[Samba] RE: Samba mappings not reconnected on WinXP reboot

[patrick.niessen at gerling.co.jp]

>How do we force the XP client to prompt for authentication during boot (as
>in NT world) so that all mappings are automatically accessible once the
>machine is booted without the need to force the issue via Explorer ?

Your setup sounds very strange.  Why not use Winbind for domain logon, to
avoid the password dialog?

Anyway, to force it, simply put a "net use \\server" in the login script of
the users.  This will then establish a connection at login time and prompt
people for username & password. 

I had a similar problem of net use drive mappings failing at login on Win2k
machines.  I fixed it by putting the net use commands right at the beginning
of the script, then do some other stuff, and finally map drives (net use s:
....).

hope this helps

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