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Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2003 18:41:21 -0700 (PDT)
From: Richard Sharpe <rsharpe AT richardsharpe DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Problems with net use statement via sshd on cygwin
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On Mon, 7 Apr 2003, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:

> On Mon, 7 Apr 2003, Richard Sharpe wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > I installed cygwin on a Win2K machine and then configured sshd (after
> > including it in the install) ...
> >
> > However, if I do:
> >
> >  ssh administrator AT calpc12 net use f: \\\\\\\\10.0.1.5\\\\test \
> >         /user:tigerteam\\\\rsharpe <somepasswd>
> >
> > (Yes, I know there are ways around all those backslashes), it appears to
> > succeed, but the share is listed as unavailable in Windows, and I cannot
> > access it via 'dir f:' for example.
> >
> > The drive letter f: did not have any thing mapped to it before the ssh
> > command above.
> >
> > Has anyone seen this? Is there any explanation?
> >
> > Regards
> > Richard Sharpe
> 
> Richard,
> 
> AFAIK, "net use" requires interaction with the desktop.  If the "Allow
> service to interact with the desktop" box is unchecked for your sshd
> service, "net use" will not succeed.
> 
> Does the event log contain any messages?

Nothing useful ...
 
> Try allowing the interaction with the desktop for the sshd service and
> running the command again.  Let the list know if it works.

That didn't work for me ... bummer. I was hoping to be able to switch 
where drives a pointed to from a UNIX machine ...

Regards
-----
Richard Sharpe, rsharpe[at]ns.aus.com, rsharpe[at]samba.org, 
sharpe[at]ethereal.com, http://www.richardsharpe.com


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