> -----Original Message----- > From: K.E.Jones at bton.ac.uk [mailto:K.E.Jones at bton.ac.uk] > Sent: Friday, November 07, 2008 11:16 PM ... > Question :-) > > In theory, (although it's probably not as simple programmatically) doesn't > LocalSystem attempt connections as the machine account? By that I mean, > <computername>$ and not just <computername>. Yes, this is the case, and I use it for WPKG Client <= 1.3.5. > Is the "use computer credentials" option just because people are missing the > point of adding a $ to the computer name or share security? > > Sorry... it's a naïve thought again but I could see it as a easy oversight. > > I've spent far too much time handling this idea in scripts! It doesn't matter whether you specify SYSTEM, DOMAIN\MACHINE or DOMAIN\MACHINE$. You don't know the password for the machine account, and so you get an error. Apart from that, I want to deploy WPKG Client with a common settings.xml to a number of machines. For this purpose there must be no machine-dependent part in the settings. Bye, Kai Pastor. |