[Samba] Disconnected network drive

Tarcizo Azevedo
2006-11-29T11:16:50Z

I have the same trouble....
Already tried deadtime and other options.....

If someone can help us.



Paul


 Abrahams wrote:
> I have a couple of Linux directories that are being exported via Samba
running
> under SuSE 10.0.  On the Windows side, each of them is assigned a (mapped)
> drive letter.  In the "My Computer" list they initially show up
as
> "Disconnected Network Drive".  If I attempt to access a file
within one of
> them, the access fails with an indication that the drive does not exist.
> (For example, if the drive letter is H:, doing "H:" from a C>
prompt gives
> that message.)   However, if in Windows I click on the drive, I get to see
> its contents and the status changes to "Network Drive".  At that
point the
> drive contents become available to my Windows applications.
>
> I get this behavior on three different machines, all running Windows XP.
In
> the Windows drive mapping, I've checked the "Reconnect at
Logon" box, but
> that makes no difference.
>
> I'm guessing that the problem is on the Linux side since each Windows
machine
> can access exported directories from other Windows machines without any
> difficulty.  It's only the drives exported from Linux that have the
problem.
>
> I can of course work around the problem by opening up My Computer when I
start
> the Windows machine and clicking on the drive in question, but that should
> not be necessary.
>
> Is this a known problem?  Is there a workaround or a fix?
>
> Paul
>