[Samba] Disconnected network drive

Adam Williams
2006-11-29T17:49:10Z

On Tue, 2006-11-28 at 18:30 -0500, 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.

This disconnected thing normal, and controlled on the Windows side.
Just ignore it.  Use UNCs not [stupid legacy] drive letters.

If I recall correctly there is some registry tweak which relates to
this.