samba - May 2002 - Re: Win9x login script drive mapping problem - more info

Many thanks to those who have replied so far - still no luck
unfortunately.

It would appear that I was ni=ot quite specific enough in the original
post re: the OS version I am using - it is Windows 98SE, NOT vanilla 98.

As for the login script I am using, I tried originally with the NT/2K
script I use for all the other machines (logical as they are all NT/2K!):

#### Script starts here ####

@echo OFF
REM
REM login scripts for computers logging into 'badger'
REM

c:

echo Setting workstation time...
net time \\server /set /yes

echo Mapping network drives...
rem home drive is mapped automagically to p:
net use q: \\server\Guest /PERSISTENT:NO
net use r: \\server\Archive /PERSISTENT:NO
net use x: \\server\Team /PERSISTENT:NO

#### Script ends here ####

This works absolutely fine for the NT/2K machines - the only problem I had
originally was solved by putting 'c:' at the start of the file.  It
doesnt
work at all for the 98SE machine though.

I have tried a couple of simple script files so far for the 98SE machine,
replacing my usual script with the simple script each time:

#### Script 1 ####

net use q: \\server\guest

#### Script 1 ends here ####

#### Script 2 ####

c:
net use q: \\server\guest
net use * \\server\archive

#### Script 2 ends here ####

#### Script 3 ####

c:
c:\windows\net use q: \\server\guest

#### Script 3 ends here ####

#### Script 4 ####

net use q: \\server\guest
echo Got here! ? c:\output.txt

#### Script 4 ends here ####


In none of the above cases was a drive mapped.  The echo command casued
the output from the net use command to be piped out to c:\output.txt - in
each case this gave:

The syntax is incorrect.
For help, type NET USE /? at the command prompt.

In every one of the above cases, running the same commands from a command
prompt once I was logged into the machine caused the drive(s) to be
mapped.

If I map a drive (say z:) to the netlogon drive and then run the script
from the 'scripts' directory, I get an error along the lines of:

'The shared resource could not be located'

I think that this was the reason I put the 'c:' near the start of the
NT/2K login script, but its been quite a while since I have had to touch
the setup and my memory isnt what it once was!  As I showed above though,
I tried this modification on the script I was using for the 98SE box and
it didnt seem to make any difference...

Does anyone have any ideas?

Regards
Andy

Dr. Andy Dawson
A.J.Dawson@Bradford.ac.uk
http://www.mossie.org
http://www.museum-explorer.org.uk

 Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.


> Message: 21
> From: "Simon Jester" <tanstaafl_bh@netzero.net>
> To: "'Samba List'" <samba@lists.samba.org>
> Subject: Re: [Samba] Win9x login script drive mapping problem
> Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 11:47:28 -0400
>
> Can you post the relevant part of your logon script?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "A.J.Dawson" <A.J.Dawson@Bradford.ac.uk>
> To: <samba@lists.samba.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2002 11:29 AM
> Subject: [Samba] Win9x login script drive mapping problem
>
>
> > I am having problems with a Windows 98 machine that is connecting to
our
> Linux
> > Samba server. The problem is that I cannot get it to automatically map
> users
> > drives when they log on. The login script *appears* to run okay, but
the
> drives
> > are simply not mapped.
> >
> > Under Windows NT/2K this has not been a problem.
> >
> > I have tried creating a one line login script along the lines of
> >
> > net use * \\server\share
> >
> > And even that doesnt work!
> >
> > I suspect that I am doing something daft, but if anyone could give me
a
> few
> > pointers, that would be most useful!
> >
> > My smb.conf is attached at the bottom of the e-mail
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Dr. Andy Dawson
> > A.J.Dawson@Bradford.ac.uk
> >
> >  Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by
> stupidity.
> >
> >
> > # Start of smb.conf file
> >
> > [global]
> >    workgroup = SOMEGROUP
> >    server string = NT Server
> >    socket options = TCP_NODELAY
> >    interfaces = XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX/24
> >    local master = yes
> >    os level = 69
> >    domain master = yes
> >    preferred master = yes
> >    domain logons = yes
> >    wins server = XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX
> >    ;dns proxy = yes
> >    time server = yes
> >    map archive = yes
> >    browseable = yes
> >
> >    # log file options - log by machine name, not > 200k /log
> >    log file = /usr/local/samba/log/log.%m
> >    max log size = 200
> >
> >    # security considerations
> >    security = user
> >    encrypt passwords = yes
> >    # NOTE: we need to set this to no for Win95 clients < 4.00.950a
> >    hosts allow = XXX.XXX.XXX. 127.
> >    remote announce = XXX.XXX.XXX.255/SOMEGROUP
> >    guest account = nobody
> >    map to guest = Never
> >    guest ok = no
> >    domain admin group = @NT_adm
> >    add user script = /usr/sbin/useradd -c NT_machine -d /dev/null -g
> NT_machines -s /bin/false %m$
> >    bind interfaces only = yes
> >    unix password sync = yes
> >    passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
> >
> >    # printer defaults
> >    load printers = yes
> >    printing = BSD
> >    print command = /usr/bin/lpr -P%p -r %s
> >    lpq command = /usr/bin/lpq -P%p
> >    use client driver = yes
> >    disable spoolss = yes
> >    printer admin = @NT_adm
> >    printcap name = /etc/printcap
> >
> >    # logon paths etc.
> >    logon script = scripts\%u.bat
> >
> >    logon drive = p:
> >
> > [netlogon]
> >    comment = Network Logon Service
> >    path = /usr/local/samba/netlogon
> >    guest ok = no
> >    writable = no
> >    browseable = no
> >
> > [homes]
> >    comment = %u on %L
> >    volume = %u on %L
> >    writeable = yes
> >    valid users = @users
> >    nt acl support = no
> >    browseable = no
> >
> > [Guest]
> >    comment = Guest on %L
> >    volume = Guest on %L
> >    writeable = yes
> >    path = /home/guest
> >    valid users = @users
> >    force group = users
> >    force create mode = 770
> >    force directory mode = 770
> >    create mask = 770
> >    directory mask = 770
> >    browseable = yes
> >
> > [Netlon]
> >    comment = Netlon on %L
> >    volume = Netlon on %L
> >    writable = yes
> >    path = /home/netlon
> >    valid users = @netlon
> >    force group = netlon
> >    force create mode = 770
> >    force directory mode = 770
> >    create mask = 770
> >    directory mask = 770
> >    browseable = no
> >
> > #### Printers ####
> >
> > [Laserjet_6MP]
> >    comment = Laserjet_6MP on %L
> >    printable = yes
> >    path = /var/spool/lpd/ircps02.irc.brad.ac.uk-lp-lj_6mp
> >    printer = lj_6mp
> >    browseable = yes
> >    read only = yes
> >    valid users = @users
> >
> > # End of smb.conf