andersn
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Map samba shares as windows network drives automatically?
Greetings.
Presently I have a Novell Netware server to wich Windows clients can login and automatically map network drives as specified in a system login script together with the login script for the actual user. So a user can login on any Windows machine and get his/hers particular mappings as F:, G: ... and so on.
Now I wish to replace that Novell Server with a Linux box running Samba. Can I accomplish the same functionality of automatically mapping specified network drives for a particular Windows user login in on ANY Windows client machine?
And if it can be done, what do I need to do to accomplish that. You don´t need to go inte details (unless You wish to do so), just give me some basic steps as an answer.
/Anders
Presently I have a Novell Netware server to wich Windows clients can login and automatically map network drives as specified in a system login script together with the login script for the actual user. So a user can login on any Windows machine and get his/hers particular mappings as F:, G: ... and so on.
Now I wish to replace that Novell Server with a Linux box running Samba. Can I accomplish the same functionality of automatically mapping specified network drives for a particular Windows user login in on ANY Windows client machine?
And if it can be done, what do I need to do to accomplish that. You don´t need to go inte details (unless You wish to do so), just give me some basic steps as an answer.
/Anders
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Well, first of all I would like to do as little "Windows hacking" as possible. I defenitely don´t want a scenario where I have to administer separate Windows clients by running around and changing settings locally on the Windows machines. This must be centralized on the Linux server.
Is KIXstart a Windows program? Does it mean working on the separate Windows client if scripting needs to be changed?
I´ve just found out that login scripts can be generated dynamically by Samba for a particular user or group of users. That script will then be downloaded to the Windows machine and executed there.
Do You have any experience of doing this?
/Anders
Is KIXstart a Windows program? Does it mean working on the separate Windows client if scripting needs to be changed?
I´ve just found out that login scripts can be generated dynamically by Samba for a particular user or group of users. That script will then be downloaded to the Windows machine and executed there.
Do You have any experience of doing this?
/Anders
The syntax of the mapping command is
NET USE drive: \\servername\sharename
example - NET USE K: \\BIGSERVER\DATA
If you want to see more info type NET /? at a DOS prompt.