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Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2003 22:03:27 -0400 (EDT)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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To: Eric Hanchrow <offby1 AT blarg DOT net>
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Subject: Re: Problems with net use statement via sshd on cygwin
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On 7 Apr 2003, Eric Hanchrow wrote:

> >>>>> "Igor" == Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu> writes:
>
>     Igor> AFAIK, "net use" requires interaction with the desktop.  If
>     Igor> the "Allow service to interact with the desktop" box is
>     Igor> unchecked for your sshd service, "net use" will not succeed.
>
> I think that's only the case if you don't give it all the information
> it needs, in particular the password.  But Richard's example appears
> to provide all the information it needs.

Yes.  I've logged in via ssh with password authentication, and still
wasn't able to access a Samba share.  I've found some complaints on the
Net about this, but no resolution.  I think either Samba or the Samba
driver in Win2k may be broken.

> I do wonder, however, about all those backslashes ... I only use at
> most four in a row, like this:
>
>     18:32:07 [erich AT slop erich]$ ssh alpha
>     erich AT alpha's password:
>     Last login: Mon Apr  7 13:23:14 2003 from slop.vhcorp.com
>     Fanfare!!!
>     You are successfully logged in to this server!!!
>
>     18:32:45 [erich AT alpha erich]$ net use \* \\\\10.10.89.89\\d$ /u:user "password"
>     Drive J: is now connected to \\10.10.89.89\d$.
>
>     The command completed successfully.
>
>     18:32:52 [erich AT alpha erich]$

You need to double them if you pass the "net use" command through ssh.
	Igor
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