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Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com> writes:

> On Mar  2 18:58, David Abrahams wrote:
>> 
>> I have a Windows XP64 and XP (32-bit) virtual machine running on the
>> same actual hardware, both with a cygwin installation, running sshd.
>> When I ssh into the XP64 machine and issue
>> 
>>   net use s: \\\\machine-name\\share-name password /USER:username
>> 
>> it works just fine, but not on the 32-bit XP machine:
>> 
>>   System error 5 has occurred.
>> 
>>   Access is denied.
>
> Access denied is interesting.  In earlier versions of NT it was
> typically not possible to use any drive letter in calls to `net use'
> when running in an ssh session.  Now (XP) it's possible to use the drive
> letter in a SYSTEM session, but I still don't use it.  

How do I get a SYSTEM session?

> I rather use the real path (//server/share/foo/bar/baz), or I use
> the Cygwin mount command to access it like a local path (mount -f
> //server/share/foo /foo) Maybe that's a working workaround for you,
> too.

No, unfortunately not.  I need to run native windows commands that
access the share.

> Anyway, I just tried using a drive letter from an ssh session on XP64.
> As usual, the service account is sshd_server.  

As usual?  After many reinstallations on XP32, I never see
sshd_server.

> However, I don't get the above access denied message.  What I get is
> even more strange:
>
>   $ net use t: \\\\server\\share /user:domain\\user mypassword

According to "net help use," your password needs to come after the
share name.

>   System error 85 has occurred.
>
>   The local device name is already in use.
>
> Needless to say that drive t: doesn't exist anywhere on that machine.
> Of course I tried with other drive letters, too.
>
> Unfortunately that means I can't even reproduce your problem, so I'm
> stuck with a wild guess:  Did you try to add the sshd_server user to
> the users which are allowed to access the share?

I don't get an sshd_server user when I install on XP32.

> If that doesn't work I think you should really consider to get rid
> of using those evil drive letters ;)

Wouldn't I love to?  Yes, I would.  Sadly, for my purposes they have
to work.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
www.boost-consulting.com


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