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#27321 - 2002-08-19 02:09 AM Newbie in trouble
Clayton Clayton Fresh Scripter Registered: 2002-08-19 Posts: 29 Loc: Tampa, FL	Hello everyone. I'm a bigtime newbie to Kixtart. I've used it at a previous job but never had to program it. Now I'm in a situation where I need a script yesterday. I'm reading through everything but I'm still stuck. I'm in such a rush to get this done I'm not getting anywhere. Here's what I'm needing to do. I have a mixed NT/2000 Domain with mixed 95/98se/me/2000/xp clients. I'm needing to set drive mappings for specific groups and user personal drives. What's the best way to setup Kix? Can anyone help me get started? I'm going to continue to read through the forum here. Thanks for any help. [ 19. August 2002, 02:24: Message edited by: Clayton ]
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#27322 - 2002-08-19 02:35 AM Re: Newbie in trouble
Sealeopard Sealeopard KiX Master Registered: 2001-04-25 Posts: 11165 Loc: Boston, MA, USA	At least it's an easy one, since you need it yesrerday. For drive mappings you'd use the USE command. Syntax would be code: use x: '\\server\share' For personal home directories in a multi-OS situation you'd do the following. Create hidden shares for each user directory, e.g. you have d:\users\user1, d:\users\user2 and you create a hidden share user1$, user2$. Then you have a Kixtart script like code: use p: '\\server\'+@USERID+'$$' /persistent which will map a userid (e.g. user1) to the hidden share user1$ and you're all set. For group dependent mappings, you'd code like this: code: if ingroup('group a') use x: '\\server\share1' endif ; next line works only in KiXtart 4.10 and newer version if ingroup('group a','group b') use y: ''\\server\share1' endif I would highly ecommend to read the KiXtart manual since it contains a lot of examples for each command/function. _________________________ There are two types of vessels, submarines and targets.
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#27323 - 2002-08-19 03:09 AM Re: Newbie in trouble
Clayton Clayton Fresh Scripter Registered: 2002-08-19 Posts: 29 Loc: Tampa, FL	Thanks! You saved me from huge headaches tomorrow morning!!!
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#27324 - 2002-08-19 01:41 PM Re: Newbie in trouble
Bobby Chan Bobby Chan Fresh Scripter Registered: 2002-02-07 Posts: 28 Loc: Montreal, Quebec, Canada	Just a note... From my experience, it is safer to unmap (use x: /delete) before you map, else, the mapping will fail.
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#27325 - 2002-08-19 01:46 PM Re: Newbie in trouble
Lonkero Lonkero KiX Master Guru Registered: 2001-06-05 Posts: 22346 Loc: OK	bobby, yes. good note. anyway, it fails only on persistent mappings. _________________________ ! download KiXnet
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#27326 - 2002-08-19 08:23 PM Re: Newbie in trouble
Clayton Clayton Fresh Scripter Registered: 2002-08-19 Posts: 29 Loc: Tampa, FL	Thanks everyone. I knew it would be simple just had to do this in a rush. I'm wanting to learn more about Kixtart so I'll be here more often. Here's what I have right now if you guys think I should do anything different please let me know. If InGroup("ADM") Use h: "\\tpaprime01\ACCT" EndIf If InGroup("CORP") Use h: "\\tpaprime01\CORP" EndIf If InGroup("MEDMAL") Use h: "\\tpaprime01\MAL" EndIf If InGroup("REALAND") Use h: "\\tpaprime01\REALAND" EndIf If InGroup("ENV") Use h: "\\tpaprime01\ENV" EndIf If InGroup("CORP") Use h: "\\tpaprime01\CORP" EndIf If InGroup("FLOATER") Use h: "\\tpaprime01\DATA" EndIf If InGroup("INS") Use h: "\\tpaprime01\INS" EndIf If InGroup("LABOR") Use h: "\\tpaprime01\LABOR" EndIf Use U: '\\tpaprime01\'+@USERID+'$$' /persistent Use G: \\tpaprime01\vol1\data Use J: \\tpaprime01\vol1 Use S: \\tpaprime01\shared Use W: \\tpaprime01\word Use X: \\tpaprime02\apps
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#27327 - 2002-08-19 08:28 PM Re: Newbie in trouble
Sealeopard Sealeopard KiX Master Registered: 2001-04-25 Posts: 11165 Loc: Boston, MA, USA	In this case you could use SELECT-CASE-ENDSELECT since the IFs are all mutually exclusive. _________________________ There are two types of vessels, submarines and targets.
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#27328 - 2002-08-19 08:33 PM

Re: Newbie in trouble

Howard Bullock Offline

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Registered: 2000-09-15
Posts: 5809
Loc: Harrisburg, PA USA

Clayton, in your case based on your example code a SELECT...ENDSELECT would be more efficient than all the IF statments.

code:

Select
   Case InGroup("ADM")     $share = "\\tpaprime01\ACCT"
   Case InGroup("CORP")    $share = "\\tpaprime01\CORP"
   Case InGroup("MEDMAL")  $share = "\\tpaprime01\MAL"
   Case InGroup("REALAND") $share = "\\tpaprime01\REALAND"
   Case InGroup("ENV")     $share = "\\tpaprime01\ENV"
   Case InGroup("CORP")    $share = "\\tpaprime01\CORP"
   Case InGroup("FLOATER") $share = "\\tpaprime01\DATA"
   Case InGroup("INS")     $share = "\\tpaprime01\INS"   
   Case InGroup("LABOR")   $share = "\\tpaprime01\LABOR"
EndSelect
If $share <>""
   Use H: $share 
Endif
Use U: '\\tpaprime01\'+@USERID+'$$' /persistent
Use G: "\\tpaprime01\vol1\data"
Use J: "\\tpaprime01\vol1"
Use S: "\\tpaprime01\shared"
Use W: "\\tpaprime01\word"
Use X: "\\tpaprime02\apps"

Also its better to enclose the path potion of the USE statement in quotes.

[ 19. August 2002, 20:35: Message edited by: Howard Bullock ]

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#27329 - 2002-08-19 08:42 PM Re: Newbie in trouble
Sealeopard Sealeopard KiX Master Registered: 2001-04-25 Posts: 11165 Loc: Boston, MA, USA	This 'Use G: "\\tpaprime01\vol1\data"' will not work under Windows 9x! Please read the KiXtart Manual Appendix A and read the posts containing 'map root' on this BBS for reasons why deep mapping does not work under Windows 9x. _________________________ There are two types of vessels, submarines and targets.
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#27330 - 2002-08-20 02:49 PM Re: Newbie in trouble
Clayton Clayton Fresh Scripter Registered: 2002-08-19 Posts: 29 Loc: Tampa, FL	Yes Jens. I knew that but didn't pay attention to it. Thanks for pointing that out. I have the Kix manual printed out and sitting right here in front of me. I plan on reading through it.
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