[wpkg-users] [SPAM?] Re: Can't use computer account authentication with WPKG Client 1.3.6

[K.E.Jones at bton.ac.uk]

Hi,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tomasz Chmielewski [mailto:mangoo at wpkg.org]
> Sent: 15 December 2008 13:47
> To: Jones Keith
> Cc: Kai Pastor; Rainer Meier; wpkg-users at lists.wpkg.org
> Subject: [SPAM?] Re: [wpkg-users] Can't use computer account
> authentication with WPKG Client 1.3.6
> 
> K.E.Jones at bton.ac.uk schrieb:
> 
> >  The client needs to detect a blank username/password for the
sources
> path and
> > make sure WNetAddConnection2 is called with null to make the
> connection in the context
> > of LocalSystem. Does that sound right?
> >
> >  Okay, I can't see that happening in the 1.3.5 code. Well I haven't
> found it yet...
> >
> >  Rainer: Is the 1.3.6 source available yet?
> 
> It is available now - better late than never ;)
> 
> 
> > Is this the problem for Kai? Maybe you
> > can do the same as for the service account and look for "SYSTEM" as
> the username?
> > I can have a go at patching it if you want :-)
> 
> Next version (planned for January) should be able to use the machine
> account for connecting to remote shares.
> 
> 

 Excellent!

  I guess it's already on its way then and I don't have to try and
remember how to write in C++ :-)

Looking forward to it.

Have fun,

Keith
 
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> Tomasz Chmielewski
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