I've also been using SMB for some years. Also now under z/OS 1.6. A while back I was forced to change the way I map a network drive. Not necessarily due to maintenance, and (I swear!) only for ME. At least not for everyone who uses it.
First off, I've never issued NET USE. Is that a DOS command? This (XP) procedure works consistently in our shop. - Click on the My Computer desktop icon - Click on Tools - Click on Map Network Drive - Select an available drive letter - Type (or select) the Folder name as defined to SMB - Click on 'Connect using a different user name' - Enter the z/OS userid (e.g. TSO id) - Enter the SMB password defined via the 'smbpw' command (preferably NOT the same as your z/OS password!) - Click OK, which returns you to the Map Network Drive window - Click Finish, which produces a display of the mapped folder contents - On My Computer, you should now see the z/OS folder mapped as a PC drive. I can't explain why you never got prompted before for userid and password; I always have been. There is supposedly a way within DFS/SMB to relate the remote network (PC) userid to the appropriate z/OS userid. I have NEVER been able to make that work. But entering the userid as above works very reliably. I use SMB more or less daily to provide a CSI inventory file to ShopzSeries. No intermediate platform is required. . . . JO.Skip Robinson Southern California Edison Company SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager 626-302-7535 Office 323-715-0595 Mobile [EMAIL PROTECTED] IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> wrote on 06/07/2005 13:01:29: > I'm running DFS SMB on z/OS 1.6 and have files set up for use on my PC. > > Its been working for about 3 years. > > Now when I issue the NET USE F: \\domain\share it asks for a user > and password. I tried my userid and password (same one us used for > z/OS and network) but it is failing and I get "Access denied". ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
