Access a share mounted in the HKLM\Software\ ...\Run key

All,
I would like to setup a Windows 2003 server with a software running as
a service.
The service run under the computer account
The data are on a remote share.

I would like the service to access the data on the remote share.

- I setup the rights on the remote share.
- If I open a cmd box under the local computer account (computername
$), I can mount the remote share and acess data

- If I add a entry in the HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
\CurrentVersion\Run, I know it mount the drive ( I put a trace), but
when I try to access this drive from a cmd box under the computer
account, the share is not mounted.

So : is there a way to mount a drive reachable to all process running
under the computer account ?
The matter is that there is no session openned on the server

I know iSCSI drive could solve my problem, but I prefer a remote share
for many reasons.

Thanks
Best regards
ML

ML <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> All,
> I would like to setup a Windows 2003 server with a software running as
> a service.
> The service run under the computer account
> The data are on a remote share.
>
> I would like the service to access the data on the remote share.
>
> - I setup the rights on the remote share.
> - If I open a cmd box under the local computer account (computername
> $), I can mount the remote share and acess data
>
> - If I add a entry in the HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
> \CurrentVersion\Run, I know it mount the drive ( I put a trace), but
> when I try to access this drive from a cmd box under the computer
> account, the share is not mounted.
>
> So : is there a way to mount a drive reachable to all process running
> under the computer account ?
> The matter is that there is no session openned on the server
>
> I know iSCSI drive could solve my problem, but I prefer a remote share
> for many reasons.
>
> Thanks
> Best regards
> ML


I'm presuming you're running AD - you'll need to set up the service to run
under a domain account (not a local account) if you want it to have any
ability to do anything outside of this server itself.

> I'm presuming you're running AD - you'll need to set up the service to run
> under a domain account (not a local account) if you want it to have any
> ability to do anything outside of this server itself.

Hi,
The domain account is the account of the server itself : ComputerName
$. No issues using this account on a remote share.

My question is to mount a share in the run key that could be used by
running services.
ML

ML <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>> I'm presuming you're running AD - you'll need to set up the service
>> to run under a domain account (not a local account) if you want it
>> to have any ability to do anything outside of this server itself.
>
> Hi,
> The domain account is the account of the server itself : ComputerName
> $. No issues using this account on a remote share.

You're using a *computer* account in AD to run as a service? Hmmm. I've
never even thought of doing that.
>
> My question is to mount a share in the run key that could be used by
> running services.
> ML

I'm sorry to say I'm really not sure how you'd do that, or even what it
really *means*. Anything you see in "run" is interactive and you can't
launch it via a service - you have to log in interactively.