samba - May 1999 - Problem mapping drive names on Win95

Hi,

in my Office, I'm trying to replace a Novell-server by a Linux-server.
On the Novell-server, there is the SYS: volume. On this volume
is a directory named DriveT. I did a map on it, so this SYS:DriveT was
used as T: . If you link Excel sheets, which are stored on T:,
to Word documents, Word unfortunately saves the UNC path,
which is \\SERVER1\SYS\DRIVET instead of T:

On my new Samba server, I`m trying to keep the same paths, because
there are many hundred Word documents with thousands of links to Excel
sheets. So I named the Linux server SERVER1, I created directory
/SYS and a directory DriveT in SYS. In this way, the UNC path is still
the same.

I would like to keep a drive named T: on my server, which should contain
the same files I had on the Novell server. Unfortunately, the
NET USE T: \\SERVER1\SYS\DRIVET does not work. Either a share named DRIVET
is defined in smb.conf, but this has the UNC name \\SERVER1\DRIVET,
or just SYS is defined as a share, but this can only be used by
NET USE T: \\SERVER1\SYS.

Is there a way to get a directory, which is called T: and has the
UNC name \\SERVER1\SYS\DRIVET ? Does anybody know a solution to this
problem?

I'm using Suse Linux 6.1, Kernel 2.2.5, Samba 2.0.3 on a K6/300.

Thanks in advance

Wolfgang_Albrecht@Compuserve.com

> Date: Sun, 9 May 1999 16:50:55 -0400
> From: Wolfgang Albrecht <Wolfgang_Albrecht@compuserve.com>
> To: Samba <Samba@Samba.org>
> Subject: Problem mapping drive names on Win95
> 
> in my Office, I'm trying to replace a Novell-server by a Linux-server.
On
> the Novell-server, there is the SYS: volume. On this volume is a directory
> named DriveT. I did a map on it, so this SYS:DriveT was used as T: . If
> you link Excel sheets, which are stored on T:, to Word documents, Word
> unfortunately saves the UNC path, which is \\SERVER1\SYS\DRIVET instead of
> T:
> 
> On my new Samba server, I`m trying to keep the same paths, because
> there are many hundred Word documents with thousands of links to Excel
> sheets. So I named the Linux server SERVER1, I created directory /SYS and
> a directory DriveT in SYS. In this way, the UNC path is still the same.
This is the mistake.  Create a directory and call it /DILBERT

in your smb.conf have the section

[SYS]
comment = shared folder on Server1
path = /DILBERT
browseable = yes
writable = yes
public = yes

Then from Windoze Network Neighborhood you will see 
\\SERVER1\SYS

Then from Network Neighborhood, you can right click on this folder 
and Map Network Drive  to T:

cheers,


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