[Samba] Another try: apps can't see data files until use of Win.
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Holger Krull
holger.krull at gmx.de
Sat Nov 20 22:09:28 GMT 2004
> Well, the programs that start automatically and use the data files on the
> share are not in the Startup folder. So they're started via the
> registry, but are run on a user-specific basis.
Are you on Windows XP? How do you start something before a user is logged in by registry?
> Does this mean that they
> are all neccessarily services?
No, but they should be installed as such if you want them to run without a user logged in.
> By drive letter. I have WinXP automatically reconnect the share to N: on
> user login. The applications, which, as noted above, are users-specific,
> then attempt to access data in subdirectories beneath N:\CommonData\.
Yes, Windows reconnects after user login. More specific the explorer process does. And that is not reliable. The explorer does not guarantee you the reconnect. Do an explicit net use in a startup script. Give a net use /delete before to be sure.
> and the share is reconnected to N: automatically. nancy also has Mozilla
> running as a service (Quick Start), and that is also started at login.
> N:\CommonData\Mozilla\bookmarks.html. After the WinXP login is complete
> (no hourglass cursor) nancy opens Mozilla to find that none of her
> bookmarks are present, yet shared drive N: is shown in Windows Explorer
> and no complaints about failure to connect the share are seen. After
> browing N:\CommonData with Windows Explorer the bookmarks are available
> in Mozilla.
No surprise here. Mozilla is faster than explorer startup.
If you want to access a mounted drive letter, have a Programm mount it, don't rely on explorer to reconnect. Explorer only makes sure the drive is mounted if you click on it.
But all that is not really a samba problem.
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