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Re: [SLE] Samba-Windows communication issue
- From: Darryl Gregorash <raven@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2006 22:46:58 +0000 (UTC)
- Message-id: <4522E85B.7050807@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
On 01/10/06 15:30, Paul Abrahams wrote:
>I have a couple of machines running Windows (with Linux on dual boot, of
>course). A third machine is running Linux with Samba and exporting several
>directories via Samba.
>
>On one of the machines, when I start up Windows, My Computer shows the
>exported drives as "Network Drive". But on the other one, exported drives
>show up as "Disconnected Network Drive". Each Windows machine, however, can
>see the other's exported folders without difficulty.
>
It must still be there.. it was there in WFW and in 9x, and Mickey never
throws anything away...
in the properties for a network drive, look for a click-box to turn on
auto-reconnect at startup. There may also be a similar setting in the
properties for a remote machine (dunno for sure, shrug). I don't recall
ever seeing any single choice anywhere to turn it on globally (ie. all
shares on all remotes).
>I have a couple of machines running Windows (with Linux on dual boot, of
>course). A third machine is running Linux with Samba and exporting several
>directories via Samba.
>
>On one of the machines, when I start up Windows, My Computer shows the
>exported drives as "Network Drive". But on the other one, exported drives
>show up as "Disconnected Network Drive". Each Windows machine, however, can
>see the other's exported folders without difficulty.
>
It must still be there.. it was there in WFW and in 9x, and Mickey never
throws anything away...
in the properties for a network drive, look for a click-box to turn on
auto-reconnect at startup. There may also be a similar setting in the
properties for a remote machine (dunno for sure, shrug). I don't recall
ever seeing any single choice anywhere to turn it on globally (ie. all
shares on all remotes).
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