Topic: Mapping Network Drive Issue

[scottieg99]

Hi Guys.

I have recently setup a SMEServer 8. I have applied the reg patch and got my windows 7 PC attached to the domain. I have created some groups and also installed the logon script manager. Heres a portion of the code:

#ifg admins
REM Map iBay's for admin group:
NET USE P: \\sstone\accounting
NET USE O: \\sstone\archive
NET USE F: \\sstone\columbarium
NET USE G: \\sstone\general
NET USE I: \\sstone\laser
NET USE J: \\sstone\monumental
NET USE K: \\sstone\production
NET USE R: \\sstone\resources
NET USE L: \\sstone\scans
NET USE M: \\sstone\software
#endif

#ifg artists
REM Map iBay's for artists group:
NET USE O: \\sstone\archive
NET USE F: \\sstone\columbarium
NET USE G: \\sstone\general
NET USE I: \\sstone\laser
NET USE K: \\sstone\production
NET USE R: \\sstone\resources
NET USE L: \\sstone\scans
NET USE M: \\sstone\software
#endif

#ifg powerusers
REM Map iBay's for powerusers group:
NET USE O: \\sstone\archive
NET USE F: \\sstone\columbarium
NET USE G: \\sstone\general
NET USE I: \\sstone\laser
NET USE J: \\sstone\monumental
NET USE K: \\sstone\production
NET USE R: \\sstone\resources
NET USE L: \\sstone\scans
NET USE M: \\sstone\software
#endif

So if "UserA" that is part of the Admin group logs on it should map all of the drives, however it is not. I have to manually mount the home drive for the user, then in that home drive is as netlogon.bat file which I then double click and it mounts the other drives for me. This is a fine solution however I am worried that the drives might not persist after reboots or what not.

Is there something I am doing wrong? I want to make it pretty simple for the users so that when I create a new user - based on the group their in it will map the appropriate drives.

Thanks

[janet]

scottieg99

add in
NET USE H: /home

after the above you may also want to add
NET USE /delete Z: /yes

[scottieg99]

Just tried what you suggested and it doesn't appear to be working.
None of the drives are mapping - not even the H:\ drive which should be mapping by default.
Im wondering if something is causing this to mess up?

[brianr]

Are there any existing mapping (left over from manually setup ones)?  If so you need to delete (disconnect) them otherwise I don't think NET USE will overwrite.

I use this technique all the time, and it does work.

[scottieg99]

There were some manual ones I setup for testing but I did disconnect them. Also for testing purposes I created a brand new user in the same group I am testing and no drives are mapping to this brand new user

[brianr]

Have you tried manually applying the NET USE commands from the command line when logged in as the user, to see if they work then?

[scottieg99]

Yes that works fine - weirdly enough. However I want to make it as easy as possible for the users and have a login script to manually map the drives. I could technically put a batch file in the startup folder, but it wouldn't help associate the groupings that the user is in and map the drives accordingly. Is there another way?

[brianr]

Are you sure it is not your "if" commands that are messing things up then?  Can't say I really understand what it is you are doing there.  Where do those groupnames come from?

[scottieg99]

Let me explain:

I downloaded a "plugin" i guess you could call that essentially adds a box that allows you to apply login scripts for any and all users. They give you a template that you can follow and has stuff like #ifg (if group) #ifu (if user) etc that basically allow you to specifiy different mappings based on the group people are in.

So I have a login script that goes #ifg admins net use P: \\server\accounting
#endif

so that only if the user is in the admins group it will map the accounting drive. It looked pretty good but I have yet to set it up and I too am wondering if its becasue the command #ifg is not recognized.

If that is the case and its not recognized how do you currently map different network drives for different users based on groups?

[janet]

scottieg99

I downloaded a "plugin"

Is it this ?
http://wiki.contribs.org/Smeserver-tw-logonscript

I am using the earlier smeserver-loginscript contrib on sme7.6 & it works OK with Win 2K, XP & Vista.

I wonder if your problem is Win7 related, or a setting in Win7.
Can you try logging in with a XP or Vista PC.

[brianr]

If that is the case and its not recognized how do you currently map different network drives for different users based on groups?

I don't - have never used that facility.

Sounds as if the contrib is not working the way you expect!

[idp_qbn]

If your netlogon.bat tries to map the drives every time they logon, then you should release the drive when they logoff.

eg
NET USE P: \\sstone\accounting  /persistent:no

The /persistent:no means the drive is released (ie unmapped or disconnected) when the user logs off.

Hope you get it working.
Cheers
Ian

[scottieg99]

ok so I just attached a windows xp pro bot to the domain and logged in with the same user and the drives mapped! Could this be a windows 7 thing?

[janet]

scottieg99

[quoter]Could this be a windows 7 thing?
[/quote]

Possibly so.
Do some googling, as I do not have specific experience
Perhaps your Win7 is configured incorrectly.
Do you have other Win 7 machines logging in OK & mapping drives ?
Have you successfully used Windows 7 in the same way before ?

Refer to a bug report in bugzilla about Windows 8 {yes I mean Win 8} joining sme server domains. There was mention of registry settings applicable to both Windows 7 & 8 workstations. I do not know if those may be applicable to your situation.

[scottieg99]

Worst thing is this is a fresh Windows 7 pro Iso on a VM that I just loaded up. Could it have anything to do with not being activated or some sort of trust relationship by default enabled in Windows 7?