X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org To: cygwin@cygwin.com From: David Abrahams Subject: Re: sshd: can't mount samba shares Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2007 08:43:41 -0500 Lines: 68 Message-ID: <87lkibg60i.fsf@valverde.peloton> References: <87ejo7p59m.fsf@valverde.peloton> <20070305102955.GA21715@calimero.vinschen.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/23.0.0 (gnu/linux) X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Corinna Vinschen writes: > On Mar 2 18:58, David Abrahams wrote: >> >> I have a Windows XP64 and XP (32-bit) virtual machine running on the >> same actual hardware, both with a cygwin installation, running sshd. >> When I ssh into the XP64 machine and issue >> >> net use s: \\\\machine-name\\share-name password /USER:username >> >> it works just fine, but not on the 32-bit XP machine: >> >> System error 5 has occurred. >> >> Access is denied. > > Access denied is interesting. In earlier versions of NT it was > typically not possible to use any drive letter in calls to `net use' > when running in an ssh session. Now (XP) it's possible to use the drive > letter in a SYSTEM session, but I still don't use it. How do I get a SYSTEM session? > I rather use the real path (//server/share/foo/bar/baz), or I use > the Cygwin mount command to access it like a local path (mount -f > //server/share/foo /foo) Maybe that's a working workaround for you, > too. No, unfortunately not. I need to run native windows commands that access the share. > Anyway, I just tried using a drive letter from an ssh session on XP64. > As usual, the service account is sshd_server. As usual? After many reinstallations on XP32, I never see sshd_server. > However, I don't get the above access denied message. What I get is > even more strange: > > $ net use t: \\\\server\\share /user:domain\\user mypassword According to "net help use," your password needs to come after the share name. > System error 85 has occurred. > > The local device name is already in use. > > Needless to say that drive t: doesn't exist anywhere on that machine. > Of course I tried with other drive letters, too. > > Unfortunately that means I can't even reproduce your problem, so I'm > stuck with a wild guess: Did you try to add the sshd_server user to > the users which are allowed to access the share? I don't get an sshd_server user when I install on XP32. > If that doesn't work I think you should really consider to get rid > of using those evil drive letters ;) Wouldn't I love to? Yes, I would. Sadly, for my purposes they have to work. -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/