Map network drives w/ logon script

[Michael Lynch]

I'm having trouble with mapping my users network drives
with an OU/GPO based logon script. Whenever I change the
mapping of a drive, the users never get it. I always have
to disconnect the drive manually, then on the next logon
the new drive is mapped. Is this by design, or am I doing
something wrong. My clients are W2K pro sp4 on a native
mode, single domain W2K network. The users are grouped by
department into OUs with defined security group and a GPO
defined at the OU level.
Side note: My W98 clients never get the logon script
mapped drives. I have to do all of them manually. Again,
is this known behavior for W98 clients, or am I doing
soemthing wrong?

 

[Stew Basterash]

Persistant network connections are assumed to be "persistent"... you want
them to remain... If you are placing them in a login scirpt do not set the
persistent connection flag... they will auto disconnect when the user logs
out... then reconnect the next time they log in... This makes it easier to
effect changes later... like moving a share from one server to another...

 

[Guest]

Thanks for your response.
I'm not setting any persistent flag explicitly, that I
know of. My script reads something like this:

net use L: \\cad\server-l

I never use the <<< /persistent:yes >>> tag.

Are net use statements by default persistent?
Do I need to script something that disconnects the network
connections?
Again, thanks for your help.

 

[Guest]

Hi!
I might be a bit off here but I remember when we set up a
logon script based on Kixstart we started with unmapping
all drives before mapping them to the correct path. This
was because of the same problem you have. Also, users tend
to change mappings to something else, causing problem for
support.

I might be wrong about Win98 but I don´t think it connects
to to the DC to be authenticated. It just uses its logon
information for every instance of asking for access and
this is checked with the account in the domain. Beause of
this no logon script is run.
Hope this helps or at least puts you on the right track!

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Br; Olle