Problem Mapping directories in Win95/98

[Jansen, Eric]

Hi Jason,

That is normal.
You can only link to a one-level deep share.
Create a seperate share for \f\public (fpublic) and link to that.

Kind regards,

Eric
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jason Stewart [mailto:jstewart at rtl.org]
> Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 10:14 AM
> To: samba at lists.samba.org
> Subject: Problem Mapping directories in Win95/98
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 	I've just installed samba and got it to work for me, 
> but I have a problem 
> mapping directories in Windows 95/98. I can map the Actual drive with:
> 
> 	net use f: \\server\f
> 
> But if I do:
> 
> 	net use x: \\server\f\public	/* We are migrating 
> from a novell 3.12 sever */
> 
> I get an error 50.
> 
> If I use the explorer shell to map the drives, it maps X:\ to 
> the root 
> directory (\\server\f).
> 
> If I use Windows 2000, everything maps out fine with the same 
> username/password combo.
> 
> The directory that I'm trying to map is read-write-executable 
> by the user 
> thats logging in.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks,
> Jason Stewart
> 
> 
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