I think MS just did us (and themselves) a disservice.

[Ulf Bertilsson]

> A small hack which you can try is to replace
> the server (hostname) with its IP address, e.g.
> 
>  net use x: \\server's-ip-address\share /user:domain/username password
>  
> I have a vague memory of that then you create a second
> connection from the client using another set of
> credentials. But this was a long time ago (2 year)
> that I worked with this (under NT4).
> 
> cheers,
> 
> Martin.

What about this methods ?

- Add an arp entry for any ip and to the above ?
- Multihomed NT boxes with the other IP ?
- Add an 'LMhosts' with another name, with IP to the NT box ?

I guess this is moved the discussion _way_ out of topic,
but I was just wondering.

-
Cheers
Ulf
Amiga Samba Team
http://www.amigasamba.org
 
> armand.welsh at sscims.com wrote:
> > 
> > You still can, only now you have to drop to a DOS (or CMD) 
> prompt and use
> > the net.exe utility.
> > 
> > c:\> NET USE x: \\SERVER\SHARE /USER:domain/username
> > 
> > This attaches you to the share as the requested user.  The 
> problem only
> > appears when you try to access the same server as two 
> different users.
> > Microsoft claims to not support this at the client for 
> security reasons, yet
> > some systems work, while other don't.  So their claim is 
> just a smoke screen
> > to try and eliminate the need for a fix.
> > 
> > -> -----Original Message-----
> > -> From: B.V.Dean [mailto:B.V.Dean at ukc.ac.uk]
> > -> Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 2:15 AM
> > -> To: Francois Gouget
> > -> Cc: samba-technical at samba.org
> > -> Subject: Re: I think MS just did us (and themselves) a 
> disservice.
> > ->
> > ->      I miss this. When we used to have Windows 3.1 and
> > -> PC-NFS I used to
> > -> connect over a dozen drive letters to different servers
> > -> using upto 3 or 4 IDs,
> > -> it made management much easier!
> > ->
> > ->      But then we must not forget, Windows is easier to 
> manage now :-)
> > ->
> 
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