X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:message-id:date:from:subject:to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s=default; b=dfu 30c5xFkDejXZQF2zqB1b1Hdpj4+gWQWBXrOBqbpv1GVQ35w4dr2BperpdQN8j9jr BMI+zx2i85TIZNa7HSpOVfA+ZeH7qIWyffj/9/xrcGN/dnaBeE8MvBWrmBbZ6NQI rzBGZNlMpTvhHQeJVT5LQjPZxQ6zew7QDZq+93ws= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:message-id:date:from:subject:to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; s=default; bh=e9S9xh4mp eEtoosXeMfdTZlRZ70=; b=OI2D5L5NTXZpLzEYorvS8eJE6HIMlASL8qDULrk/Y mQs9GqEGsyIdgeg+KxYMWMZJUZcoND6LJneWkoAWXBndC83dfRUSHKFuJ70nJ+X7 EgkSjgitCmICpyg/cOBWNYdeRfest3cGXwkxfvWHKg9K5zZ/Ml7Dex2kTloutVdt rY= Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=2.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_20,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 Message-ID: <1364307966.75066.YahooMailRC@web181701.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 07:26:06 -0700 (PDT) From: mcforum Subject: Cygwin, Windows Shared Drive Access To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by delorie.com id r2QFKTmB018277 A new Windows 7 32 system with a fresh install of CYGWIN can't see any mapped network or shared drives on my other systems.  On the older XP system IT tells me to replace and on another older Windows 7 32 system, CYGWIN could access all drives.  What am I missing in the install that enables access to those drives?   From the startup window from CYGWIN.BAT the net use command works successfully >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   RM3 AT McBroomRC4 ~ $ net use \\\\mcbroomrc2\\e The command completed successfully.   RM3 AT McBroomRC4 ~ $ net use \\\\mcbroomrc2\\mcrc2 The command completed successfully.     RM3 AT McBroomRC4 ~ $ net use New connections will be remembered.     Status       Local     Remote                    Network   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unavailable  T:        \\Mcbroomrc2\e            Microsoft Windows Network Unavailable  U:        \\oro-fbbe-fs1nts\rm3     Microsoft Windows Network Unavailable  W:        \\Mcbroomrc2\mcrc2        Microsoft Windows Network OK                     \\mcbroomrc2\e            Microsoft Windows Network OK                     \\mcbroomrc2\mcrc2        Microsoft Windows Network The command completed successfully.   RM3 AT McBroomRC4 ~ $ ls -l //mcbroomrc2/e total 364 d---------+ 1 Administrators Domain Users      0 Nov 13 09:42 $RECYCLE.BIN -rwxrwxrwx+ 1 Administrators Domain Users     35 Jul 29  2010 Autorun.inf drwxrwxrwx+ 1 Administrators Domain Users      0 Nov 13 15:09 Criticality drwxrwxrwx+ 1 Administrators Domain Users      0 Feb 25 10:04 Downloads drwxrwxrwx+ 1 Administrators Domain Users      0 Mar 19 16:37 exper dr-xr-x---+ 1 Administrators Domain Users      0 Feb 25 11:48 hdrive drwxrwxrwx+ 1 Administrators Domain Users      0 Nov 13 12:39 isotope   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>ls The shares don't seem to be shown anywhere on the system tree but I can soft link them to a directory name and then access them. On a CYGWIN restart "net use" shows the network names as being disconnected and reissuing the command doesn't change the status.  However, re-establishing the soft link allows full usability.   Gremlins?   Robert McBroom -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple