Question - Mapping a drive hosted in other domain
Hi,
I have an issue I'd like some directions on how to achieve this.
In my domain I have a GPO that automatically maps some network shares to some users. This shares are in my domain, so everything is ok.
A few months ago we've setup an environment where the domain users have to map drives to network shares hosted on other domains. The same script in this case doesn't work, because it has no authentication options. There is no trust between the two domains.
I can't give the option to the users to save their password, since on the other domain I have no management whatsoever and their account every now and then gets locked.
So, I need to know if there is any way that I can use a mapping mechanism that, whenever a user logs, the drives are automatically mapped. Even if I have a popup window asking me for authentication. I assume the need for authentication in this process.
One other information, the path to the shared folder, is on a user basis:
\\servername\username1$
\\servername\username2$
\\servername\username9999$
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Nuno Silva
July 17th, 2012 4:57am
For automatic login
net use * \\server\share user_password /user:remote_domain\user_name
Credentials in remote domain: user_password & user_name
* means the first free letter, unless you want to specify fixed one
Regards
Milos
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July 17th, 2012 5:50am
Hi Milos,
Yes, that would be a possible solution, but I'd prefer something that asks me for authentication.
Maybe I can only achieve this if I develop a tool to do this. This way it asks me for the domain, user and password, and does the mapping itself.
Thanks,
Nuno SilvaNuno Silva
July 17th, 2012 5:54am
Hi,
I suggest you post in server forum to get more insights.
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserverNAP/threadsNiki Han
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July 18th, 2012 3:19am
Hi,
This is solved for me now... I ended up by developing a tool that maps the network shares that the user wants to choose from a list.
This way, they only have to authenticate once. For me is enough, since there can be no Domain trust to overcome this...
Thanks,Nuno Silva
July 24th, 2012 3:30am