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how do I run executable programs from network share?

I have mapped \\fs1\vol1 to drive w:

In Windows 8.1 & Server 2012R2, if I try executing program directly from the network via w:\prog\program.exe I get "Access is denied"

I can run the program from Windows Explorer, however I want to be able to run programs via batch file.

I am looking for a Registry Entry or command to allow this to work.

I am primarily interested in running executable programs, however I find it interesting to note that I cannot do a "start w:\1.txt" in Windows 7, start w:\1.txt would open the text file in notepad.

McKnife

I can only guess, as this works in 8 with default Settings as it did in 7...
Do you start that command Shell elevated? Because an elevated shell will not have access to the same Network drives as the user has.

Katy Computer

ASKER

Elevated & non-elevated users have the same drive mappings, I have implemented following on all my machines:
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System" /f /v EnableLinkedConnections /t REG_DWORD /d 1

McKnife

Now that is fine... but is that the problem, do you use the command Shell elevated here? That was what I tried to find out.

Katy Computer

ASKER

Same issue from elevated or un-elevated shell.

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Katy Computer

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Not sure why it hasn't come up before now, but it turns out in order to prevent this behavior on a Samba share, the execute bit needs to be set. After running chmod -R 0770 /samba/vol1/ on the server, I edited smb.conf's service definition to look like this:
[vol1]
path = /samba/vol1
valid users = @smbgrp
write list = @smbgrp
guest ok = no
writable = yes
browsable = yes
inherit permissions = yes
directory mask = 0775
create mode = 0770

I am still having a curious problem with permissions, specifically, when I create or copy a file to the server the group execute bit isn't being set, so if I run "echo hello world > 3.txt" from a dos prompt, Samba isn't setting group execute: -rwxrw----. 1 john john 13 Aug 7 06:50 3.txt

This problem is for another thread. You have solved my problem. Thank you.

McKnife

A samba share... now that is something worth mentioning the next time :)

Katy Computer

ASKER

Thanks for your help. Looks like I am going to need to do some permissions homework. inherit permissions = no solves the problem, but I suspect it is an incomplete answer.