Samba: Error connecting to socket. Return code -115

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[PROBLEM]
I'm trying to connect to Windows DFS once again, and as usual it's a little princess with special needs:

[ 22.784021] CIFS VFS: Error connecting to socket. Aborting operation
[ 22.784086] CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code = -115

[SOLUTION]
Thanks to an article on Pragmatic IT, titled "Connecting to DFS Shares with Ubuntu", I found a solution:

• Install "keyutils":

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  $ sudo apt-get install keyutils

• Add the following 2 lines in /etc/request-key.conf:

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  create  cifs.spnego *   *       /usr/sbin/cifs.upcall -c %k %d
  create  dns_resolver    *   *       /usr/sbin/cifs.upcall %k

By default, the 2 lines in /etc/request-key.conf are "almost" there, already. Just make sure that they look the way I wrote above.