diff --git a/tests/linux/afp_entry_id_smoke.c b/tests/linux/afp_entry_id_smoke.c
index 1ba5512..405ba78 100644
--- a/tests/linux/afp_entry_id_smoke.c
+++ b/tests/linux/afp_entry_id_smoke.c
@@ -177,9 +177,17 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
         return 2;
     }
 
-    conn = ncp_initialize(&argc, argv, 0, &init_err);
+    /*
+     * The smoke test needs normal file-service path access before it can send
+     * AFP 0x0c: it has to allocate/use a directory handle for the supplied
+     * VOL:PATH.  ncp_initialize(..., 0, ...) intentionally clears the user
+     * name even if -U/-P were supplied, so mars_nwe treats the connection as
+     * unauthenticated and rejects non-login paths before the AFP request is
+     * reached.  Require a login here; no-password users can still use -n.
+     */
+    conn = ncp_initialize(&argc, argv, 1, &init_err);
     if (!conn) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "ncp_initialize failed: %ld\n", init_err);
+        fprintf(stderr, "ncp_initialize/login failed: %ld\n", init_err);
         usage(argv[0]);
         return 2;
     }