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Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 09:13:58 -0500
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Subject: Re: multi-user environment: mounting a lot of shares via ssh
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Do you want a separate home directory from the one specified in 
/etc/passwd?  You could always 'mount -fsb //computer/A_home /A_home'...

Larry Hall wrote:

>At 09:36 AM 9/21/2004, you wrote:
>  
>
>>hi
>>
>>while 'shares' can be mounted in a ssh session via 'net use' by a single
>>user, it seems that in a multi-user environment, the users have to make
>>sure, that they do not re-use already mapped drive letters.
>>
>>consider the following example:
>>
>>user A:
>>1. ssh <host>
>>2. net use h: \\\\computer\\A_home
>>3. ln -s /cygdrive/h /HOMES/A
>>--> ok
>>
>>user B:
>>1. ssh <host>
>>2. net use h: \\\\computer\\B_home
>>--> System error 85 has occurred.
>>    The local device name is already in use.
>>
>>question:
>>how can more than 26 users (user A, user B, ... user Z) mount their
>>HOME-directory?
>>is there a way to solve this problem?
>>    
>>
>
>
>Is that pubkey or password authentication?
>
>Why not use the UNC path directly instead?
>
>
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