Re: Please help - SMS service on the target workstation does not h
From: Shehzad Khoja [MSFT] (srkhoja_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/07/05
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Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 13:14:48 -0800
And your program is running in Admin context?
-- This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. "PeterD" <PeterD@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:5401E123-E965-42FE-8231-9B16B2EE8C78@microsoft.com... > Itīs a mapped networkdrive in the login script runed everytime the users > logs > on to the computer > > Peter > > "Shehzad Khoja [MSFT]" wrote: > >> Question is what is I: drive? I assume it is a mapped drive? Now if that >> is >> true then who mapped the drive? Logged on user? If logged on user mapped >> the >> drive then only logged on user can access it. >> >> >> -- >> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no >> rights. >> >> >> "PeterD" <PeterD@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:D33DAE0A-6C58-4DB8-A4A0-4849DC410E39@microsoft.com... >> > Thanks for answering the question Shehzad. >> > But no, thatīs not what I mean. >> > >> > I have make a MSI (WPS) with a shortcut pointing to a networkdrive >> > The problem is in my original MSI the shortcut Destination looks like >> > this >> > I:\Win\application\tejl24you\land.exe >> > >> > and when Iīm installing the MSI manually on the locally it works fine, >> > but >> > when i use SMS >> > 2003 (SP1) the icon destination directory change to >> > I:\Win\applicat\tejl24yo\land.exe (which donīt work- as itīs cuting >> > after >> > 8 >> > chars.) >> > The user has rights to I:\Win\application\tejl24you\ directory >> > >> > I Wrote in a newsgroup (altiris.com/forum/WPS) about the problem and >> > one >> > answer was as following: >> > EdT: "The problem is that the SMS service on the target workstation >> > does >> > not >> > have network privileges so cannot see the I: drive mapping during >> > installation. >> > To create a shortcut to a network resource in these circumstances, you >> > have >> > a couple of options: >> > >> > Copy the .LNK file that represents a valid shortcut from your test >> > machine >> > instead of creating a shortcut at install time. >> > >> > Create a batch file to install as part of your app and point your >> > shortcut >> > to the batch file. >> > >> > In the batch file, you would have the following logic >> > >> > If your executable file exists on I:\xxx\xxx\xxx\xx.exe >> > start the exe >> > otherwise display an error message to the user " >> > >> > So I ask, can this be real, or is there a settings in SMS 2003 you >> > could >> > change, so it wonīt give any problem anymore ? >> > >> > Peter D, Denmark >> > >> > "Shehzad Khoja [MSFT]" wrote: >> > >> >> I am not sure what you mean by network access. During installation of >> >> a >> >> program you can specify SMS to map a specific or any drive letter to a >> >> DP >> >> and run program from a mapped drive. This is a program property which >> >> you >> >> can specify on Environment tab of program's property page. >> >> >> >> Is that want you wanted? >> >> >> >> -- >> >> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no >> >> rights. >> >> >> >> >> >> "PeterD" <PeterD@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> >> news:818EC376-631D-4546-9D4B-F96FDC40EC98@microsoft.com... >> >> > SMS service on the target workstation does not have network >> >> > privileges >> >> > so >> >> > cannot see the I: drive mapping during installation - Canīt we make >> >> > it >> >> > change, so the SMS service got he network privileges ? My problem is >> >> > when >> >> > distributing using SMS, the shortcut change to 8 char for each >> >> > directory, >> >> > even the real MSI doesnīt change that by a MSIEXEC installation >> >> > We have a lots of networks shortcuts - what 2 do? >> >> > best regards Peter >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>
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