Dropped Mapped Drives

[datastar]

We have 2 seperate domains. Our clients are in one but
they need network resource in another. They map a drive
in the other domain [domain\user id] + [password] and
check the "reconnect at logon" box and the mapping is
made. They re-boot thier system, and when they logon,
low and behold the mapping still show in "My Computer"
but they show up with the red x. Double click on the
drive map icon and it ask you for your logon
credentials. It shows you your [domain\user id] but ask
for you password again. any suggestions???????

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

We have 2 seperate domains. Our clients are in one but
they need network resource in another. They map a drive
in the other domain [domain\user id] + [password] and
check the "reconnect at logon" box and the mapping is
made. They re-boot thier system, and when they logon,
low and behold the mapping still show in "My Computer"
but they show up with the red x. Double click on the
drive map icon and it ask you for your logon
credentials. It shows you your [domain\user id] but ask
for you password again. any suggestions???????

If you can't set up a trust between the domains, this sounds pretty normal
to me. What about using a batch file that they can manually run?

net use x: \\server\share /user:OtherDomain\username /persistent:no

etc.

Put the batch file on their desktops or someplace they can easily find it.

 

[Datastar]

We've tried this but the users who we are dealing with
don't want to input their password every time so that
requires creating a .cmd file with their passwords stored
in clear text. Only certain systems exhibit this
problem. Since both domains have identical user
accounts, the passwords remain sync'ed. This same setup
is used all over our site but just a couple are
displaying this odd behavior.

-----Original Message-----

We have 2 seperate domains. Our clients are in one but
they need network resource in another. They map a drive
in the other domain [domain\user id] + [password] and
check the "reconnect at logon" box and the mapping is
made. They re-boot thier system, and when they logon,
low and behold the mapping still show in "My Computer"
but they show up with the red x. Double click on the
drive map icon and it ask you for your logon
credentials. It shows you your [domain\user id] but ask
for you password again. any suggestions???????

If you can't set up a trust between the domains, this sounds pretty normal
to me. What about using a batch file that they can manually run?

net use x:

\\server\share /user:OtherDomain\username /persistent:no