[wpkg-users] WPKG client 1.2.1 oddities..

[Rainer Meier]

Hi Tomasz,

Tomasz Chmielewski wrote:
> If you're using "net use ..." as "Execute before", can it be that there 
> are conflicting network information for Windows?

Yes, this can happen. I pointed this out several times on this list 
already. For example Windows might connect network printers from the 
same server as you are about to connect a share. In such case even "net 
use * /delete" does not help due to the fact that the printer is not a 
network share and is therefore not disconnected.


> Windows has some problems mounting different network shares with 
> different network credentials - can it be it?

To be more precise Windows is unable to mount multiple shares from the 
_same_ server using different credentials. It does not matter if it is 
the same or a different share you try to mount. Windows can only save 
one set of credentials PER SERVER. As a result the first resource you 
use will set the credentials to be used for all other resources on the 
same server (unless you manage to disconnect all of them first).

In case a workstation maps a printer from a server this might be 
connected using guest credentials (even before WPKG runs) and therefore 
mapping a share from the same server using different credentials fails.


Therefore I repeat my advise: Use a server (or alias) which does not 
provide other Windows resources than the ones required by WPKG.

br,
Rainer