Greetings, mcforum! > A new Windows 7 32 system with a fresh install of CYGWIN can't see any mapped > network or shared drives on my other systems.
Stop using mapped drives already... UNC is there to help you. > On the older XP system IT tells > me to replace and on another older Windows 7 32 system, CYGWIN could access > all > drives. What am I missing in the install that enables access to those drives? ...seriously, don't use mapped drives. > > From the startup window from CYGWIN.BAT the net use command works successfully You're using it wrong. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > > RM3@McBroomRC4 ~ > $ net use \\\\mcbroomrc2\\e > The command completed successfully. > > RM3@McBroomRC4 ~ > $ net use \\\\mcbroomrc2\\mcrc2 > The command completed successfully. > > > RM3@McBroomRC4 ~ > $ net use > New connections will be remembered. > > > Status Local Remote Network > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Unavailable T: \\Mcbroomrc2\e Microsoft Windows Network > Unavailable U: \\oro-fbbe-fs1nts\rm3 Microsoft Windows Network > Unavailable W: \\Mcbroomrc2\mcrc2 Microsoft Windows Network > OK \\mcbroomrc2\e Microsoft Windows Network > OK \\mcbroomrc2\mcrc2 Microsoft Windows Network > The command completed successfully. > > RM3@McBroomRC4 ~ > $ ls -l //mcbroomrc2/e > total 364 > d---------+ 1 Administrators Domain Users 0 Nov 13 09:42 $RECYCLE.BIN > -rwxrwxrwx+ 1 Administrators Domain Users 35 Jul 29 2010 Autorun.inf > drwxrwxrwx+ 1 Administrators Domain Users 0 Nov 13 15:09 Criticality > drwxrwxrwx+ 1 Administrators Domain Users 0 Feb 25 10:04 Downloads > drwxrwxrwx+ 1 Administrators Domain Users 0 Mar 19 16:37 exper > dr-xr-x---+ 1 Administrators Domain Users 0 Feb 25 11:48 hdrive > drwxrwxrwx+ 1 Administrators Domain Users 0 Nov 13 12:39 isotope > Now, try the same without any dances around the tree. > The shares don't seem to be shown anywhere on the system tree but I can soft > link them to a directory name and then access them. ...sorry, but they are indeed shown where they are - network places - windows network ... there they all. Should be, if your network configured properly. > On a CYGWIN restart "net use" shows the network names as being disconnected > and > reissuing the command doesn't change the status. However, re-establishing > the > soft link allows full usability. > > Gremlins? There's nothing to do with cygwin. You don't have a control connection to the remote server. net use \\server\IPC$ Once you're authenticated with remote server, you can just use UNC names directly. -- WBR, Andrey Repin ([email protected]) 27.03.2013, <05:42> Sorry for my terrible english...
