Hi All,

I have a customer with a mixed Linux XP network. When
I go to administer things on the server, with Linux I can
state the user name in the path:

smb://foo@server/drivers

I will be asked for the password for foo and happy
camping starts. This is really useful for adding
things to private shares.

Question: in Windows Explorer (not Internet Explorer),
is there a way to do this with XP? How do I stick
the username into the UNC path?

Many thanks,
-T

On 4/23/2010 2:09 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I have a customer with a mixed Linux XP network. When
> I go to administer things on the server, with Linux I can
> state the user name in the path:
>
> smb://foo@server/drivers
>
> I will be asked for the password for foo and happy
> camping starts. This is really useful for adding
> things to private shares.
>
> Question: in Windows Explorer (not Internet Explorer),
> is there a way to do this with XP? How do I stick
> the username into the UNC path?
>
> Many thanks,
> -T

I'm not sure if there is an equivalent in windows, but I can tell you to
drop to a command prompt in windows and read the help for the net use
command (net use /?) and see if that will help you.

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ToddAndMargo <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
news:(E-Mail Removed):

> Hi All,
>
> I have a customer with a mixed Linux XP network. When
> I go to administer things on the server, with Linux I can
> state the user name in the path:
>
> smb://foo@server/drivers
>
> I will be asked for the password for foo and happy
> camping starts. This is really useful for adding
> things to private shares.
>
> Question: in Windows Explorer (not Internet Explorer),
> is there a way to do this with XP? How do I stick
> the username into the UNC path?
>
> Many thanks,
> -T

To my knowledge, you can only specify a user with the command line "net
user" command. Try placing the following two lines into a '.bat' file
and double-click on it.

net use \\server\share /user:username
explorer \\server\share

Where you replace "server" with your server name, "share" with the
share name, and "username" with your username.

HTH,
John

On 04/23/2010 01:20 PM, The poster formerly known as 'The Poster
Formerly Known as Nina DiBoy' wrote:
> On 4/23/2010 2:09 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I have a customer with a mixed Linux XP network. When
>> I go to administer things on the server, with Linux I can
>> state the user name in the path:
>>
>> smb://foo@server/drivers
>>
>> I will be asked for the password for foo and happy
>> camping starts. This is really useful for adding
>> things to private shares.
>>
>> Question: in Windows Explorer (not Internet Explorer),
>> is there a way to do this with XP? How do I stick
>> the username into the UNC path?
>>
>> Many thanks,
>> -T
>
> I'm not sure if there is an equivalent in windows, but I can tell you to
> drop to a command prompt in windows and read the help for the net use
> command (net use /?) and see if that will help you.
>

Thank you.

Once "Net Use" has a user name, it sticks with it. I do not
get to mix and match. I also wanted to surf the various shares
with the UNC and be able to pick which user name I browser which
shares with. This is really easy to do with Linux. I was
hoping XP had an equivalent.

-T

On 04/23/2010 01:33 PM, John Wunderlich wrote:
> ToddAndMargo<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> news:(E-Mail Removed):
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I have a customer with a mixed Linux XP network. When
>> I go to administer things on the server, with Linux I can
>> state the user name in the path:
>>
>> smb://foo@server/drivers
>>
>> I will be asked for the password for foo and happy
>> camping starts. This is really useful for adding
>> things to private shares.
>>
>> Question: in Windows Explorer (not Internet Explorer),
>> is there a way to do this with XP? How do I stick
>> the username into the UNC path?
>>
>> Many thanks,
>> -T
>
> To my knowledge, you can only specify a user with the command line "net
> user" command. Try placing the following two lines into a '.bat' file
> and double-click on it.
>
> net use \\server\share /user:username
> explorer \\server\share
>
> Where you replace "server" with your server name, "share" with the
> share name, and "username" with your username.
>

Rats!

Thank you for the response.

-T

ToddAndMargo <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in news:
#(E-Mail Removed):

> Once "Net Use" has a user name, it sticks with it. I do not
> get to mix and match. I also wanted to surf the various shares
> with the UNC and be able to pick which user name I browser which
> shares with. This is really easy to do with Linux. I was
> hoping XP had an equivalent.
>

It's not just "net use". Windows *by design* will only allow one
authentication per connected server. If you connect to a share using
one authentication -- no matter how you do it -- you cannot connect
to a different share on that same server using a different
authentication until/unless you disconnect the first connection. You
will either have to do a "net use [...] /delete", right-click on "My
Network Places" and choose "Disconnect Network Drive" (even if not
mapped), or wait until the non-mapped idle connection times out (~15
min).

Quoting from "INFO: WNetAddConnection2 and Multiple User Credentials"
<http://support.microsoft.com/kb/183366/>

<quote>
"In Windows NT, on the other hand, you can use the API with multiple
sets of user credentials. However, one major limitation applies,
namely, that connections to a given server or its shared resources
have to be made within the context of a single set of credentials. "
</quote>

Score 1 for Linux.

HTH,
John

On 04/23/2010 09:07 PM, John Wunderlich wrote:
> ToddAndMargo<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in news:
> #(E-Mail Removed):
>
>> Once "Net Use" has a user name, it sticks with it. I do not
>> get to mix and match. I also wanted to surf the various shares
>> with the UNC and be able to pick which user name I browser which
>> shares with. This is really easy to do with Linux. I was
>> hoping XP had an equivalent.
>>
>
> It's not just "net use". Windows *by design* will only allow one
> authentication per connected server. If you connect to a share using
> one authentication -- no matter how you do it -- you cannot connect
> to a different share on that same server using a different
> authentication until/unless you disconnect the first connection. You
> will either have to do a "net use [...] /delete", right-click on "My
> Network Places" and choose "Disconnect Network Drive" (even if not
> mapped), or wait until the non-mapped idle connection times out (~15
> min).
>
> Quoting from "INFO: WNetAddConnection2 and Multiple User Credentials"
> <http://support.microsoft.com/kb/183366/>
>
> <quote>
> "In Windows NT, on the other hand, you can use the API with multiple
> sets of user credentials. However, one major limitation applies,
> namely, that connections to a given server or its shared resources
> have to be made within the context of a single set of credentials. "
> </quote>
>
> Score 1 for Linux.
>
> HTH,
> John


Hi John,

Thank you for the scholarly explanation. You are an excellent
technical writer. I was hoping I was just ignorant and could
actually do what I wanted.

Since I live in both the Linux and Windows world (sometimes
Apple too), I am always finding things in one I would like to
see in the other. And, sometimes, I think my head is
going to explode. :'(

-T