How do I insert a user name in a UNC file path?
in [Windows XP]
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From: John Wunderlich on 24 Apr 2010 00:07 ToddAndMargo <ToddAndMargo(a)invalid.com> wrote in news: #iwUxSy4KHA.5548(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl: > 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
From: ToddAndMargo on 24 Apr 2010 00:58
On 04/23/2010 09:07 PM, John Wunderlich wrote: > ToddAndMargo<ToddAndMargo(a)invalid.com> wrote in news: > #iwUxSy4KHA.5548(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl: > >> 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 |