That's what I do ! When I map X:\ on \\servername\share it doesn't work.
No troubles with files and folders through X:\. But when I use a mail
merge document, at opening, the data source file can't be find.
Microsoft talk about that in KB 885832
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/885832/en-us). Resolved in Word 2003
SP2, but I am in SP3. And just moved to samba... That's why I think
samba cause this issue.
Thanks Gerhard.
Gerhard du Toit a écrit :
Hi Eric
Do not map ro \\192...... but to \\servername\.... that will work.
maping basically just mean t:\ points to \\servername\ so you can
easaly map to the server name instead.
Regards
Gerhard
eric wrote:
Thanks for you answer Gerhard.
My problem occure when I use a mapped network drive (like X:\ mapped
on \\servername\whatever).
When using the UNC path (like \\servername\whatever with no IP
address), all is working.
For my users, I would prefer to use the mapped drive because they
don't know the UNC path. And Word is using the mapped network drive !
I have to modify all mail merging using X:\ by \\servername\whatever.
For my 600 users...
derreck.
Gerhard du Toit a écrit :
Remember that office see connections such as //192.168.1.1/whatever
as insecure and the document may not open. I have seen this on access.
Try to mount to the computer name such as //servername/whatever this
could be the problem
Gerhard
eric wrote:
Hi list.
I've got a samba 3.0.25b server with windows XP clients. I meet
trouble with mail merging on Word 2003.
When this document is opened, Word says that it can't open the data
source (X:\path), when the data source is on a mapped drive. But
when the data source is on the UNC path everything is ok.
Did I missed something in my smb.conf ?
Thanks !
Derreck.
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