Re: [Unattended] How to auto mount Z: after reboot using appsonly
Jean-Luc Derrien <[email protected]>
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Hello Gerhard, Thanks for your answer ! So I've reconfigured my Samba share, and it works well now. Here is the Samba conf I've used : [global] (...) security = user map to guest = bad user guest account = nobody (...) [install] comment = Unattended path = /usr/local/unattended/install read only = yes locking = no browseable = yes guest ok = yes write list = unattenduser Jean-Luc On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 5:32 PM, Gerhard Hofmann <[email protected]>wrote: > Jean-Luc wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> It's my first message here, so a big thanks for the Unattended project ! >> >> I'm trying to use appsonly.bat with a Samba share that requires a >> password. When the computer reboot (when I install Windows Update or >> other), the Z: automount fails because it can't find the Z_PASS var. >> >> I've checked the method used by Unattended install+post install, and it >> uses a temp file named "tempcred.bat" that contains Z_USER and Z_PASS. >> Is there a method like that when using appslonly.bat ? >> >> Actually, I can't find any fast solution and thinking about using a >> public share... Do you use public share yourselves ? >> >> Thanks >> >> > Hi Jean-Luc, > > I'm the author of appsonly.bat / appsonly.pl script. appsonly.bat sets > these environment variables at the beginning: > Z --> saves the local drive letter that should be used for install share > mapping, search for the lines... > REM preferrably, we will use drive z: for install dir mapping > set z=z: > ...in appsonly.bat in order to configure this / to avoid collisions with > drive letters that are already in use. > > Z_PATH --> saves UNC path of install dir, for example \\myserver\install > > Z_USER --> I just pass the current value of USERNAME (that means the > currently logged on user) to Z_USER, so to be honest, that variable is > somehow redundant... > > After appsonly.bat has processed the whole todo stack (which may include > several reboots), all 3 variables Z, Z_PATH, Z_USER are deleted. > > Generally, I have never thought about saving credentials for accessing the > \\server\install share, it was simply not necessary. The appsonly.bat script > assumes that > - the user calling the script has admin privileges > - the user calling the script has access to the install share without > having to fill out any user / password dialogs > > appsonly.bat *does* save user / password credentials, but only for setting > the autologin and not for accessing the install share. > > So, in short: a possible solution is configuring your Samba share in a way > that no password prompt pops up. > > You can post your /etc/samba/smb.conf here if you want or send me a PM, so > I may have a look at it. > > HTH > Gerhard > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ unattended-info mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info