On Tue, 2006-11-28 at 18:30 -0500, Paul Abrahams wrote: > I have a couple of Linux directories that are being exported via Samba > running > under SuSE 10.0. On the Windows side, each of them is assigned a (mapped) > drive letter. In the "My Computer" list they initially show up as > "Disconnected Network Drive". If I attempt to access a file within one of > them, the access fails with an indication that the drive does not exist. > (For example, if the drive letter is H:, doing "H:" from a C> prompt gives > that message.) However, if in Windows I click on the drive, I get to see > its contents and the status changes to "Network Drive". At that point the > drive contents become available to my Windows applications.
This disconnected thing normal, and controlled on the Windows side. Just ignore it. Use UNCs not [stupid legacy] drive letters. If I recall correctly there is some registry tweak which relates to this. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
