fix for network access + Interact w/desktop

[pBS]

here's a neat little util that lets you map network shares for the local service account..so you can keep the Local System Account + Interact with Desktop and still get to your network shares..
UseShare
http://babgvant.com/files/folders/misc/entry6007.aspx

you have to go into the "Configure Shares For Network Service" service and change the logon to 'local system' account [click browse/advanced/find] and blank password for it to work with gbpvr service's logon...

[UncleJohnsBand]

here's a neat little util that lets you map network shares for the local service account..so you can keep the Local System Account + Interact with Desktop and still get to your network shares..
UseShare
http://babgvant.com/files/folders/misc/entry6007.aspx

you have to go into the "Configure Shares For Network Service" service and change the logon to 'local system' account [click browse/advanced/find] and blank password for it to work with gbpvr service's logon...

I had to play around with this since it seemed interestnig....

I have a Buffalo Linkstation Live NAS server that allows me to setup shares with and without users and permissions.

When I don't have a share on the Buffalo set to use permissions I can access the share from gbpvr without a problem.

When I do have a share on the Buffalo set to use permissions I can not acces the share from gbpvr.

After playing around with this I finally figured out how to get this thing to work.....

First....I did change the Configure Shares For Network Service service and set it to a local account. I was confused by your directions above that indicated that you should click on browse/advanced/find.......You can't access those items unless you click on use a specific account.....So I just ignored those parts and just selected the use local account option.

The next hurdle was getting error messages in the event log from the service when I was trying to map the share that had permissions set.

I kept getting a "1312 has occurred - A specified logon session does not exist. It may already have been terminated." message.

Then I looked this error up on Google and found this page that pointed me in the right direction.

The instruction on the site to download the software provide this as a valid command line for the configuration:
\\server-name\share-name password /user:user-name /persistent:yes

What the article above showed was the following slightly different syntax:

\\server-name\share-name /user:computer-name\user-name password /persistent:yes

Using the second format the output from the service in the event log indicated that the command completed successfully....

And....I am now able to get to my permission protected shares via gbpvr.

[scb147]

I installed as said on the useshare website, but I have no idea where to go from there. How do I access the network shares via the EWA with this?

[il1019]

I've been trying to get this working without luck. This is what I have.

<add key="server1" value='\\expo\Movies /Dean:expo\Dean darko /persistent:yes/>

what is server1 supposed to be? Is that where it gets mounted to? Right now i have the folder also mapped to the z:\ drive. If i change server1 to z will it get mapped there? please help.

[UncleJohnsBand]

I've been trying to get this working without luck. This is what I have.

<add key="server1" value='\\expo\Movies /Dean:expo\Dean darko /persistent:yes/>

what is server1 supposed to be? Is that where it gets mounted to? Right now i have the folder also mapped to the z:\ drive. If i change server1 to z will it get mapped there? please help.

Here is a more step by step response.

[pBS]

UJB: i found a better way to enable network shares that doesn't require software..

it's so simple it's scary...
make a batch file with the net use line you want to use...confirm in dos..
set that batch file up as a custom task.
run it from gbpvr menus from either local machine or pch or MVP...Done!
you now have network access from PCH, MVP, and EWA...

any batch file run by gbpvr rec. service is also run under network service account, so in effect i'm just using recording service to do job of UseShare...
told ya it was scary-simple...

i used logging redirection to save a log...don't even have to map a drive..

Code:

rem for blank password, use "echo.|net use etc.etc.."
echo ************************ > nmtnet.txt
net use >> nmtnet.txt 2<&1
echo ************************ >> nmtnet.txt
echo password|net use \\server\share /user:name  /persistent:yes >> nmtnet.txt 2<&1
echo ************************ >> nmtnet.txt
net use >> nmtnet.txt 2<&1

i think i posted this elsewhere, but i didn't realize it worked for EWA also..
thought you might wanna include in docs/wiki

[mvallevand]

I have written my own trivial simple service like UseShare. If you are interested in helping to test it let me know. C# source code will be available later.

Martin