Auto-mapping drive shares

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There is probably a simple way of doing this, but we are going to have some
service type applications running with no one logged in. How/where do you
set mapped drives not through 'My Computer' or a login script?

Thanks!
 
Better to use UNC paths since mapped drives won't exist when no one is
logged on.

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
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| There is probably a simple way of doing this, but we are going to have
some
| service type applications running with no one logged in. How/where do you
| set mapped drives not through 'My Computer' or a login script?
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| Thanks!
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Fair enough - makes sense. How & where do we set that up? We're primarily
a Novell shop (migrating soon) so we've only 'mapped' drives to users. How
do we set them up for servers & services?
 
You'll need to tell your service-type application about them. Something
like;
\\servername\sharename\

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

| Fair enough - makes sense. How & where do we set that up? We're
primarily
| a Novell shop (migrating soon) so we've only 'mapped' drives to users.
How
| do we set them up for servers & services?
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| ----------------------------------------------------------
| http://www.usenet.com
 
Yes that is correct. Wherever you tell your app the drive letter and path
just tell it the UNC path instead.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

| So it is not so much a mapping as an application setting?
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| http://www.usenet.com
 
Also make sure that the account under which the service application is
running has permissions to the folder/share (preferably folder permissions,
rather than a share for security purposes).
 
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