Hi Klaus,

Thank you for this information, we have been pulling our hair out trying
to achieve this. I also agree it is not a good idea, but as you guessed,
our customer is adamant that we use it this way :(

Best Regards,
John.

Klaus D. Witzel wrote:
> Hi John,
>
> on Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:36:33 +0100, you wrote:
>
>> Hello list,
>>
>>
>> Does anyone know how we can access a network directory when running as a
>> Windows Service on Win2k3 server?
>
> [OT]This is really not a good idea, to access another server's
> directory from a service :( The reason is that you need to provide a
> password in *clear*text* and that is visible resp. must be possible to
> maintain ...
>
> [OT]Of course some customers demand that and ours are not exception.
>
> What we do here (on win2k0 and 2k3) is to have a small startup.cmd in
> the file system root, where the administrator can maintain it (we are
> not always on-site) and restrict access to it.
>
> In that .cmd file a drive letter is associated with the other server's
> file share, and then startup.cmd is processed at system-statup time
> (run msconfig.exe if you need to see where and how). Then you can
> access the other server's directories and files using the new drive
> letter (drive letters work with Squeak on windoze).
>
> On a command line type "net help use" for syntax and options.
>
> HTH
>
> /Klaus
>
>> Many thanks,
>> John
>>
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