I hope someone can offer some insight here.

I work in a 140+ PC network using a Windows Domain (Windows 2000
Server) and a mix of PCs running withwer Windows XP pro or Windows 2000
pro. Our file server is Linux (Debian).

All works well for most functions. However there is one puzzle. When
I am installing something on an end user's PC, I need to install it
under my own profile (administrator rights) and access a directory on
that file server, as that is where the install files are located.

When I click Start --> Run --> "\\server-name" it prompts me, as
expected, for an account with admin rights. But when I enter my user
name and password, it says "access denied".

I did some basic troubleshooting, and here are some other points:

1) While logged on as the user, I discovered that if I disconnect all
mapped drives to that server, I can then access the server and installs
file upon entering my credentials.

2) If I log the user off and log on as myself (admin), I can install
everything with out a hitch.

I am working around my issue using one of the two methods above, but
would really prefer to simply connect to the share on the server as
myself without these technical gymnastics.

Thoughts? Any feed back would be greatly appreciated.

Keith Richmond

Are your network drives being deleted and recreated everytime a user
logs on?

If not then the networked drives to that server may have conflicting
credentials and you need to add to your windows logon scripts a vbs
file that deletes all drives and re-adds them upon logon. This will
make sure that you are connecting to the debian server with the
currently logged on users right(your account rights) instead of the
rights that the drvies where first connected on.

Hi Stephen,

Actually, yes, we have scripts in place for connecting and disconnect
the drive when logging in and out respectively.

The problem actually is while I am logged in as the user, I need to
access a resource folder on the same drive for which the user does not
have permissions. So in essence I am trying to acess a different part
of the same drive using different credentials.


Keith Richmond