Drive mappings

[David W. Chapman Jr.]

I do not recall the name, but didn't there used to be a logon script
processor for windows nt that was very flexible?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Anthony Ewell" <aewell at gbis.com>
To: "Michael Blinn" <mblinn at peopleplaces.org>
Cc: <samba at samba.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2001 2:32 PM
Subject: Re: Drive mappings


> Hi Michael,
>
>      Try:   net use U: \\mail\%U%
>
> Windows (DOS) likes a "%" on both sides of the variable
> (I know, it's weird, but that how it works).  Make sure you have
> something assigned to %U%
>
>
> --Tony
>
>
> Michael Blinn wrote:
>
> > Hello again list!
> >
> > I'm attempting to use the following command in a startup batch file:
> >
> > net use U: \\mail\%U
> >
> > however when win9* runs this file on logging in, it tries to map
> > \\mail\u
> >
> > Why isn't samba preprocessing this directive? (\\mail is NOT the name of
> > the samba server doing the login authetication!)
> >
> > Please respond to mblinn at peopleplaces.org -- my mail client may be
> > configured screwy with its reply-to address.
> > Thanks!
> >
> >  Michael Blinn
> >  People Places, Inc.
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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