Drive mapping question

I have a CIFS volume that I am mapping to, but would like the drive to be
available at boot time so that a service can use it. I know that drive
mappings
are user specific, but is there a way to mount the drive through a service
and make it available to any or all users?

So if a service ran as a specific user could I start the service as that
user and
the service would then be able to write to the disk without an logged in
session?

Any advice would be appreciated.

In news:5ED6A667-BD25-441C-90E6-(E-Mail Removed),
Joe <(E-Mail Removed)> typed:
> I have a CIFS volume that I am mapping to, but would like the drive
> to be available at boot time so that a service can use it. I know
> that drive mappings
> are user specific, but is there a way to mount the drive through a
> service and make it available to any or all users?
>
> So if a service ran as a specific user could I start the service as
> that user and
> the service would then be able to write to the disk without an logged
> in session?
>
> Any advice would be appreciated.

Have you tried a machine startup script placed in either the local Group
Policy (accessible by start/Run, gpedit.msc) or in a GPO in an OU the
machine is under? Remember, with GPOs there are four events that you can
place a script, bat file, etc, to run. They are machine start, user logon,
user logoff, and shutdown. Of course user logon and logoff is user based and
only affects users. The startup and shutdown are machine only based and will
affect the machine only.

--
Regards,
Ace

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confers no rights.

Ace Fekay, MCSE 2003 & 2000, MCSA 2003 & 2000, MCSE+I, MCT,
MVP Microsoft MVP - Directory Services
Microsoft Certified Trainer

For urgent issues, you may want to contact Microsoft PSS directly. Please
check http://support.microsoft.com for regional support phone numbers.

Infinite Diversities in Infinite Combinations

Ace,

I haven't tried that, but I will. I have used AutoExNt and the drive maps
but isn't
accessible. I tried srvany with the same result. The drive was mapped but
required a password after login. I know it's easily fixed with a login
script, but
I need it to be accessible outside of a login first and foremost.

Thanks for the hint. I'll give it a try.

"Ace Fekay [MVP]" wrote:

> In news:5ED6A667-BD25-441C-90E6-(E-Mail Removed),
> Joe <(E-Mail Removed)> typed:
> > I have a CIFS volume that I am mapping to, but would like the drive
> > to be available at boot time so that a service can use it. I know
> > that drive mappings
> > are user specific, but is there a way to mount the drive through a
> > service and make it available to any or all users?
> >
> > So if a service ran as a specific user could I start the service as
> > that user and
> > the service would then be able to write to the disk without an logged
> > in session?
> >
> > Any advice would be appreciated.
>
> Have you tried a machine startup script placed in either the local Group
> Policy (accessible by start/Run, gpedit.msc) or in a GPO in an OU the
> machine is under? Remember, with GPOs there are four events that you can
> place a script, bat file, etc, to run. They are machine start, user logon,
> user logoff, and shutdown. Of course user logon and logoff is user based and
> only affects users. The startup and shutdown are machine only based and will
> affect the machine only.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Ace
>
> This posting is provided "AS-IS" with no warranties or guarantees and
> confers no rights.
>
> Ace Fekay, MCSE 2003 & 2000, MCSA 2003 & 2000, MCSE+I, MCT,
> MVP Microsoft MVP - Directory Services
> Microsoft Certified Trainer
>
> For urgent issues, you may want to contact Microsoft PSS directly. Please
> check http://support.microsoft.com for regional support phone numbers.
>
> Infinite Diversities in Infinite Combinations
>
>
>

Ace,

Well, I tried that. The drive isn't available once it is mapped via the
script.
The drive seems to map without a problem, but no process can write
data to the drive. It seems to be a username/password issue.

I'm going to try to setup the storage so it doesn't require a
username/password.

Thanks.

"Joe" wrote:

> Ace,
>
> I haven't tried that, but I will. I have used AutoExNt and the drive maps
> but isn't
> accessible. I tried srvany with the same result. The drive was mapped but
> required a password after login. I know it's easily fixed with a login
> script, but
> I need it to be accessible outside of a login first and foremost.
>
> Thanks for the hint. I'll give it a try.
>
> "Ace Fekay [MVP]" wrote:
>
> > In news:5ED6A667-BD25-441C-90E6-(E-Mail Removed),
> > Joe <(E-Mail Removed)> typed:
> > > I have a CIFS volume that I am mapping to, but would like the drive
> > > to be available at boot time so that a service can use it. I know
> > > that drive mappings
> > > are user specific, but is there a way to mount the drive through a
> > > service and make it available to any or all users?
> > >
> > > So if a service ran as a specific user could I start the service as
> > > that user and
> > > the service would then be able to write to the disk without an logged
> > > in session?
> > >
> > > Any advice would be appreciated.
> >
> > Have you tried a machine startup script placed in either the local Group
> > Policy (accessible by start/Run, gpedit.msc) or in a GPO in an OU the
> > machine is under? Remember, with GPOs there are four events that you can
> > place a script, bat file, etc, to run. They are machine start, user logon,
> > user logoff, and shutdown. Of course user logon and logoff is user based and
> > only affects users. The startup and shutdown are machine only based and will
> > affect the machine only.
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> > Ace
> >
> > This posting is provided "AS-IS" with no warranties or guarantees and
> > confers no rights.
> >
> > Ace Fekay, MCSE 2003 & 2000, MCSA 2003 & 2000, MCSE+I, MCT,
> > MVP Microsoft MVP - Directory Services
> > Microsoft Certified Trainer
> >
> > For urgent issues, you may want to contact Microsoft PSS directly. Please
> > check http://support.microsoft.com for regional support phone numbers.
> >
> > Infinite Diversities in Infinite Combinations
> >
> >
> >

