[wpkg-users] WPKG and Vista UAC

[Rainer Meier]

Hi Vladimír

Vladimír Pšenička wrote:
> Yes they are on different shares (machines):
> 
> WPKG (wpkg.js, xml files etc.) are in netlogon share on PDC (samba) and
> software installers are on BDC (samba). Is this any problem?

Yes, this might be a problem. WPKG client connects to the share where 
wpkg.js is supposed to be using the configured credentials. It does not 
connect to the share where the packages are stored. WPKG client even 
does not know about this share since the path is specified within the 
package definitions (which are known only to wpkg.js).

As a result wpkg.js tries to connect to this share. Windows does not 
know about specific logon credentials and therefore connects as "guest".
As a work-around you might use a pre-execution script within the 
configuration of WPKG client like..

@echo off

echo Connecting share

net use x: \\server\share /USER:<DOMAIN>\<user> <password> /PERSISTENT:NO


As a result when wpkg.js accesses \\server\share\path\to\some\files... 
it will use the credentials already saved by the command above.

br,
Rainer