Kai Pastor schrieb: >> From: Tomasz Chmielewski [mailto:mangoo at wpkg.org] > ... >>> 1. I do not know whether this connection setup is needed when a user is >>> specified in wpkg.inst, but it doesn't work in the computer account/DFS >>> setup. Can this be fixed? >> I didn't understand what you mean here. > > My setup: > - The computer is a member in an Active Directory domain. > - WPKG client is running as local user "System". > - The wpkg.js script is located in the DFS and readable to the AD computer > account. User "System" implicitly uses the AD computer account for > authorizing to DFS. Thus I leave the "WPKG path user" field empty. Are you sure that SYSTEM user uses computer account to access shares? Because as I tested it with Samba a year ago or so (and a workstation which has joined the domain), SYSTEM user "guest" account to access shares. Are you sure your shares don't allow guest access? > Now the trouble is: > (1) When I enter a plain UNC path, WPKG Client detects this and tries to > execute the WNetAddConnection2 stuff. This fails, probably because I didn't > specify "WPKG path user/password". WPKG Client stops. "Test settings..." > reports the WNetAddConnection2 error, but succeeds to read the script. > (2) When I put double quotes around the UNC path, WPKG Client no longer > detects that this is a network path, and skips the WNetAddConnection2 stuff. > It successfully executes the WPKG script. "Test settings.." reports failure > for reading the script. Yeah, there is something wrong here. > So what I kindly ask for is: > - to make (1) work. E.g. don't call WNetAddConnection2 when no user is > specified (if that is the cause). > - to make "Test settings..." report no errors in an actually working setup. > > I think it shouldn't be necessary to enter double quotes in the "WPKG file > path" field, but this the only workaround for me at the moment. I'm using > this setup (2) for months and wasn't aware of the stumbling stone until I > tried to prepare a demo installation for someone else. -- Tomasz Chmielewski http://wpkg.org |