In news:E356D322-84F5-4785-9EC3-(E-Mail Removed),
Joe <(E-Mail Removed)> typed:
> Ace,
>
> Well, I tried that. The drive isn't available once it is mapped via
> the script.
> The drive seems to map without a problem, but no process can write
> data to the drive. It seems to be a username/password issue.
>
> I'm going to try to setup the storage so it doesn't require a
> username/password.
>
> Thanks.

Thinking about it, when it runs the machine script, it uses the local
account so when the user process runs, the mapped drive still has the local
account credentials. Try it in both startup AND logon.

Ace

"Joe" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> Ace,
>
> I tried srvany with the same result. The drive was mapped but
> required a password after login.

With srvany, did you specify the login name/password in the script or batch
file ?

ThePro

When the script ran it specified a username and password. Running as
Local System the drive was there on user logon, but needed a username
password. When I ran the script as a user account, the user account can
write to is, but the drive isn't available.

If we break security and allow anonymous access I believe that it would
work, but is not approved by security.

I tried SRVANY using VBS script, batch file and anything else I could think
of.

I am still open to be able to MAP the CIFS share at boot time and it be
available to all services/users on that server.

Thanks.

"ThePro" wrote:

> "Joe" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> > Ace,
> >
> > I tried srvany with the same result. The drive was mapped but
> > required a password after login.
>
> With srvany, did you specify the login name/password in the script or batch
> file ?
>
> ThePro
>
>
>

In news:A54E4089-C8C9-4DA7-800A-(E-Mail Removed),
Joe <(E-Mail Removed)> typed:
> When the script ran it specified a username and password. Running as
> Local System the drive was there on user logon, but needed a username
> password. When I ran the script as a user account, the user account
> can write to is, but the drive isn't available.
>
> If we break security and allow anonymous access I believe that it
> would work, but is not approved by security.
>
> I tried SRVANY using VBS script, batch file and anything else I could
> think of.
>
> I am still open to be able to MAP the CIFS share at boot time and it
> be available to all services/users on that server.
>
> Thanks.

What are the permissions on CIFS share properties? What are the NTFS
permissions?

Ace

The CIFS share requires a username / passsword to connect to it (authenticating
to the NetApp). The NTFS permissions are Everyone Read/Write (for testing
only).

As I said when a user logs in the drive is mapped, but each user needs to
provide
the username / password credentials of the NetApp account to be able to use
the
drive.

So, while the drive maps correctly the services can't write to it as it
needs to
provide credentials. I am 90% there, but the last 10% seems to be elluding
me.

Thanks.

"Ace Fekay [MVP]" wrote:

> In news:A54E4089-C8C9-4DA7-800A-(E-Mail Removed),
> Joe <(E-Mail Removed)> typed:
> > When the script ran it specified a username and password. Running as
> > Local System the drive was there on user logon, but needed a username
> > password. When I ran the script as a user account, the user account
> > can write to is, but the drive isn't available.
> >
> > If we break security and allow anonymous access I believe that it
> > would work, but is not approved by security.
> >
> > I tried SRVANY using VBS script, batch file and anything else I could
> > think of.
> >
> > I am still open to be able to MAP the CIFS share at boot time and it
> > be available to all services/users on that server.
> >
> > Thanks.
>
> What are the permissions on CIFS share properties? What are the NTFS
> permissions?
>
> Ace
>
>
>

In news:BE7D0633-4E6F-41E9-B3AB-(E-Mail Removed),
Joe <(E-Mail Removed)> typed:
> The CIFS share requires a username / passsword to connect to it
> (authenticating to the NetApp). The NTFS permissions are Everyone
> Read/Write (for testing only).
>
> As I said when a user logs in the drive is mapped, but each user
> needs to provide
> the username / password credentials of the NetApp account to be able
> to use the
> drive.
>
> So, while the drive maps correctly the services can't write to it as
> it
> needs to
> provide credentials. I am 90% there, but the last 10% seems to be
> elluding me.
>
> Thanks.

If you bump up the perms on the CIFS for testing purposes, what are the
results?

Ace