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#97798 - 2003-01-17 04:56 PM Windows95 - Unable to map home drive.
eguerra eguerra Lurker Registered: 2003-01-17 Posts: 1 Loc: Miami	I am running the following listed below, but I am unable to map the users home folder from Windows95. It works when I login with NT or Windows 2000. Can someone help.. Thanks "Please wait..." $userdir = @userid + "$$" USE h: "\\mdc-test\$userdir" USE g: "\\mdc-test\general" USE i: "\\mdc-test\apps" exit
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#97799 - 2003-01-17 05:19 PM Re: Windows95 - Unable to map home drive.
Sealeopard Sealeopard KiX Master Registered: 2001-04-25 Posts: 11165 Loc: Boston, MA, USA	Did you check for error codes? code: USE H: /delete /persistent ? 'Error '+@ERROR+' - '+@SERROR USE H: '\\mdc-test\' + @userid + '$$' ? 'Error '+@ERROR+' - '+@SERROR _________________________ There are two types of vessels, submarines and targets.
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#97800 - 2003-01-17 09:56 PM Re: Windows95 - Unable to map home drive.
Jack Lothian Jack Lothian MM club member Registered: 1999-10-22 Posts: 1169 Loc: Ottawa,Ontario, Canada	Read the Map Root section in the manual. You can not map subdirectories below a share in Win95. In general, you can't do it in like this in WinNT either except WinNT has a special builtin hook that attaches the user directory only. The user directories created by the NT user manager are not shares, so must create real shares for your Win9x users. [ 17. January 2003, 22:07: Message edited by: Jack Lothian ] _________________________ Jack
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#97801 - 2003-01-17 10:00 PM Re: Windows95 - Unable to map home drive.
Sealeopard Sealeopard KiX Master Registered: 2001-04-25 Posts: 11165 Loc: Boston, MA, USA	Jack: As far as I can tell there's no root mapping and no home directory setup in his script _________________________ There are two types of vessels, submarines and targets.
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#97802 - 2003-01-17 10:08 PM Re: Windows95 - Unable to map home drive.
Jack Lothian Jack Lothian MM club member Registered: 1999-10-22 Posts: 1169 Loc: Ottawa,Ontario, Canada	Jens, Good point, I jumped to a conclusion too quick but I wouldn't be surprised if he is assuming the default directory for the users is a share. Both NT & Win2000 would map it by default. [ 18. January 2003, 16:34: Message edited by: Jack Lothian ] _________________________ Jack
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#97803 - 2003-01-18 04:44 AM Re: Windows95 - Unable to map home drive.
Anonymous Anonymous Unregistered	Make sure each user's home directory is shared. Save yourself some time. Get a copy of AutoShare from http://www.scriptlogic.com/autoshare -Brian
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#97804 - 2003-01-19 01:09 AM Re: Windows95 - Unable to map home drive.
Lonkero Lonkero KiX Master Guru Registered: 2001-06-05 Posts: 22346 Loc: OK	mm... it surely seems that the folders are shared as it works with other os'es... anyway, sharename can't be too long for win9x that is only thing I could find in this... so, if you could run the script with the errorcheck jens suggested. btw, does anyone remember the share-lenght that win9x accepts? when sharing printers it says something about 8... _________________________ ! download KiXnet
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#97805 - 2003-01-19 03:02 AM Re: Windows95 - Unable to map home drive.
Les Les KiX Master Registered: 2001-06-11 Posts: 12734 Loc: fortfrances.on.ca	I think maybe 12 char limit on Wintendo... 8.3 (12 char) for WFW 3.1 and DOS for sure. Searching TechNet... quote: Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 160843 Share names that use more than 12 characters can be seen by Windows NT clients, but not by Windows 95/98 clients. _________________________ Give a man a fish and he will be back for more. Slap him with a fish and he will go away forever.
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#97806 - 2003-01-19 03:19 AM Re: Windows95 - Unable to map home drive.
Lonkero Lonkero KiX Master Guru Registered: 2001-06-05 Posts: 22346 Loc: OK	k, thanks les _________________________ ! download KiXnet
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#97807 - 2003-01-19 02:50 PM Re: Windows95 - Unable to map home drive.
Sealeopard Sealeopard KiX Master Registered: 2001-04-25 Posts: 11165 Loc: Boston, MA, USA	And there's a 15 character WINS computername limit I believe. I think we had a thread last year where we referenced all the share/WINS limits for Windows 9x computers. _________________________ There are two types of vessels, submarines and targets.
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#97808 - 2003-01-19 04:51 PM Re: Windows95 - Unable to map home drive.
Les Les KiX Master Registered: 2001-06-11 Posts: 12734 Loc: fortfrances.on.ca	Sounds like the making of a FAQ... I'd do it except I really hate Wintendos. Any volunteers? _________________________ Give a man a fish and he will be back for more. Slap him with a fish and he will go away forever.
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