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. So there seems to be some Windows setting that enables Windows to see Samba drives right away, and on one machine it's set and on the other it isn't. A likely villain would be "Reconnect on logon", but that's checked on both machines. I can get the disconnected drives connected by clicking on them in My Computer. Any guesses? Paul
On Sunday 01 October 2006 23:30, Paul Abrahams wrote:
So there seems to be some Windows setting that enables Windows to see Samba drives right away, and on one machine it's set and on the other it isn't. A likely villain would be "Reconnect on logon", but that's checked on both machines.
I can get the disconnected drives connected by clicking on them in My Computer.
Any guesses?
Someone else reported a similar problem about two months back, and i believe the general consensus was that this is simply a by-design feature of Window. We could argue the philosophical merit or non-merit of trying to reconnect remote drives automatically, but that could go on for years with no consensus. That said, i believe Windows is "Doing the Right Thing" here by not trying to auto-connect until the remote resource is actually used. -- ----- stephan@s11n.net http://s11n.net "...pleasure is a grace and is not obedient to the commands of the will." -- Alan W. Watts
On Sunday 01 October 2006 13:58, stephan beal wrote:
That said, i believe Windows is "Doing the Right Thing" here by not trying to auto-connect until the remote resource is actually used.
There is a tweak for that in windows somewhere. Deferred connections or something like that. Also if your windows login name/password is the same as your Linux name/password stuff just mysteriously seems to work because windows arbitrarily submits your local machine login credentials to any other SMB resource provider just on a HUNCH it might work. -- _____________________________________ John Andersen
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).
On Tuesday 03 October 2006 6:46 pm, Darryl Gregorash wrote:
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.
The disconnected drives can easily be connected by clicking on them in My Computer, but it's necessary to do that before using them in any application.
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.
"Reconnect at logon", actually.
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 that box checked in every instance. What's puzzling about the behavior is why it should be different among the Win boxes and why it should only affect Samba shares. Some obscure Win setting, I suppose, that affects how it sees Samba shares. Paul
participants (4)
-
Darryl Gregorash -
John Andersen -
Paul Abrahams -
stephan beal