Re: Map network drive in background

I'm trying to get an application to see a share such as \\server1\share as a
drive letter g:\. I'm not an application devloper, I'm from a server support
background.

Is there anyway around this taking the responsibility myself for any advice
given ?



"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

>
> "S" <S@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:2505681D-4BA7-40FE-9C9E-DCFD8C485A1E@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Hi,
> >
> > I need to map a network drive without a user logging on. For example,
> when
> > you start a server and are prompted at the Ctrl-Alt-Del logon box, I want
> a
> > mapped network drive avliable in the background.
> >
> > I have tried to run a script on startup and this falis as it seems to
> wonly
> > work when a user is logged in ?
> >
> > Any ideas would be helpful.
> >
> > ThanksS
>
> Mapping a drive in the background is not an option, because
> its access rights will be valid within the context of the account
> used for the background job. If the drive was visible in the
> foreground then you would have a security violation - hence
> drives mapped in the background remain invisible to foreground
> sessions.
>
> Why do you actually want the drive to be mapped before
> the user logs in?
>
>
>
.

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