X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com From: Grant Edwards Subject: Re: "net use" (and "net config") Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 05:04:42 +0000 (UTC) Lines: 34 Message-ID: References: <478E9184 DOT 2060909 AT free DOT fr> User-Agent: slrn/0.9.8.1 (Linux) X-IsSubscribed: yes 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 On 2008-01-16, cuicui wrote: >>> Is there any way to get mapped drives and public-key >>> authentication working together? >> >> Perhaps I should add that the problem doesn't exist under >> Win2K: "net use" works fine regardless of the ssh >> authentication method. > > This is a bit offlist but maybe that's because under Windows > 2000, network drives are available for the whole system once > mounted. With Windows XP, the very same function used to map a > network drives jailed them in the current "userland". > > It means that you can have the same (network) drive letter > assigned multiple times, one in each userland. And when logged in using public key authentication, you don't have a "userland"? > This is particularly painful when running programs that > elevate their privileges as far as the elevated process is not > aware of the network drives of the user... > > FYI, the "net config workstation" command isn't working from a > ssh shell. It works fine under XP when logged in using password authentication. -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! Half a mind is a at terrible thing to waste! visi.com -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/