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From:	Grant Edwards <grante AT visi DOT com>
Subject:	Re: "net use" (and "net config")
Date:	Thu, 17 Jan 2008 05:04:42 +0000 (UTC)
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On 2008-01-16, cuicui <cuicui DOT oizo AT free DOT fr> wrote:

>>> Is there any way to get mapped drives and public-key
>>> authentication working together?
>> 
>> Perhaps I should add that the problem doesn't exist under
>> Win2K: "net use" works fine regardless of the ssh
>> authentication method.
>
> This is a bit offlist but maybe that's because under Windows
> 2000, network drives are available for the whole system once
> mounted. With Windows XP, the very same function used to map a
> network drives jailed them in the current "userland".
>
> It means that you can have the same (network) drive letter
> assigned multiple times, one in each userland.

And when logged in using public key authentication, you don't
have a "userland"?

> This is particularly painful when running programs that
> elevate their privileges as far as the elevated process is not
> aware of the network drives of the user...
>
> FYI, the "net config workstation" command isn't working from a
> ssh shell.

It works fine under XP when logged in using password
authentication.

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Grant Edwards                   grante             Yow!  Half a mind is a
                                  at               terrible thing to waste!
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