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Net Use command from Win 2000 not working on Win 2003

We had been using the following command on a 2000 server to set the password in a set of net use commands. We switched out this server for a 2003. Now when the command is run there is an error 86. The svrname server is a UNIX server; we are not experiencing any other connectivity problems with this server.

net use \\svrname passwd /user:root

Lee W, MVP

Are you running Active Directory? Is the unix server running a DNS version compatible with DDNS (Dynamic DNS?)

Netman66

\\servername should also contain the share:

\\servername\share

..unless it's a volume you are mounting.

gbm33

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leew: We indeed are running AD. As far as I know The UNIX server is running a DNS compatiblewith DDNS. The code worked well with the 2000 server, but not with the 2003.

netman66: The next line of code is where I set the share: net use W: \\svrname\share. The script does not get this far however.

Netman66

net use W: \\svrname\share passwd /user:root

gbm33

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netman66: net use W: \\svrname\share passwd /user:root produces the same error. I don't think the error is in the code but rather something in the communication between the servers. Let me explore this and I will get back with the results.

gbm33

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The issue was with the settings in VisionFS which is the software that maps UNIX drives to be read by a Windows computer. VisionFS has not been tested for Win 2003 server and in fact is no longer supported by SUN the company which purchased Tarentella, the author of VisionFS.

By connecting to the UNIX server from a Win XP computer I was able to change the settings within the VisonFS interface. Specifically, choose under "Server Properties - Passwords," "Use a domain or another server" rather than "Use only VisionFS passwords (encrypted)"

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