath, &st)) == 0) {
+	       if (!S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {
+		        DEBUG(0,("'%s' is not a directory, when connecting "
+				 "to [%s]\n", conn->connectpath,
 				 lp_servicename(snum)));
-		} else {
-			DEBUG(0,("'%s' does not exist or permission denied "
-				 "when connecting to [%s] Error was %s\n",
-				 conn->connectpath, lp_servicename(snum),
-				 strerror(errno) ));
-		}
-		*pstatus = NT_STATUS_BAD_NETWORK_NAME;
-		goto err_root_exit;
+			*pstatus = NT_STATUS_OBJECT_PATH_INVALID;
+			goto err_root_exit;
+	       }
+	} else {
+	       DEBUG(0, ("'%s' does not exist or permission denied when "
+			 "connecting to [%s] Error was %s\n", 
+			 conn->connectpath, lp_servicename(snum),
+			 strerror(errno)));
+
+               *pstatus = NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED;
+	       switch (errno) {
+	       case ENOENT: {
+			*pstatus = NT_STATUS_OBJECT_PATH_INVALID;
+	       break; }
+	       case EACCES: {
+			*pstatus = NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED;
+	       break; }
+	       }
+	       goto err_root_exit;
 	}
 
 	string_set(&conn->origpath,conn->connectpath);