[H-GEN] Sun PC Netlink

[Scott Pullen]

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Well for those that are interested ... it seems that I was approaching the
PC NetLink issue from the wrong angle.  It is not a Unix program running as
a Windows interface (e.g.Samba).  It is a Windows interface running on a
Unix box.  Doesn't seem to be a lot in that but I am sure that you are all
aware of the differences in philosophy between the two platforms.  As soon
as I accepted this fact and approached NetLink as a Windows program things
got a whole lot easier.  A quick reference to the Windows 2000 Server
Unleashed book on my shelves shone a ray of light onto the proceedings.

NetLink is certainly cut down in it's functionality (you can only define one
script to run at startup, and call others from there) but works almost the
same.  So, if you want to administer a Sun box running Solaris 8 using PC
NetLink then I suggest you become a pseudo MS Admin (I feel so dirty).  Now
that I am tainted, does anyone know a good net reference to Windows batch
files.  I never really appreciated the power of Unix scripting until I tried
to read the contents of a file to see if the passed parameter existed in it,
we are sooo fortunate.

If you run into problems with PC Netlink then drop me a line.  I may be able
to help :~)

Cheers,

Scott.

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Sent: Saturday, 29 March 2003 11:50 AM
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Johannes,

So are we assuming that Samba and PC NetLink work in the same way or do you
know this for a fact?  From what I have read there are many similarities but
as this is a working commercial environment I did not want to implement
anything that interrupts the workings of the server.

I will try setting up a batch file with a `net use g: \\fileserver\share`
line in it  with a name of username.bat and see if the shares are
automagically mapped for the test user I create.  If problems become
apparent then I will delete the file and hopefully all will be well.

Cheers,

Scott.

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From: Majordomo [mailto:majordom at caliburn.humbug.org.au]On Behalf Of Jay
Sent: Saturday, 29 March 2003 7:17 AM
To: general at lists.humbug.org.au
Subject: Re: [H-GEN] Sun PC Netlink

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On Sat, 29 Mar 2003 01:10, Scott Pullen wrote:
> Does anyone know if the scripts are held in the netlogon directory of the
> server?  Are they just identified as username.bat file? That way I can
> create a script, copy it and make small changes appropriate for each user.

According to man smb.conf, which explains how to do that, they are held in
'...netlogon'.

Cheers

Johannes
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