Guest Synapse Syndrome Posted August 3, 2008 Posted August 3, 2008 Can the SUBST command be used on a startup script, or only a logon script? ie. Can these mappings be used remotely on the server, when no user has logged in? ss.
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted August 3, 2008 Posted August 3, 2008 Re: SUBST command "Synapse Syndrome" <synapse@NOSPAMsyndrome.me.uk> wrote in message news:e9Lo$WS9IHA.1428@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > Can the SUBST command be used on a startup script, or only a logon script? > > ie. Can these mappings be used remotely on the server, when no user has > logged in? > > ss. If subst.exe gave you a globally accessible drive then this would consistitute a big security breach - but why don't you give it a try yourself? You can use runas.exe to test the visibility of the substituted drive.
Guest Synapse Syndrome Posted August 3, 2008 Posted August 3, 2008 Re: SUBST command "Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com.oz> wrote in message news:eouHp7S9IHA.2060@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >> >> Can the SUBST command be used on a startup script, or only a logon >> script? >> >> ie. Can these mappings be used remotely on the server, when no user has >> logged in? > > If subst.exe gave you a globally accessible drive then this would > consistitute a big security breach - but why don't you give it a try > yourself? You can use runas.exe to test the visibility of the substituted > drive. I was just hoping that somebody would know for sure, but it does seem unlikely now, with the implication you just raised. I cannot check myself at the moment, because I am in the middle of a major reconfiguration, and I was just thinking about possibilities of how I can sort this out. I am using a NAS-like appliance (Drobo), that seems to only be able to show all the contained disks as a very large striped partition. I was hoping that making virtual drives would make it easier to sort the types of data in the array. ss.
Guest Synapse Syndrome Posted August 3, 2008 Posted August 3, 2008 Re: SUBST command "Synapse Syndrome" <synapse@NOSPAMsyndrome.me.uk> wrote in message news:exyMiNT9IHA.4004@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... >> >> If subst.exe gave you a globally accessible drive then this would >> consistitute a big security breach - but why don't you give it a try >> yourself? You can use runas.exe to test the visibility of the substituted >> drive. > > I was just hoping that somebody would know for sure, but it does seem > unlikely now, with the implication you just raised. Is there any way a service can be used to run a script for certain user accounts without having to log in with those accounts? ss.
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted August 3, 2008 Posted August 3, 2008 Re: SUBST command "Synapse Syndrome" <synapse@NOSPAMsyndrome.me.uk> wrote in message news:%23evvAlT9IHA.4092@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > "Synapse Syndrome" <synapse@NOSPAMsyndrome.me.uk> wrote in message > news:exyMiNT9IHA.4004@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... >>> >>> If subst.exe gave you a globally accessible drive then this would >>> consistitute a big security breach - but why don't you give it a try >>> yourself? You can use runas.exe to test the visibility of the >>> substituted >>> drive. >> >> I was just hoping that somebody would know for sure, but it does seem >> unlikely now, with the implication you just raised. > > Is there any way a service can be used to run a script for certain user > accounts without having to log in with those accounts? > > ss. It depends on what you want the script to do.
Guest Synapse Syndrome Posted August 3, 2008 Posted August 3, 2008 Re: SUBST command "Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com.oz> wrote in message news:u%23dKw4T9IHA.4004@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... >>>> >>>> If subst.exe gave you a globally accessible drive then this would >>>> consistitute a big security breach - but why don't you give it a try >>>> yourself? You can use runas.exe to test the visibility of the >>>> substituted >>>> drive. >>> >>> I was just hoping that somebody would know for sure, but it does seem >>> unlikely now, with the implication you just raised. >> >> Is there any way a service can be used to run a script for certain user >> accounts without having to log in with those accounts? >> > > It depends on what you want the script to do. I want it to make virtual drives for two user groups using the SUBST command. ss.
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted August 3, 2008 Posted August 3, 2008 Re: SUBST command "Synapse Syndrome" <synapse@NOSPAMsyndrome.me.uk> wrote in message news:u85e0Xb9IHA.4004@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > "Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com.oz> wrote in message > news:u%23dKw4T9IHA.4004@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... >>>>> >>>>> If subst.exe gave you a globally accessible drive then this would >>>>> consistitute a big security breach - but why don't you give it a try >>>>> yourself? You can use runas.exe to test the visibility of the >>>>> substituted >>>>> drive. >>>> >>>> I was just hoping that somebody would know for sure, but it does seem >>>> unlikely now, with the implication you just raised. >>> >>> Is there any way a service can be used to run a script for certain user >>> accounts without having to log in with those accounts? >>> >> >> It depends on what you want the script to do. > > I want it to make virtual drives for two user groups using the SUBST > command. > > ss. You need to place the subst.exe or net.exe commands into the individual user's logon script.
Guest Bruce Sanderson Posted August 4, 2008 Posted August 4, 2008 Re: SUBST command To elaborate on what Pegasus said, like Mapped Network Drives, the mappings created by the subst command are artifacts of the user's Windows Session, not the OS environment. When a user logs on, their Windows Session is created. If there are "persistent" Mapped Network Drives" in the user's profile, they will be recreated automatically. The mapping made by subst are not persistent so will not be recreated automatically. Since the mappings are an artifact of the user's Windows Session there is no way to make them apply to anyone that logs on, without arranging for the subst command to be re-issued as part of the logon process - e.g. in a logon script. If you want the subst mapping to apply to anyone that logs on to a particular computer, you can put the subst command in a .cmd file in the All Users, Start Menu, Programs, Startup since anything there will be executed as part of the logon process for any user that logs on to that computer. -- Bruce Sanderson http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders It is perfectly useless to know the right answer to the wrong question. "Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com.oz> wrote in message news:eW$ajcb9IHA.3648@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > > "Synapse Syndrome" <synapse@NOSPAMsyndrome.me.uk> wrote in message > news:u85e0Xb9IHA.4004@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... >> "Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com.oz> wrote in message >> news:u%23dKw4T9IHA.4004@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... >>>>>> >>>>>> If subst.exe gave you a globally accessible drive then this would >>>>>> consistitute a big security breach - but why don't you give it a try >>>>>> yourself? You can use runas.exe to test the visibility of the >>>>>> substituted >>>>>> drive. >>>>> >>>>> I was just hoping that somebody would know for sure, but it does seem >>>>> unlikely now, with the implication you just raised. >>>> >>>> Is there any way a service can be used to run a script for certain user >>>> accounts without having to log in with those accounts? >>>> >>> >>> It depends on what you want the script to do. >> >> I want it to make virtual drives for two user groups using the SUBST >> command. >> >> ss. > > You need to place the subst.exe or net.exe commands into the > individual user's logon script. >
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