access denied in mapped drives

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There was a post back in2003 about this same problem, but I couldn't
find a solution.
I am running a windows 2000 server based network. I have
added some WinXP clients. I have a login script which
maps a drive letter to a shared folder using the "Net Use"
command. When the user logs in, the drive letter is
mapped properly, however, when the user attempts to create
or save any documents to that drive letter, the user is
given an "access denied" error message. The permissions
are set up properly as far as I can tell.
has anyone found a solution?
 
The 'net use" command needs to have a Windows 2000 server "user account /
password" inserted with the command. To access the mapped drives on the
server, you need a user account and password which is set to allow
read/write/modify (etc..) permissions.
 
I appreciate the quick response. But I'm not sure what you mean. This
log in script works just fine for all the W2k client computers. Now
with Xp I need to make a 'user account / password' inserted somewhere
in the batch file?
Permissions that were set for W2k: read, read and execute, and list
folder contents. and this worked. Users could access this folder and
get to folders that they were allowed to write to. How is XP denying
them access to this folder?
Please be more specific: do I need to grant users write to the outside
folder too? I really only want them to be able to write to specific
folders inside the net shared mapped drive folder.
 
My guess would be that the 2000 computers have 'stored the credentials' to
the network shares after being told them when the network was set-up.

Stored passwords are IMHO something to be avoided if possible, not only are
they easily read by hacking-tools, they also create situations like the one
you have now, where an apparently-correct setup fails to function for the
want of a totally-unknown quantity.
 
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sherlock84 said:
There was a post back in2003 about this same problem, but I couldn't
find a solution.
I am running a windows 2000 server based network.
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Using AD, right?
I have
added some WinXP clients. I have a login script which
maps a drive letter to a shared folder using the "Net Use"
command. When the user logs in, the drive letter is
mapped properly, however, when the user attempts to create
or save any documents to that drive letter, the user is
given an "access denied" error message. The permissions
are set up properly as far as I can tell.
has anyone found a solution?
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More info would help. Do all the computers belong to the domain? (you need
XP Pro, not Home, for that). What permissions have you granted on a) the
share where the drive is being mapped to and b) the NTFS security on the
folder you've shared, and its subfolders?
 
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