[Samba] connect windwos 7 to linux homes

[Marc Fromm]

With windows XP this worked perfect. I would map a network drive to \\servername\homes<file:///\\servername\homes>, provide my linux samba user account and it would stay functional between reboots.

With windows 7 I can map the network drive as in XP but after a reboot the mapped drive to the linux samba homes share breaks with the message Microsoft windows network: multiple connections to a server or shared resource by same user .... Are not allowed.

What needs to be changed so Windows 7 can retain the connection?

Samba 3.0.33 on RHEL 5.2

Thanks

[Marc Muehlfeld]

Hello Marc

Post by Marc Fromm
With windows XP this worked perfect. I would map a network drive to \\servername\homes<file:///\\servername\homes>, provide my linux samba user account and it would stay functional between reboots.
With windows 7 I can map the network drive as in XP but after a reboot the mapped drive to the linux samba homes share breaks with the message Microsoft windows network: multiple connections to a server or shared resource by same user .... Are not allowed.
What needs to be changed so Windows 7 can retain the connection?
Samba 3.0.33 on RHEL 5.2

How do you map the share? Via logonscript or is mapped as home share? Or
was it mapped through Windows with the "remember" option?

I guess you had mapped the share on Win7 manually on windows with the
"always do on logon" option. And then you try to mount the share via
logon script or some other automatic way, what results in "already
mapped" message.

But this is just a guess, as you gave not very much information about
your environment and how you map the shares, etc.


Regards,
Marc

[Marc Fromm]

I map the driver using windows 7 Map Network Drive tool by entering \\server.name\homes in the folder box, select Reconnect at logon, click Connect using different credentials, click finish, provide my linux samba user name and password. I am then connected to my home directory on the linux box until a reboot.

Upon reboot the mapped drive no longer works as described below and I must delete it and create a new one to connect again.

-----Original Message-----
From: Marc Muehlfeld [mailto:***@marc-muehlfeld.de]
Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2014 2:58 PM
To: Marc Fromm; ***@lists.samba.org
Subject: Re: [Samba] connect windwos 7 to linux homes

Hello Marc

Post by Marc Fromm
With windows XP this worked perfect. I would map a network drive to \\servername\homes<file:///\\servername\homes>, provide my linux samba user account and it would stay functional between reboots.
With windows 7 I can map the network drive as in XP but after a reboot the mapped drive to the linux samba homes share breaks with the message Microsoft windows network: multiple connections to a server or shared resource by same user .... Are not allowed.
What needs to be changed so Windows 7 can retain the connection?
Samba 3.0.33 on RHEL 5.2

How do you map the share? Via logonscript or is mapped as home share? Or was it mapped through Windows with the "remember" option?

I guess you had mapped the share on Win7 manually on windows with the "always do on logon" option. And then you try to mount the share via logon script or some other automatic way, what results in "already mapped" message.

But this is just a guess, as you gave not very much information about your environment and how you map the shares, etc.


Regards,
Marc

[Thomas Schulz]

Post by Marc Fromm
I map the driver using windows 7 Map Network Drive tool by entering
\\server.name\homes in the folder box, select Reconnect at logon, click
Connect using different credentials, click finish, provide my linux
samba user name and password. I am then connected to my home directory
on the linux box until a reboot.
Upon reboot the mapped drive no longer works as described below and I
must delete it and create a new one to connect again.

Is there perhaps a pop up that does not last very long asking for a
password when you first log on after the reboot? We had one user who
was missing such a pop up and he finally found out that he had to watch
the screen very closely after rebooting.

That said, your version of Samba is very very old. The latest in the 3.*
series is 3.6.22. It may well predate Windows 7.

Tom Schulz
Applied Dynamics Intl.
***@adi.com

[Marc Fromm]

There Is no popup. I message is displayed that system cannot connect to all mapped drives.

-----Original Message-----
From: Thomas Schulz [mailto:***@adi.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2014 9:43 PM
To: Marc Fromm; ***@lists.samba.org; ***@marc-muehlfeld.de
Subject: Re: [Samba] connect windwos 7 to linux homes

Post by Marc Fromm
I map the driver using windows 7 Map Network Drive tool by entering
\\server.name\homes in the folder box, select Reconnect at logon,
click Connect using different credentials, click finish, provide my
linux samba user name and password. I am then connected to my home
directory on the linux box until a reboot.
Upon reboot the mapped drive no longer works as described below and I
must delete it and create a new one to connect again.

Is there perhaps a pop up that does not last very long asking for a password when you first log on after the reboot? We had one user who was missing such a pop up and he finally found out that he had to watch the screen very closely after rebooting.

That said, your version of Samba is very very old. The latest in the 3.* series is 3.6.22. It may well predate Windows 7.

Tom Schulz
Applied Dynamics Intl.
***@adi.com

[Jason Waters]

What about mapping from a login.bat script defined in the users account?
Does that work/stick?

Post by Marc Fromm
There Is no popup. I message is displayed that system cannot connect to all mapped drives.
-----Original Message-----
Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2014 9:43 PM
Subject: Re: [Samba] connect windwos 7 to linux homes

Post by Marc Fromm
I map the driver using windows 7 Map Network Drive tool by entering
\\server.name\homes in the folder box, select Reconnect at logon,
click Connect using different credentials, click finish, provide my
linux samba user name and password. I am then connected to my home
directory on the linux box until a reboot.
Upon reboot the mapped drive no longer works as described below and I
must delete it and create a new one to connect again.

Is there perhaps a pop up that does not last very long asking for a
password when you first log on after the reboot? We had one user who was
missing such a pop up and he finally found out that he had to watch the
screen very closely after rebooting.
That said, your version of Samba is very very old. The latest in the 3.*
series is 3.6.22. It may well predate Windows 7.
Tom Schulz
Applied Dynamics Intl.
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