Help with "net use" command syntax

SouperComputer · 05-05-2006 7:11pm #1

hopefully someone can help me here as im a bit stumped and also out of time.

I need to mount a share under the "system" account under windows MCE. But I want to use a valid, existing username and password on the server to do so.

This should allow the MCE recording service, which runs under the "system" account record onto a network share. As a result, it cannot record to mapped shares as they are mapped at user level. I need to mount the share under the local account "system"

I have both linux SAMBA and Windows 2000 Pro machines to toy with.

Capt'n Midnight · 05-05-2006 7:26pm

net.exe use x: \\servername\share /USER:username password

http://www.experts-exchange.com/Networking/Microsoft_Network/Q_21820849.html

I seem to have it working now. I'm now using uppercase for USER. That is the only thing I changed. I also have it in a batch file instead of running it manually from the command line. I'm not sure where the hiccup was/is.

How to get a service to see it I'm not sure, you can run an exe as a service but you can't run a Batch file as a service.

Maybe autologon so it's not a service and fast user switcher for local access to the PC by other users ?

You could change the service to run with a logon but not sure if that would help.

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/win_xp_passwords.htm

SouperComputer · 05-05-2006 7:37pm

I had a feeling that you would be the first to reply Capt'n!

thanks for the link, but it doesnt seem to do what I need it to, unless im missing somthing. I can easily mount the share under the account "soupercomputer" client.

But what I want to do is use the "soupercomputer" credentials to mount the share on the , but mount it under the local user "system"

Is this possible, I thought it was but its not looking like it!

* no, the account is not REALLY called soupercomputer, im not THAT bad! *

WizZard · 05-05-2006 7:40pm

You could attempt to change the owner of the share to "system"? That might work.

Although, it's still possible programmatically to check whether a drive letter/directory is a mapped share. No matter what you do it will not allow you to write to that share so (if the app is programmed like that).

Is it a permissions issue or something different?

SouperComputer · 05-05-2006 7:51pm

its not the permissions on the server anyway, for the moment ill try and get it to work with win2k and then SAMBA.

others have managed to get MCE to write to network shares handy enough. It invloved using null shares though which im not too fond of!

The MCE recording facility runs under the user account "system" so if I can mount the share under that user im flyin'. I can map the share using the UNC within MCE, but it just reverts to a local store as the "system" account does not have access to the share.

ressem · 10-05-2006 9:32pm

If you're still interested...

would you be comfortable altering and buidling the c++ program
http://windowssdk.msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/wnet/wnet/assigning_a_drive_to_a_share.asp

to connect to a different path, and different user, using a config file if you prefer.

Then setup to run as a service using instsrv and srvany
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q137890/

Set service to run as local system account in the services control panel.

"should work" (tm)

Help with "net use" command syntax

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