Re: Windows XP login script problems with using If Exists

From: David Wang [Msft] (someone_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 09/24/04

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    Well, the signal for auditing doesn't have to be on the audit server -- you
    DO have some server which is always running, right? Put the signal file on
    it.

    Your question is really related to a batch file and have nothing to do with
    scripting -- so you can ask:
    microsoft.public.win2000.cmdprompt.admin

    to see if they have any more advice. There are several experienced
    administrators active in that newsgroup who can probably give alternative
    solutions.

    Regarding GSX -- you may want to look at Microsoft Virtual Server if you are
    concerned about performance and price. 

    -- 
//David
IIS
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"Striffy" <striffett@telstra.com> wrote in message
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Thanks for the reply.
This is similar to how we map network drives, look for a file if it
can see it then map this dirve.
I thought that then this would be similar to the same process, if you
can see the executable (audit.exe) then run it?
The problem is the server is a GSX virtual server and due to $$$$ it's
on a host server with other GSX machines and is overloaded, thus
having to turn it off when not in use, as this all this server does is
audit..
I know it's not good practice but have to do with what we have....
Cheers
S
"David Wang [Msft]" <someone@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I think you were relying on fragile automation and should fix your script.
> I did not see the timeout problem when I tried it on W2K, XP, nor Windows
> Server 2003, so I think the behavior is just something fragile and
dependent
> on your configuration.
>
> A better approach is for you to fix your automation to rely on less
fragile
> behavior -- doing a conditional based on a network timeout is horrible -- 
> doing a conditional based on existence/absence of a file is far better.
>
> You should leave the audit server on all the time.  Instead, write a
> zero-byte file of a particular name on the server share to indicate
whether
> scanning should proceed or not.
>
> i.e.
> \\servername should be powered all the time and audit$ share be available
> Add or delete \\servername\audit$\DoScan.txt  whenever you want the audit
to
> happen.
>
>
> IF EXIST \\servername\audit$\DoScan.txt START
> \\server\audit$\scanner\scan32.exe
>
>
> -- 
> //David
> IIS
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
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> "Striffy" <striffett@telstra.com> wrote in message
> news:734f5fcb.0409201944.71e69c5d@posting.google.com...
> Hi,
> We've come across a problem with XP machines running a login script,
> the problem doesn't happen with the Windows 2000 machines.
>
> Problem is we have a audit server which when turned on will audit the
> companies computers using a login script, when turned off the script
> using 'IF Exists' command and should not be able to find it and move
> on, what we found is when the Audit server is not on, the script is
> stuck at this part and seems to either keep on trying to find the
> server or times out and doesn't continue.
>
> this is the part giving us the problems
>
> rem Running Sotware Audit utility
> IF EXIST \\servername\audit$\scanner\scan32.exe START
> \\server\audit$\scanner\scan32.exe
>
> Any help greatly appreciated
>
> S
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